(ThyBlackMan.com) Duke Ellington, a giant in jazz history, was more than just a composer and bandleader—he was a cultural ...

Curious too, to see Ellington holding the sheet music for soloist Johnny Hodges. The same tour also took the Duke Ellington Orchestra to Syria, Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon, among other ...

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

Long before the rise of the black-pride movement in the 1960s, there was the music of Duke Ellington. Born and raised in Washington, D.C. at the turn of the century and exposed early on to ...

"I don't have time. I 'live' my music!" That is the keynote of Duke Ellington's attitude towards his work. He is deeply absorbed in it, much more involved in his life-work, music, than other ...

An evening of Black history and music returned to Holy Trinity on 36th Street for its third annual gathering, headlined as ...

“I’m surrounded by big band charts,” he said, while taking a short break from methodically organizing sheet music sent to ... concerts celebrating Duke Ellington. (Courtesy of Marcus Shelby ...