July Fourth crab feasts, rooftop parties and a hot-dog-eating contest are on the agenda, along with outdoor movies, concerts and festivals.

"The 7.5 per cent population growth validates Abu Dhabi's talent-first strategy. The government and its leadership continue ...

New Orleans has the best food in the world. Seriously, Time Out gave us the official crown. Why it matters: Everyone flocks ...

Joye in Aiken Jazz Camp gave 17 students a four-day immersion in the history and playing of jazz music, taught by five New ...

For any writer on Duke Ellington there is the problem of how to cut through the prodigious amount of work that Ellington produced. In this book, and in his previous book, Sweet Thunder: Duke Ellington ...

The music of Duke Ellington has the power of multi-generational relevance. The lessons he taught the world nearly a century ago can still help us today.

Based on research of the library's archives, it highlights the major artists who visited Newcastle between 1957 and 1970 such as Jimi Hendrix, Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington.

Kim Berry hosts her show from the studios of KUVO, the Denver nonprofit jazz radio station, on Tuesday, March 5, 2025. (Courtesy of Javon Manning/Rocky Mountain Public Media) ...

Count Basie, Louie Armstrong, B.B. King, Lionel Hampton, Duke Ellington played there ...

Last year, in a festival that celebrated Duke Ellington’s 125 th birthday, none of Washington’s finalists finished in the competition’s top three positions.

This year marks 125 years since the birth of jazz legend Duke Ellington. The bandleader, composer and pianist died 50 years ago. In the new book “The Jazzmen,” biographer Larry Tye sets out to ...