Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (1899-1974) - the Washington, D.C.-born son of a butler and grandson of a slave - was a colossus of jazz: a composer-arranger-pianist-bandleader "beyond category" and ...

Why another Ellington biography? The sub-title, A Spiritual Biography, is critical. While Steed does an excellent job of re-telling the standard Ellington story, her special province is the spiritual ...

Duke Ellington Orchestra Highlands Church 2015 Arizona Musicfest Scottsdale, Arizona February 6, 2015 The Duke Ellington Orchestra delivered a solid mix of swing and ballads from the colossal ...

There's no doubt Terry Teachout can bring historical characters to life. Anyone who's seen his play, "Satchmo at the Waldorf," or read "Pops," his hugely regarded 2009 biography on Louis Armstrong, ...

There are no two larger figures in jazz than Duke Ellington (1899-1974) and Charlie Parker (1920-1955). Both transformed the nascent genre and helped establish its legitimacy as an art form. Both are ...

Do we need another biography of Duke Ellington? The answer is a resounding, “Yes!” Harvey G. Cohen’s biography of one of the greatest composers of the 20th century in any musical genre has much to ...

Duke Ellington “has always been a little hard to figure,” said Chris Foran in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He embodied civilized refinement on stage but struggled offstage to juggle all of his ...

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City ...

You don't have to look very closely at the photo of Duke Ellington on the cover of the new Terry Teachout biography to see the prominent scar on his left cheek. Accounts vary as to the scar's origin, ...