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.

The afternoon concert will feature a performance by The Duke Ellington Center Big Band (musical director Eli Yamin), delivering timeless Ellington compositions and beloved jazz standards.

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 ...

In 1926 Duke met an agent and lyric writer named Irving Mills, and Mills became manager of the band as well as Ellington’s personal representative and partner.

Duke Ellington was one of the most popular and successful jazz musicians of the first half of the 20th century and according to composer Gunther Schuller and musicologist and historian Barry Kernfeld, ...

Duke Ellington and the sixteen other men in his jazz band are rather surprised at the research that has been expended on bringing to light the drunks, hangovers, and frolics of their youth.

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, American, 1899 - 1974 Juan Tizol Martinez, Puerto Rican, 1900 - 1984 Ivie Anderson, American, 1905 - 1949 ... at the top left and [Duke Ellington + his Band at the Saint-Lazare Station ...

First, it's about the group. Duke understood that the individuals in his band were greater as a unit and that sacrifice was required. Often, the impact of a group of like-minded people is more ...

Thanksgiving may be upon us, but Duke Ellington lovers in metro Detroit have an extra reason to party this weekend. Popular, nine-piece Detroit big band Planet D Nonet will play two shows at Ann ...