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 ...

Duke Ellington, one of the greatest figures of jazz, died 50 years ago today. The highest form of praise he would apply to others was to call them ‘beyond category’, and Ellington’s own New York Times ...

It should not be so hard to identify the most important jazz musician in the history of the genre. It is one of five artists: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, and Miles ...

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 ...

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April 29, 1899, marks the birth of one of the most celebrated people in American music: Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington. During his decades-long career, Ellington penned many songs that have become ...

On Furumachi-dori street, once the bustling center of the city of Niigata, there is a large piece of street art depicting a ...

MANHATTAN (CN) - Duke Ellington's grandchildren say Sony Music Publishing owes them $171,000 for 6 months of royalties from Ellington's works. The three plaintiffs - Mercedes, Edward and Gaye ...

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A study in sepia It was the package that arrived, which prompted me to open an album of memories in the first place. Looking at the photograph, I recall some--not all--of the many details of the ...