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 ...

But suddenly, as the last light of day fades, the M-shaped, Art Deco lights on the front ... during the swing and bebop eras of the ’40s. Duke Ellington and his orchestra were here in 1947 ...

Jazz is a complex and dynamic art form, and various quotes from legendary musicians capture its essence and intricacies. Duke Ellington’s famous statement “It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that ...

Duke Ellington was one of the most popular and successful jazz ... The whole attempt to fuse jazz as a form with art music should be discouraged. The two exist at such different distance from the ...

Duke Ellington and the sixteen other men in his ... the precise connection between dissipation and the creation of art. It is a source of mild regret to Duke and his colleagues that their ...

Students with the Duke Ellington School of the Arts are putting ... this was something we wanted to do more of.” “We think of art as a ‘nice to have,’ but we realize in times of crisis ...

When you're 5 years old and you're sitting on Duke Ellington's lap ... Black rock stars that were doing it to the fullest. The art form, the music, the singing, the choreography, the fashion ...

FARGO — Do you love Fargo music history? Have you always wanted to own a Grammy Award? Do you have more than $22,000 to make your dreams come true? Duke Ellington’s 1980 Grammy for the album ...

Whether these quotes were exaggerated ... white artists like Gershwin have the freedom to experiment within their art, whereas people like Duke Ellington must – to some degree – play it safe so that ...

Biographer Tye (Bobby Kennedy) presents a mesmerizing group portrait of American jazz greats Duke Ellington (1899 ... who lived and breathed their art, from Ellington’s soulful, “Shakespearian ...

It’s a film that features plenty of young people performing expressive choreography with French dialogue about art with subtitles. On Friday, Dec. 8, the MFA will screen “The Innocent (L ...