Duke Ellington's impact on jazz seems beyond measure, no matter how you count it. He wrote, co-wrote or took credit for writing more than 1,000 compositions over a 50-year span. According to one ...

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26th November 1969: American big band leader and legendary jazz pianist Duke Ellington (1899 - 1974), composer of between 2000 / 5000 tunes, on arrival at Heathrow Airport, London, as part of a world ...

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High school theater students from the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, DC will perform their original songs on The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Millennium Stage on ...

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 ...

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 ...

Twenty-three songs from the catalogue of the legendary composer and musician Duke Ellington creatively exploding with swinging energy or calming with mellow moods are enough to make one’s mind spin -- ...

The Herb Geller Memorial Scholarship Concert series continues its 2022 season with a pops concert featuring the Alliance Classical Players and Friends to benefit the Herb Geller Memorial Scholarships ...

Jazz lore is filled with anecdotes about Charlie Parker’s fondness for country music. On the road, his sidemen would rib him as he fed jukeboxes to hear weepers like “Your Cheatin’ Heart.” When they ...

For voice and piano (simplified) with guitar symbols. Mood indigo.--It don't mean a thing.--Azure.--I let a song go out of my heart.--Boy meets horn.--Caravan.--Solitude.--Sophisticated lady.-- ...