NEW YORK (AP) — Harry Connick Jr. will premiere a composition for the 100th anniversary of his mother's birth for Carnegie ...

Byron Center High School’s jazz band, one of two Michigan schools chosen, has been selected as one of 30 finalists to perform during the Essentially Ellington Festival at New York City's Lincoln ...

Jayna Elise shines as Tina Turner in the National Theatre production, bringing her D.C. roots and Duke Ellington School of ...

Duke Ellington recorded Masterpieces by Ellington, an ambitious album that redefined jazz composition. This deep dive explores the breathtaking Mood Indigo, a song that expanded beyond its swing roots ...

Pianist Jason Moran and bassist Marcus Shelby promise they will go deep into the catalogue of the legendary Duke Ellington ...

Edward Kennedy Ellington was born into the world on April 29, 1899 inWashington, D.C. Duke’s parents, Daisy Kennedy Ellington and James EdwardEllington, served as ideal role models for young Duke, and ...

When I reached Marcus Shelby on the phone at his home in San Francisco he was immersed in the music of Duke Ellington. Literally. “I’m surrounded by big band charts,” he said, while taking a ...

Chicago police said a man was killed and another man was injured on the city's West Side in a shooting not far from an elementary school.

Sinai Hospital in fair condition. The shooting happened around the corner from Duke Ellington Elementary School. And investigation by Area Four Detectives is ongoing.

Don Warrington tells a story of a remarkable rebirth, as a down-on-his-luck Duke Ellington spontaneously and joyously sparks his band into life at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival.