There are rare insights into Duke Ellington in this ... had a deleterious effect on Ellington's confidence. During the course of the book, Chambers gradually identifies critics of Ellington. One ...

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 ...

Across the arc of his spectacular 20 th-century career Duke Ellington was a pianist, a bandleader, a composer and arranger…and, at one time, Duke Ellington was a record-label owner. At the ...

By Hank Shteamer Video by Ariel Fisher and Tim Schutsky Jason Moran has spent the past year living with the music of Duke Ellington, playing a series of concerts honoring the 125th anniversary of ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man was killed and another man was injured ... The shooting happened around the corner from Duke Ellington Elementary School. And investigation by Area Four Detectives is ...

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 ...

According to his son Mercer, Duke Ellington “was quite taken with the story of the ‘Juggler of Notre Dame.’” It’s a parable that applies to Armstrong and Basie too. “The man was a ...

Nevertheless, “The Duke Ellington Reader” is generally intriguing and further evidence that the great man’s real life was his devotion to his art.

This spring marks both the 50th anniversary of Duke Ellington’s death ... was always meant to be collaborative, and that no man — not even a great man — is an island. His career is a ...