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Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie transformed America with their music—and were...
Fortune· 11 hours agoThe money troubles of Willam James “Count” Basie, Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington, and Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong made for ideal bellwethers, and are worth ...
It’s Duke Ellington’s 125th Birthday, and Jazz at Lincoln Center Is Going All Out
The New York Sun· 4 days agoAt Dizzy’s on Monday night, the celebration of Duke Ellington’s 125th birthday was officially...
Celebrate Duke Ellington's 125th Birthday at Symphony Space in May
Broadway World· 5 days agoA celebration of the 125th birthday of jazz great Duke Ellington will take place Monday, May 6 at...
Staten Island high school jazz band selected to compete in elite national competition at Jazz at...
Staten Island Advance· 1 day agoIn honor of what would’ve been jazz great Duke Ellington’s 125th birthday on April 29, the top 15...
‘Promenade with Duke’: Michel Petrucciani’s Tribute To Duke Ellington
uDiscover Music· 6 days ago“Duke Ellington was the one who made me learn the piano.” The famous tale goes that Petrucciani’s...
65 Years Ago, Frank Sinatra Came Up Short at the First Grammys
Billboard via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoElla Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book won best vocal performance, female. Ella...
Celebrating International Jazz Day: A Tribute To Legendary Black Musicians Who Broke Down Racial...
Essence· 4 days agoDecades before Jackie Robinson integrated Major League Baseball, these Black musicians were fighting...
Boundary Pushing Black Female Singers Through the Decades
Blavity via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJames Brown and Betty Jean Newsome made it clear in 1981 that “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World,” and...
‘We don’t want to have anything common with Russians, including music’
Al Jazeera· 2 days agoWritten in 1892, The Nutcracker’s danceable, hummable and harmonically advanced tunes have become...
Famous birthdays list for today, April 29, 2024 includes celebrities Uma Thurman, Jerry Seinfeld
The Cleveland Plain Dealer· 6 days agoUma Thurman and Jerry Seinfeld share a birthday today. Check out our photo slideshow of celebrities...