Imagine stepping into 1920s Harlem — the streets bursting at the seams with the vibrant energy of Black brilliance set to a boisterous jazzy soundtrack provided by legends like Duke Ellington ...

A nonpareil composer, pianist and bandleader, he arrived in New York from Washington, D.C., just as the Harlem Renaissance was getting underway; soon, the Duke Ellington Orchestra had become the ...

Long before the rise of the black-pride movement in the 1960s, there was the music of Duke ... Harlem Renaissance. Elegant, dignified, gracious, and constantly performing and composing, Ellington ...

While the Harlem Renaissance was in full swing ... themselves and it all becomes part of my own style.” To know Duke Ellington is to know his band — although few can name its other members ...

Chronicling the Harlem Renaissance era ... plus footage of performances and interviews with Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Count Basie and more.

Olivet Baptist Church in Rochester. It was a celebration of 100 years of Duke Ellington’s music. He was a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance during the 1920s and popularized jazz in Harlem.

Nearly a century after the Harlem Renaissance began ... sculptures and installations. "You'll see Duke Ellington performing at the Cotton Club and Cab Calloway dancing while he's conducting ...

Launched by WBM and the Renaissance New York Hotel ... While inside the building where Harlem greats like Langston Hughes, Duke Ellington, Josephine Baker, and James Baldwin also shined, guests ...

By Veronica Chambers I’m a Brooklyn girl, but I’m low-key obsessed with the Harlem Renaissance ... listening to Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, thumbing through books featuring artwork ...

Veteran author Victoria Christopher Murray returns with her first solo work of historical fiction, “Harlem Rhapsody.” Imagine stepping into 1920s Harlem — the streets bursting at the seams ...