The original cover for the 1960 big band album, “The Nutcracker Suite,” presented three people as the authors, all with equal font size ... album art alongside Duke Ellington in such prominence.

Ellington and his classmates were taught that the best way to fight injustice wasn’t through violence, but through high achievement. As described in the book “Duke Ellington’s America ...

This spring marks both the 50th anniversary of Duke Ellington’s death, and what would have been his 125th birthday. Why is it that out of the hundreds of musicians who electrified the nightclub ...

Duke Ellington (1899-1974). Teachout peeks behind Ellington's elegant if enigmatic persona, explores the strengths and weaknesses of his celebrated musical craft in great technical detail (which ...

A new book by Larry Tye — The Jazzmen — traces how the popularity of musicians Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Count Basie affected the civil rights movement. Sponsor Message MICHEL MARTIN ...