The Kokomo Park Band's annual Big Band Night is one of the group's most popular concerts. Fans of Duke Ellington and Glenn Miller will be able to listen to familiar tunes at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

To know Duke Ellington is to know his band — although ... taking it from a novelty instrument to a staple of every big band to follow. Yet Ellington’s most intimate relationship was with ...

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 ...

Duke Ellington always had this way of pulling strong ... Even on a trio recording like this, you can definitely hear the big band in his playing. I recommend including this 1936 masterpiece ...

To me, “big band” meant old men playing Lawrence ... But 125 years after Ellington’s birth, the Duke’s music has lost not one particle of its precious exuberance. Eric Herman is a former ...

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

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 ...

‘The last time I was here, I had the honor of being presented to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth,” Duke Ellington announced ... and then record it with his big band, and when he was through ...

Stars out in force to honor the musical pioneer and his legacy of compositions which are etched into the soul of America.