Duke Ellington and his band pose for publicity photograph in 1931. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images. Credit issues aside, Ellington’s genius was not being too proud to let others into his creative ...

Mercedes Ellington is keeping her grandfather’s iconic sound alive. The uptown eatery named for iconic composer and bandleader Duke Ellington will finally be the home to his music on Sunday. … ...

It has been nearly a century since Duke Ellington’s orchestra became the house band at the Cotton Club on 142nd Street. Even there, where Ellington and his group of Black musicians played in ...

Duke Ellington was the well-spring that flowed through many decades of jazz. In 1938, Ellington found his soul-mate in composer/arranger Billy Strayhorn. By the early 1940s, Strayhorn combined with ...

Jazz musician Duke Ellington's bio, concert & touring information, albums, reviews, videos, ... and you have to hear it. So you listen to his Blanton-Webster band of the early 1940s and the ...

Jul. 5—There will be swing music and big band jazz in Highland Park this week. The Kokomo Park Band's annual Big Band Night is one of the group's most popular concerts. Fans of Duke Ellington ...

Duke Ellington’s big band performing a perennial 4 th of July classic, George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” featuring Jimmy Hamilton on clarinet, Harry Carney on baritone sax, ...

Central High's Jazz Band won the 2025 "Essentially Ellington" High School Competition and Festival, which took place between May 7-11, 2025. This year was the 30th anniversary of the event, named ...

Duke Ellington's band, from right, Lawrence Brown, Harry Carney, Juan Tizol, Tricky Sam Nanton, Sonny Greer, Ben Webster, Wallace Jones, Ray Nance, Otto Hardwick, Rex Stewart, Johnny Hodges and ...

Duke Ellington and his band pose for publicity photograph in 1931. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images. Credit issues aside, Ellington’s genius was not being too proud to let others into his creative ...