The term is applied to radically different compositions across more than 1,000 years of history. We need a better definition.

Moran talks about his performance, “Duke Ellington ... Moran reflects on the time he first heard Ellington's music. It was a recording of Thelonius Monk playing Ellington's Black and Tan ...

Houston native Jason Moran has spent the past several months playing the works of Duke Ellington ... sound that comes from the city needs a space,” he said. “I love Austin, but it is not the ...

If you left your heart in San Francisco, singer Michael Feinstein’s tribute to Tony Bennett will dazzle your soul. Dubbed ...

Harlem, the place to be. So hip, Roy Haynes once told me, cats said they would rather go to Harlem than to heaven.

Blanchard brought the trumpet to his lips, and so began a night of bluesy musings commemorating jazz saxophonist and composer ...

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, now in its 55th year, takes place from April 24 to May 4 Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team ... Brass Band with Duke Ellington and hopping ...

Ran Blake heard him playing in a Boston Club and persuaded him to study music at the New England Conservatory ... Others may be aware that he was a stalwart member of big bands like the Duke Ellington ...

There are several special releases of interest for our area, including “The Westbound Sound: Foundations,” a second ...

In Seattle, two local radio shows on Daybreak Star Radio and KEXP, are joining the efforts to illuminate and celebrate the ...