The first official week of the season for the new, reimagined Duke Theatre begins next Wednesday, July 16, with performances by Andrew Schneider, and both this summer and the future look very bright ...

Ella Fitzgerald made history on May 4, 1959, as the first woman to win a Grammy Award. The “First Lady of Song” took home two ...

These free Marion Big Band concerts feature music made famous by mid-century artists such as Glen Miller, Artie Shaw, Count ...

The West Michigan Jazz Society has been putting on free concerts for the community since 1980. They're happy to keep "America ...

There’s a kind of time travel that happens when Peter and Will Anderson take the stage. You hear it in the glide of the clarinet, the crisp snap of the snare, ...

New Orleans trumpeter and composer Steve Lands reinterprets Gustav Holst's "The Planets" on his album "Rearranging the ...

Listen to the second episode in our three-part series exploring the music of Reunald Jones, a legendary Indiana trumpet ...

KIEL – Kiel Municipal Band ’s annual Patriotic Concert will be at 7 p.m. July 2 at City Park, 417 Paine St., in Kiel, and ...

There are rare insights into Duke Ellington in this book from Jack Chambers, his second on Duke Ellington. Chambers has also written important books on Miles Davis and Richard Twardzik. He is ...

Essentially Ellington once again brought the world’s best high school jazz musicians to New York. Over the last 30 years, the event has reshaped how jazz is taught.

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 ...

As the world celebrates the 126th birthday of our greatest composer, Duke Ellington, we should mark the lessons his music teaches us.