A new documentary about Duke Ellington is out. It tells the story of a party at Duke Ellington’s house in 1972!

This year marks 125 years since the birth of jazz legend Duke Ellington. The bandleader, composer and pianist died 50 years ago. In the new book “The Jazzmen,” biographer Larry Tye sets out to ...

A.B. SPELLMAN, National Endowment for the Arts: You're listening to one of the most familiar compositions and one of the most familiar sounds in all of American music: Duke Ellington's "Take the 'A' ...

This week's Rotations marks the 127th birth anniversary of Duke Ellington with a deep dive into the final fifteen years of his career. Those were the years of surprising, searching work that tends to ...

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe will present a free community forum examining jazz legend Duke Ellington's life and music, ...

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, ...

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States Mint launched a new coin Tuesday featuring jazz legend Duke Ellington, making him the first African-American to appear by himself on a circulating U.S. coin.

Eric Jackson—the host for the past 30 years of the Eric in the Evening jazz program on Boston’s WGBH radio—had a wise father. For his father once said: “If the music of Duke Ellington isn’t in your ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'Calm and elegant': Duke Ellington - John Kobal Foundation Duke Ellington, one of the greatest figures of jazz, died 50 years ago ...

In '72, filmmaker William Greaves hosted a cocktail party for the surviving members of the Harlem Renaissance. Our critic ...

(This is the first part of a three-part series. Read the second part.) Duke Ellington, whose contours have something of the swell and sweep of a large, erect bear and whose color is that of coffee ...