Concord Music Group will release the two-CD Sarah Vaughan set Sophisticated Lady: The Duke Ellington Songbook Collection on August 20, 2013. Featuring six previously unreleased tracks and new liner ...

FARGO — It was 75 years ago Saturday that Duke Ellington taught Fargo how to swing. Four decades later, an amateur recording from that cold night shared Fargo's lesson with the world. Stashed away in ...

Within the depths of our souls, we all experience various forms of desire-love, solitude, and compassion. These yearnings, these colors of life, are what I sing about in my album, 'Longing.' The 3rd ...

With his deep tones and lively jazz ensemble, Paul Marinaro brought a warm atmosphere to chilly Evanston during a live show ...

Performances by Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra are always masterful examples of technical fluency. Playing music that covers the gamut of the jazz century, the orchestra’s ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about music and the business of music. This past weekend (May 9 – 11), Jazz at Lincoln Center put the spotlight on the ...

The Grammys are just days away, airing Sunday night on WUSA9, and the show is already generating some buzz about what song will win "song of the year." At the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, we ...

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 ...

The true test of any jazz pianist is what happens when sitting at the piano all alone. For many, that’s one scary proposition, even with 10 fingers at their disposal. Because for those whose skills ...