(ThyBlackMan.com) Duke Ellington, a giant in jazz history, was more than just a composer and bandleader—he was a cultural architect whose music told the stories of Black excellence, struggle, and ...

Duke Ellington Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright ...

In 1964, Dean D.J. Bartlett and the Reverend John S. Yaryan invited Duke Ellington and his orchestra to present a concert to consecrate the renovated Grace Cathedral on Nob Hill in San Francisco ...

Editor’s Note: Billy Strayhorn, who was a composer and musician with Duke Ellington and wrote some of the best-known jazz songs of the age, was born on Nov. 29, 1915 in Dayton. In recognition of that ...

Pianist and Houston native Jason Moran pays homage to the musical range of Duke Ellington in a Houston concert called "Duke Ellington: My Heart Sings” on March 28. In an interview with Houston Matters ...

His work continues to invoke the mood and character of the jazz clubs of his era – “The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician,” said Ellington. Here are seven facts about the artist ...

A piano played by jazz legend Duke Ellington during a show in Eastbourne is being restored. Ellington, who led and composed ...

"Ellington came up, and her appreciation of music and instruments and how they're amplified just floored me for about a minute," British jazz musician Gary Crosby said of his conversation with the ...