Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Jazz At Lincoln Center Mercedes Ellington, Duke Ellington's granddaughter, told Newsweek: "We need some music now. He had a lot of music, so it's good that we go ...

In an age where the term "relevance" feels like the single dominant tenant of nearly all of us in the education community, the significance of the work of Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington continues ...

Across the arc of his spectacular 20 th-century career Duke Ellington was a pianist, a bandleader, a composer and arranger…and, at one time, Duke Ellington was a record-label owner. At the ...

By Hank Shteamer Video by Ariel Fisher and Tim Schutsky Jason Moran has spent the past year living with the music of Duke Ellington, playing a series of concerts honoring the 125th anniversary of ...

Col. Mark R. “Duke” Ellington’s military career began, unofficially, in the Democratic Republic of Congo — then known as Zaire — as the child of Presbyterian missionaries. “I was one ...

When I reached Marcus Shelby on the phone at his home in San Francisco he was immersed in the music of Duke Ellington. Literally. “I’m surrounded by big band charts,” he said, while taking a ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man was killed and another man was injured ... The shooting happened around the corner from Duke Ellington Elementary School. And investigation by Area Four Detectives is ...

Composer and jazz pianist Duke Ellington will be celebrated Sunday during a Windsor Jazz series concert featuring The Paul Keller Quintet. American bassist Paul Keller brings his combo of top ...

In another reality, Thursday evening’s Boston Symphony Orchestra concert might have felt like a celebration of something more than the legacy of composer Duke Ellington. Yes, it would have been ...

Duke Ellington left a formidable discography at his death at the age of 75 in 1974, and it has expanded greatly with the number of concerts that have been uncovered and issued since then. This CD is ...

This year marks 125 years since the birth of jazz legend Duke Ellington. The bandleader, composer and pianist died 50 years ago. In the new book “The Jazzmen,” biographer Larry Tye sets out ...