Thus, he was pleasantly surprised to watch his alma mater’s Wind ensemble perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing” at his job on June 12, in what he called “a full circle moment” during the Museum of the ...

Explore the significance of 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' at the 125th anniversary symposium, highlighting its cultural and ...

Jack Chambers is professor at the University of Toronto and teacher of music and language. His jazz writings include the prize winning biography Milestones: The Music and Times of Miles Davis (Da Capo ...

Edward Duke Ellington at Beckham is a public school located in Detroit, MI, which is in a large city setting. The student population of Edward Duke Ellington at Beckham is 493 and the school ...

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.

Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn barreling away on two pianos with “Great Times,” recorded for Ellington’s Mercer label in 1950. Strayhorn before that leading an Ellingtonian small group ...

Moran talks about his performance, "Duke Ellington: My Heart Sings” and about his dream to create a venue in Houston where jazz musicians can find an open mic to jam.

Jason Moran has spent the past year immersing himself in the music of Duke Ellington: listening, practicing, teaching — and, most importantly, performing it. His efforts got their public launch ...

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, ...

Part 3 of Richard O. Boyer’s “The Hot Bach” Profile series about the jazz musician Duke Ellington and his rise to ... New York, and Europe, Duke was attending public school ...

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. Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- On Wednesday, Feb. 15, Marcus Printup, Trumpet, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, had the Susan E. Wagner High School Jazz band on the edge of their seats as he announced ...