Don't think of Duke Ellington as a bandleader. Instead, consider him in the same light as other great entrepreneurs like Bill Gates (Microsoft), Steve Jobs (Apple), Larry Page and Sergey Brin (Google) ...

Savor the sounds of big band jazz and swing with this compendium of live performance clips from some of the genres most legendary musicians Besides innovative clarinetist composer and bandleader Artie ...

It should not be so hard to identify the most important jazz musician in the history of the genre. It is one of five artists: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, and Miles ...

FARGO — It was 75 years ago Saturday that Duke Ellington taught Fargo how to swing. Four decades later, an amateur recording from that cold night shared Fargo's lesson with the world. Stashed away in ...

Some of you will remember "Sophisticated Lady," "Take the 'A' Train" and "Satin Doll." They are three of the many hit tunes turned out by Duke Ellington and his band. There was nobody bigger in the ...

More recently, he has turned his attention to jazz, with satisfyingly full biographies of Louis Armstrong (Pops) and now Duke Ellington. He has also been a hands-on musician, playing string bass ...