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 ...

Edward Kennedy Ellington, the cool, impeccable bandleader-composer whose Harlem sound stirred the world’s jazz lovers for ...

Joni Mitchell has always had a strong relationship with jazz, and her love for pianist Duke Ellington is a significant one to ...

This year's Black History Month theme is "African Americans and Labor" focusing on the ways work impacts "the collective ...

In his new book, Taunton psychologist Keith Crochiere looks back on Roseland's heyday in the era of Prohibition, the ...

Explore Black History Month events across Houston, from storytelling and workshops to performances and markets.

Marana USD is hosting information sessions about its new high school,, Tucson Values Teachers teams up with Pima County ...

In 1928 the French composer Maurice Ravel, at the age of 53, went on a four-month tour of the United States to perform and ...

Two of the great pioneering geniuses of jazz are united on this epochal record, created from sessions cut in April 1961 when Duke Ellington sat in as pianist with Louis Armstrong’s All-Stars, a ...