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 ...

Duke Ellington's legacy in American music is unrivalled. Since his death in 1974 recognition of his many achievements has steadily grown. The vastness and depth of his recordings is bewildering.

Step inside this Bed-Stuy brownstone and you’ll swear you’ve been whisked back to a jazz venue in 1940s Brooklyn. Housed in a ...

Ellington said Duke went on to share that wisdom with his pal Tony Bennett. “He told Tony Bennett that everybody should do at least two things you can succeed in even if they may not be related ...

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 was so taken with Marrow that he asked her to stay on with the band for the Monterey Jazz Festival the next night, and for an upcoming Midwest tour; she eventually sang with Ellington for ...

A D.C. Council member is calling for changes in oversight at Duke Ellington School of the Arts just days after a News4 I-Team investigation raised questions about how the school, the school ...

When Duke Ellington received the news that Billy Strayhorn, his songwriting and arranging partner of 28 years, had died, Ellington reportedly cried and told a friend, "No, I'm not all right!

Ellington was the most prolific jazz composer of all time, writing and performing tirelessly for more than 50 years. Many of his compositions also bear the name of composer Billy Strayhorn, his ...

Duke Ellington’s 1980 Grammy for the album, “Duke Ellington At Fargo, 1940 Live,” hits the auction block Tuesday, Feb. 27, through the international auction company Bonhams.

Duke was performing at Johns Hopkins, and his hosts told him about the Blue Jay, a nearby eatery whose owner turned away Black students but said he’d serve a “proper nigger” like Ellington.

Altoist Johnny Hodges was one of Duke's longest serving band members, in almost unbroken service from 1928 to his death in 1970. Few words are needed to enhance this album's subtitle -"Duke Ellington ...