April 29th marks the 107th anniversary of Edward Kennedy Ellington's birth and in May he will have been gone for 32 years. Yet we have still not come to terms with the magnitude of Duke's legacy not ...

"First of all the kids in the band want you to know they love you madly" are debonair Duke Ellington's playful opening remarks on this live concert set. Those "kids" he refers to are an incredible ...

NEW YORK - Nearly 300 personal items belonging to jazz great Duke Ellington, including the white baby grand piano on which he composed some of his most famous songs, will be sold at auction on May 18 ...

Ellington's music has been a staple of jazz repertoire for decades. Now artists are building on his work and finding midway points between the legend and themselves. One striking example: Jason Moran ...

A piano played by jazz legend Duke Ellington during a show in Eastbourne is being restored. Ellington, who led and composed music for his band across six decades, performed at the Congress Theatre in ...

Two years before Duke Ellington died at 75, he spent a week at the University of Wisconsin in Madison with his orchestra, teaching and performing in concert. Among the indispensable members of his ...

As the son of one of the towering figures of 20th-century music, Mercer Kennedy Ellington, born March 11, 1919, in Washington, D.C., was all but destined to follow in his father's footsteps. He spent ...