My Heart Sings” and about his dream to create a venue in Houston where jazz musicians can find an open mic to jam.

Moran grew up listening to all manner of music, from jazz to reggae to hip-hop. As a teenager he learned to play the Afrika ...

Duke, christened Edward Kennedy Ellington, has spent his days and nights on trains rattling across the continent with his band on an endless sequence of one-night stands at dances, and playing in ...

Edward Kennedy Ellington was born into the world on April 29, 1899 inWashington, D.C. Duke’s parents, Daisy Kennedy Ellington and James EdwardEllington, served as ideal role models for young Duke, and ...

Duke Ellington and his concert orchestra are scheduled to give a semi-classical program in Symphony Hall tomorrow night at 8:30 o'clock. The Duke, under the sponsorship of Spencer Fuller ...

Jason Moran has spent the past year immersing himself in the music of Duke Ellington ... on a [expletive],” which samples Monk playing Ellington’s “Black and Tan Fantasy.” ...

Thanks to the Luther L. Wright High School Jazz Band, a Theatre North audience on March 14 heard some of jazz icon Duke ...

National Museum of African American History and Culture Letter to the Musicians' Protective Association from Duke Ellington National Museum of American History Bust of Duke Ellington National Museum ...

In the mid 1950s, Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was washed up. His musicians in disarray, his own star waning, his band had been reduced to playing obscure and tawdry gigs for cash - a far ...