Concord Music Group will release the two-CD Sarah Vaughan set Sophisticated Lady: The Duke Ellington Songbook Collection on August 20, 2013. Featuring six previously unreleased tracks and new liner ...

FARGO — It was 75 years ago Saturday that Duke Ellington taught Fargo how to swing. Four decades later, an amateur recording from that cold night shared Fargo's lesson with the world. Stashed away in ...

Within the depths of our souls, we all experience various forms of desire-love, solitude, and compassion. These yearnings, these colors of life, are what I sing about in my album, 'Longing.' The 3rd ...

Even if you’re just a casual jazz fan, you probably recognize “Take the A Train,” Duke Ellington’s swinging theme song. Or ...

On Dec. 1, 1938, Pittsburgh resident and jazz composer Billy Strayhorn met the legendary Duke Ellington backstage after a show at what was then the Stanley Theater. Their musical personalities meshed, ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about music and the business of music. This past weekend (May 9 – 11), Jazz at Lincoln Center put the spotlight on the ...

The true test of any jazz pianist is what happens when sitting at the piano all alone. For many, that’s one scary proposition, even with 10 fingers at their disposal. Because for those whose skills ...

Performances by Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra are always masterful examples of technical fluency. Playing music that covers the gamut of the jazz century, the orchestra’s ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. High school theater students from the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in ...