The Giants of Jazz’ includes Frank Sinatra collaborations with Count Basie and His Orchestra and Duke Ellington.

The American Tap Dance Foundation and The Duke Ellington Center for the Arts will host a free outdoor tribute to Duke ...

Gustavo Dudamel begins his only week at the Hollywood Bowl this summer with a classical/jazz dialogue between Ellington and ...

Frank Sinatra had his biggest hit single of the 1960s with "Somethin' Stupid," a light pop duet with his daughter Nancy ...

Jazz greats Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Louis Armstrong gave their own sentimentalized retelling of their nomadic existence from the 1930s onward, portraying the jaunts as being as amorous as ...

Ellington said Duke went on to share that wisdom with his pal Tony Bennett. “He told Tony Bennett that everybody should do at least two things you can succeed in even if they may not be related ...

The Duke Ellington School of the Arts saved my life, and after news of possible changes to the school’s management brought together decades of alumni, I know I am not alone.

Duke Ellington is one of Washington, D.C.’s most acclaimed public schools, founded to help students develop their artistic abilities. But the two young women say the close relationships and ...

Composer Duke Ellington performs a “concert of sacred music” with his orchestra as Lena Horne sings at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church on Dec. 26, 1965, in New York, N.Y.

Few American public high schools are anything like the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C. It has been educating future artists and entertainers for 47 years. It also ranks in ...

Many critics consider Duke Ellington to be the most important composer in the history of jazz. Along with his jazz compositions, he wrote film scores and stage musicals. The Duke at His Best has ...