The following list is a curated roundup of weekend events in Long Beach published every Wednesday on the Hi-lo and Long Beach ...

Sam Summers is ready to reveal his latest venture, Tom Archer's Poor Man's Country Club, under the Val Air Ballroom.

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

Jazz at Lincoln Center recently announced the top high school jazz bands selected to compete in the 30th annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival, May 7-11, at Jazz ...

Mansion on O Street founder H.H. Leonards is the driving force behind a push to create an augmented reality trail charting D.C.'s role in the nation's quest for freedom and equality.

Edward Kennedy Ellington, the cool, impeccable bandleader-composer whose Harlem sound stirred the world’s jazz lovers for decades, had just turned 75 when he passed away in 1974.Retro Blast: Duke ...

Duke University is one of more than 800 institutions with graduate schools surveyed by U.S. News on an annual basis. Duke University confers degrees through various schools, such as: the Fuqua ...

In the 1920s and 1930s, acclaimed musicians and singers performed at the Valley Dale Ballroom, such as Paul Whiteman, Benny Goodman, George Olsen, Bing Crosby, Dorris Day, and Duke Ellington.

One such icon who died in the same year as Mitchell released this career-changing record was Duke Ellington, an artist who had served as a major inspiration to the Canadian musician. The American ...

Duke’s Pratt School of Engineering is dedicated to educating the engineering leaders needed to tackle the world’s toughest problems while making a positive impact on those around us. Detailed within ...

A Duke Engineering education leads to lives of purpose and integrity that are as rewarding as they are impactful. The work begins in the very first semester. Our First-Year Design and First-Year ...

Two of the great pioneering geniuses of jazz are united on this epochal record, created from sessions cut in April 1961 when Duke Ellington sat in as pianist with Louis Armstrong’s All-Stars, a ...