The Duke appeared a little bored. He was being asked a lot of routine questions about his favorite sports, hangouts, and orchestras. He made a gesture of impatience. "I don't get 'round to hearing ...

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“Sophisticated Ladies” is an all-singing, all-dancing romp through Duke Ellington’s enduring songs, including “Take the ‘A’ Train,” “Caravan,” “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)” and ...

Ninety years ago this month, Duke Ellington and his jazz orchestra made one of their most emblematic and memorable recordings, “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing).” The title became a ...

The Jazzopaters. Photo by Fred Aube. Paris is a city for dreaming. Guitarist Nick Rossi flew to the City of Lights a year ago for the International Duke Ellington Meeting, a three-day conference for ...

Swampscott’s community jazz orchestra, the Big Blue Band, will perform Duke Ellington’s “The Nutcracker Suite” on Dec. 14 at the Swampscott Auditorium. The event will begin at 2 p.m. The Blue Big Band ...

These recordings by Duke Ellington from 1937-39 emphasize his unique place in the history of jazz. On the eve of the Swing Era, they open with a solo piano piece. Ellington introduces it as "Swing ...

Plum Swing,’ it is almost certain that Tchaikovsky’s glorious music from The Nutcracker ballet is involved, and so it proved ...