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I first dug “Play On!,” Sheldon Epps’ delightful combination of the song stylings of Duke Ellington and the plot twists of the Bard, back in 1998. Chicago’s Goodman Theatre had resurrected the slick ...

Ellington's music has been a staple of jazz repertoire for decades. Now artists are building on his work and finding midway points between the legend and themselves. One striking example: Jason Moran ...

Ellington Volunteer Fire Department officials say two people are displaced after a fire Friday afternoon on Sprucewood Drive. They say the fire became a multi-alarm fire and requested mutual aid from ...

Paul Gonsalves’s landmark tenor saxophone solo in the middle of Duke Ellington’s “Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue,” performed live at the Newport Jazz Festival 70 years ago this week, is a testament ...

Duke Ellington and the sixteen other men in his jazz band are rather surprised at the research that has been expended on bringing to light the drunks, hangovers, and frolics of their youth. The ...

There are times when Duke Ellington exudes such calm contentment that a colleague, under the influence of the benign radiation, once murmured drowsily, “Duke make me sleepy, like rain on the roof.” ...

Ps 4 Duke Ellington is a public school located in New York, NY, which is in a large city setting. The student population of Ps 4 Duke Ellington is 450 and the school serves PK-5. At Ps 4 Duke ...

Edward Duke Ellington at Beckham is a public school located in Detroit, MI, which is in a large city setting. The student population of Edward Duke Ellington at Beckham is 562 and the school serves PK ...

In 1969, President Richard Nixon threw a 70th birthday bash for Edward Kennedy ‘Duke’ Ellington, at the White House where he gave him a special present. April 29, 2026, would have been the legendary ...

Late Milwaukee legend Minnette Wilson, whose colorful life included dancing on tour with jazz great Duke Ellington, took credit as the inspiration for Ellington's classic "Satin Doll," running a bar ...