An historic double album, the only one to feature the Duke Ellington band in the greatest of its many incarnations, playing a dance date. It captures the immediacy and chaotic magic of the 1940 ...

In 1964, Dean D.J. Bartlett and the Reverend John S. Yaryan invited Duke Ellington and his orchestra to present a concert to consecrate the renovated Grace Cathedral on Nob Hill in San Francisco ...

Warm Vintage Jazz Via Verve Acoustic Sounds Series 180-gram Vinyl Reissues Feature Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges and Roland Kirk When reviewing albums by legends like Duke Ellington and Roland Kirk, I ...

Then, on July 7, 1956, Ellington headlined the Newport Jazz Festival, closing out a weekend jammed with such luminaries as Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, ...

Some of you will remember "Sophisticated Lady," "Take the 'A' Train" and "Satin Doll." They are three of the many hit tunes turned out by Duke Ellington and his band. There was nobody bigger in the ...

FARGO — Do you love Fargo music history? Have you always wanted to own a Grammy Award? Do you have more than $22,000 to make your dreams come true? Duke Ellington’s 1980 Grammy for the album, “Duke ...

Dave Black, 78, a jazz drummer who toured and recorded with Duke Ellington's big band in the mid-1950s and inspired composer Billy Strayhorn to write the drum showcase "Gonna Tan Your Hide," died Dec.

WTOP caught up with five-time Grammy winner Robert Glasper, founding member of the Kennedy Center’s Hip Hop Culture Council, who will host “Black Radio: A Duke x Dilla Celebration” honoring Duke ...