The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America Larry Tye 416 pages ISBN: 035838043X Mariner Books 2024 In 1986, a guy walked into a Post Office in South ...

The concert finds Ella accompanied by members of The Duke Ellington Orchestra, and it features recordings of two ’60s pop songs that Ella performed in that era but never released on an album ...

and features Fitzgerald accompanied by members of The Duke Ellington Orchestra. In the summer of 1967, Fitzgerald was in the midst of her three-year tour run and recording collaboration with Ellington ...

Listen for yourself to the advance single here: The album spans nine tracks, most never heard before, and features Fitzgerald accompanied by members of The Duke Ellington Orchestra. Photo ...

The album spans nine tracks, most never heard before, and features Fitzgerald accompanied by members of The Duke Ellington Orchestra at its prime. The resulting recordings underscore Fitzgerald ...

"Tribute to Duke Ellington" with Mercer Ellington and Grambling State Marching Band The 1975 game at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans was a tribute to jazz legend Duke Ellington, who had died the ...

Edward Kennedy Ellington was born into the world on April 29, 1899 inWashington, D.C. Duke’s parents, Daisy Kennedy Ellington and James EdwardEllington, served as ideal role models for young Duke, and ...

The story is told in musical vignettes through 26 iconic torch songs made famous by blues and jazz legends including Bessie Smith, Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn ...