Ellington is quoted in the book “Duke Ellington’s America” as saying ... Still, at Essentially Ellington, an annual high school big-band festival organized by Jazz at Lincoln Center and ...

NEW YORK — In a dressing room behind the stage in the Metropolitan Opera House, Wynton Marsalis, the trumpeter and educator, intently watched a live feed of the big band representing the Osceola ...

World-renowned jazz drummer, composer and educator Louie Bellson was born in Rock Falls and grew up in the Quad Cities area.

The Cutting Edge Big Band will stage a showcase performance at the Cornerstone Theatre on Friday, June 20, at 7.30pm.

In this Jazztrack Live you’ll hear a big band from Sweden led by trombonist Tilde Schweitzer .

I’ve never seen anybody move like that.”That’s what Aisha Ahmad-Post, executive director of the Robert and Judi Newman Center ...

It’s called "Memphis to Manhattan and Back," a jazz celebration packed with guest performances and acknowledgements. It's ...

The competition attracts the crème de la crème of school jazz bands from across North America, who gather at the Lincoln Centre in Manhattan to play Duke Ellington tracks and other big band ...

Learn about the legendary jazz innovators who revolutionized music with their genius, from early to modern masters who shaped ...

Big deal, right? But there was a bit of an altercation ... Ellington's genius was beauty and greater artistic self-worth. Prior to ... Duke Ellington was a tonal impressionist. Each musician in his ...