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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
With his deep tones and lively jazz ensemble, Paul Marinaro brought a warm atmosphere to chilly Evanston during a live show ...
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 ...
“Play On!” is a Duke Ellington jukebox musical that doesn’t get around much anymore since its two-month Broadway run back in the spring of 1997. Signature Theatre’s vibrant and propulsive revival — ...
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