Duke Ellington News

It's not often that you get to talk to someone 91 years old, not to mention one who has played, written or arranged for Duke Ellington and hundreds of other jazz luminaries.

Photographer Roy DeCarava, who died Oct. 27 at age 89, dedicated his 60-year career to capturing images of African Americans.

Johnny Mercer, the Savannah songwriter with the gap-toothed smile, wrote songs with everyone from Duke Ellington to Sadie Vimmerstedt.

The Indian Hills Community College Jazz Band, directed by David Sharp, will present its free Fall Concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday in St.

Wynton Marsalis translates life into jazz. Duke Ellington liked to do that too, but Mr.

Drake State Technical College student Carla Henry is just back from her second Kennedy Center appearance in Washington as part of the National HBCU Concert Choir - 105 Voices of History.

The Columbus Jazz Orchestra will perform this program at 8 o'clock tonight through Saturday and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the Southern Theatre, 21 E. Main St.

This year's Third Thursdays series ends with a flourish tonight, filling the streets with music in honor of the annual Pittsfield CityJazz Festival.

More on Soupy and the giants of jazz. Soupy Sales remembers a few of the jazz greats who appeared on 'Soupy's On.' Ella Fitzgerald, vocalist: 'Ella was wonderful.

Kev Choice is one of the the dopest young musicians I know in Oakland. And I would have to say that L-Boogie aka Lauryn Hill agrees with me, since she hired this dude to be her band leader.

The cleverness of improvisation plays an integral part of this Russian trio's compositions that merely reference jazz standards.

Legendary trombonist Don Doane, who has played with Maynard Ferguson, Woody Herman, Count Basie and Duke Ellington, takes the stage for Harvestfest today.

Antoinette Montague :: Saturday, Oct. 24 - 35th Annual American Jazz Festival & Fall Performance Schedule :: 2009 Antoinette swings into the Fall and the Holiday Season with a special pre-release of her new CD, "Behind the Smile" and a series of gigs with Bill Wurtzel & the Jazz Icons, The Kitano Hotel, Jazz Vespers at St.

Any woman who has ever worn a pair of jeans has Iris Apfel to thank. In the 1940s, when only lumberjacks and field hands wore blue cotton denim, a persistent young girl hounded the owner of a Wisconsin Army & Navy store until he finally ordered her a pair of boy-sized denims.

Four-time Grammy winner Lenny Kravitz sat down recently with "Nightline" at the nightclub RdV on 13th Street in New York City to talk about the recordings that changed his life.

Jazz fans won't want to miss "Music is my Mistress - The Music of Duke Ellington" at 8 p.m. Sunday at The Old Tavern.

The Arena Stage will present "Sophisticated Ladies", a dance revue this spring, featuring the music of Duke Ellington.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 Fordham Law Film Fest - 09: Anatomy of a Murder Who better to play a small town underdog defense attorney than James Stewart? His Paul Biegler is indeed one of the classic screen lawyers, but he is not without flaws.

Ben Ali Ben Ali, the founder of Washington's famous Ben's Chili Bowl restaurant, has died.

While Ron Jewell doesn't play the piano, he's a fan - make that a big fan - of piano music.