Bandleader and accomplished reed man Dan Block is an exponent of traditional and swing jazz, and pays homage to the music of Duke Ellington with From His World To Mine: Dan Block Plays The Music Of ...

2011-05-22T12:53:27-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/35e/298338-m.jpgCleveland State University Professor Regennia Williams teaches a course “African-American ...

It’s no big thing to play the music of Duke Ellington. That’s done all the time: in cabarets, concert halls, movies, Broadway theaters and anywhere jazz musicians assemble. Ellingtonia, a word coined ...

Duke Ellington School of the Arts (DESA) joined the Colour of Music Festival in presenting The Colour of Music Festival Petit this past week, while also honoring DESA co-founder Peggy Cooper Cafritz.

The Boston-born musician Randall Keith Horton says Duke Ellington changed the course of his life. Perhaps one of the most defining titles Horton ever had was as Ellington's conductor and composing ...

WAILUKU – Jazz Maui presents “Mostly Duke” with famed jazz pianist Tommy James from 5-7 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024 at the Maui Ku’ia Estate Chocolate Factory at 78 Ulupono Street in Lahaina.

In honor of Black History Month, Greenwich Library and BackCountry Jazz will present a series honoring the music of Duke Ellington. In my mind, the title of Dr. John's 1999 album, "Duke Elegant," ...

The Duke appeared a little bored. He was being asked a lot of routine questions about his favorite sports, hangouts, and orchestras. He made a gesture of impatience. "I don't get 'round to hearing ...

[Music] American Negro very trustingly have come along a hundred years now after the Emancipation Proclamation and of course now their their demands are coming more strong and as it should be their ...

Mercedes Ellington is keeping her grandfather’s iconic sound alive. The uptown eatery named for iconic composer and bandleader Duke Ellington will finally be the home to his music on Sunday. Ellington ...

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 to ...

Dan Block is an exceptionally talented reed player, a stylish arranger and composer, a skilful bandleader and a valued sideman. He's worked with Michael Feinstein, Rosemary Clooney and Clark Terry, ...