Duke found piano playing jobs at clubs and cafes throughout theWashington area. Three months shy of graduation, Duke dropped out ofschool and began his professional music career. Duke Ellington was ...

Duke Ellington, the legendary jazz composer, pianist, and bandleader ... regarding the vagaries inherent in many of the published big band piano charts in use at hundreds of colleges and high schools.

There's a bit of a whirlwind story, with ties to the Netherlands, behind Roosevelt High School's annual performance of The ...

Mr. Solal, who also wrote music for films and symphony orchestras, was revered in Europe and hailed in the United States on his rare visits there.

The composer and arranger is best known for his collaborations with Duke Ellington ... his days playing the piano. He studied at Westinghouse High School, which many jazz artists attended ...

Fred Stride will bring his 15-piece orchestra to the Evergreen Cultural Centre in Coquitlam on Friday, Dec. 6, for a ...

Ellington’s take on Tchaikovsky, Barber’s Violin Concerto with Randall Goosby and Dvořák’s New World Symphony introduced ...

Swing back in time with the top Jazz artists of the 1920s! Explore the iconic artists who redefined an era with their ...

but Duke Ellington lovers in metro Detroit have an extra reason to party this weekend. Popular, nine-piece Detroit big band Planet D Nonet will play two shows at Ann Arbor’s Blue Llama Jazz Club ...

Alexandre Desplat channeled his love of Duke Ellington into the score of 'The Piano Lesson,' Malcolm Washington's feature ...