The Duke appeared a little bored. He was being asked a lot of routine questions about his favorite sports, hangouts, and orchestras. He made a gesture of impatience. "I don't get 'round to hearing ...

Duke Ellington always said his orchestra was his instrument, and the Duke Ellington Orchestra was at the peak of its power and popularity in the 1930s and 40s. Many famous Ellington masterpieces were ...

Duke Ellington songs built the foundation of jazz. Drop the needle on the tracks every music fan needs to hear now.

Ninety years ago this month, Duke Ellington and his jazz orchestra made one of their most emblematic and memorable recordings, “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing).” The title became a ...

These recordings by Duke Ellington from 1937-39 emphasize his unique place in the history of jazz. On the eve of the Swing Era, they open with a solo piano piece. Ellington introduces it as "Swing ...

The American musical giant Duke Ellington wrote more than 1,000 compositions in his long career, and to mark the 125th anniversary of his birth in his native city, The Kennedy Center is determined to ...

“Sophisticated Ladies” is an all-singing, all-dancing romp through Duke Ellington’s enduring songs, including “Take the ‘A’ Train,” “Caravan,” “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)” and ...

The Jazzopaters. Photo by Fred Aube. Paris is a city for dreaming. Guitarist Nick Rossi flew to the City of Lights a year ago for the International Duke Ellington Meeting, a three-day conference for ...

FARGO — It was 75 years ago Saturday that Duke Ellington taught Fargo how to swing. Four decades later, an amateur recording from that cold night shared Fargo's lesson with the world. Stashed away in ...

Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was born in Washington, D.C., in 1899. His musical training was a compound of piano lessons and an early exposure to the heady cocktail of church music and burlesque ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick At Carnegie Hall, the American Symphony Orchestra and Leon Botstein made a case for Duke Ellington works still rarely heard from ...

26th November 1969: American big band leader and legendary jazz pianist Duke Ellington (1899 - 1974), composer of between 2000 / 5000 tunes, on arrival at Heathrow Airport, London, as part of a world ...