The early 1950s were a worrying time for Duke Ellington. Musical tastes were changing and big bands were going out of business. Ellington was nervous. "I like to keep a band so I can write and hear ...

Most people have heard Duke Ellington’s music. But for some — like Scott O’Neil, Associate Conductor of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra — Ellington’s lure is much more personal. “My father was a ...

This 1952 recording includes 2 performances of Duke and his Orchestra one on Jan 7 1952 and one on Aug 12 1952 12 of his signature pieces are featured including Sophisticated Lady Caravan The Mooch ...

Bill Berry, a renowned jazz cornetist and trumpet player who played with the Duke Ellington Orchestra in the 1960s and later formed Bill Berry and the L.A. Band, one of the West Coast’s leading big ...

Lee Ann Womack likes to be on time. If she says she will call you at noon, expect the phone to ring at 12 on the dot. Likewise, Womack has had a good sense of timing in her music career. The ...

It’s no big thing to play the music of Duke Ellington. That’s done all the time: in cabarets, concert halls, movies, Broadway theaters and anywhere jazz musicians assemble. Ellingtonia, a word coined ...