When Mary Lou Williams arrived at Duke in 1977 as the University’s first artist-in-residence, she was already an icon in the ...

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 ...

In his new book, Taunton psychologist Keith Crochiere looks back on Roseland's heyday in the era of Prohibition, the ...

Tucsonans have been creating lasting memories at El Casino Ballroom. Pat Parris shared the Absolutely Arizona story of this ...

The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America Larry Tye 416 pages ISBN: 035838043X Mariner Books 2024 In 1986, a guy walked into a Post Office in South ...

In 1928 the French composer Maurice Ravel, at the age of 53, went on a four-month tour of the United States to perform and ...

Play On! is a twist on Twelfth Night, performed as a jazz musical and in modern English - no 'verily's or 'art thou's about ...

Marana USD is hosting information sessions about its new high school,, Tucson Values Teachers teams up with Pima County ...

Ahead of the 2025 Grammys on February 2, RAYE opened up to Marie Claire about her music taste, from the Nina Simone record ...

America's premier high school jazz band competition named four Seattle-area schools as finalists for its 30th iteration.

The Mountlake Terrace High School Jazz Band is among four Puget Sound area schools headed to the 30th annual Essentially ...

West Palm Beach showed off the still-shuttered Sunset Lounge during a December tour by members of the African American Mayors ...