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 Weill Center has a $13 million fundraising goal to support the two-phased expansion. SHEBOYGAN – The Stefanie H. Weill ...

Sheboygan’s Weill Center announces $13 million expansion with lobby upgrades, rooftop lounge, and community spaces.

Decatur WWII veteran Calvin George Kemp is celebrating his 102nd birthday today. A "Grady Baby," Kemp returned to Atlanta ...

The Schweppe family’s Piasa Bird Lodge in Alton boasts historic architecture and breathtaking Mississippi River views.

Celebrate International Jazz Day on May 30 at any of the six Manistee County Library branches. Many books, movies and music ...

SWING: A special evening for fans of big band and swing dancing at the historical Buffalo Rose in downtown Golden. Doors open ...

My childhood memories of Ocean City are as bright as a stack of postcards: the thwack of a miniature golf club, sand crabs ...

taking the lead on Saturday. It has been nearly a century since Duke Ellington’s orchestra became the house band at the Cotton Club on 142nd Street. Even there, where Ellington and his group of ...

NEW YORK — In a dressing room behind the stage in the Metropolitan Opera House, Wynton Marsalis, the trumpeter and educator, intently watched a live feed of the big band representing the Osceola ...

Duke Ellington's orchestral suite “Black, Brown and Beige,” performed by the CSO under Damon Gupton on May 9, offered a glimpse of how Ellington saw the possibilities of blending jazz into the ...

The competition attracts the crème de la crème of school jazz bands from across North America, who gather at the Lincoln Centre in Manhattan to play Duke Ellington tracks and other big band ...