The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO), the Greater Roxbury Arts & Cultural Center (GRACC) and Boston’s Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help have announced A Tribute to Duke Ellington (Free Concert) on ...

Duke Ellington was one of the most popular and successful jazz musicians of the first half of the 20th century and according to composer Gunther Schuller and musicologist and historian Barry Kernfeld, ...

Jazz pianist Ellington Carthan’s skill has spanned years performing and producing his own work. He’s taken stages across the D.C. area, including at Blues Alley, the Library of Congress, and the ...

All Duke Ellington concerts offered music of substance. Audiences listened patiently through the medleys and Tony Watkins' vocals. Some performances, however, stood apart because they contained ...

2 MASTICATE, New Dark Comedy by Madison Fargo, to Have World Premiere This Musical Tribute features The Duke Ellington Center Big Band led by Frank Owens with a special array of dancers, vocal ...

Recorded live by Norman Granz between July 26 and 29, 1966, in Juan-les-Pins, a tiny beachside village on the Riviera, the concerts heard here are especially revelatory for the sheer magnitude of the ...

Duke Ellington said his 1965 sacred concert was "the most important thing I've ever done." Many critics familiar with his colossal half-century output have begged to differ. Yet the Los Angeles Master ...

Students with the Duke Ellington School of the Arts are putting on some affordable entertainment for D.C. commuters at Union Station Wednesday. The students are scheduled to perform for free from 4:30 ...