Most people have heard Duke Ellington’s music. But for some — like Scott O’Neil, Associate Conductor of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra — Ellington’s lure is much more personal. “My father was a ...

The University Jazz Band, Jazz Lab Band, and Jazz Ensemble played music inspired by the legendary Count Basie at the joint ...

The Butler County Symphony Orchestra’s performance of “A Jazz Odyssey” takes listeners around the world from the roaring ...

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...

Thanksgiving may be upon us, but Duke Ellington lovers in metro Detroit have an extra reason to party this weekend. Popular, nine-piece Detroit big band Planet D Nonet will play two shows at Ann Arbor ...

KEARNEY — Duke Ellington said it best when he clearly stated: “It don’t mean a thing, if it ain’t got that swing.” “The standard instrumentation is five trumpets, four trombones, five saxophones and a ...

Big bands were built in the 1920s and ’30s to blast young dancers with layers of rhythm, but creative composers seeking a larger canvas have kept the form alive. Hear 12 big selections. By Giovanni ...

A piano played by jazz legend Duke Ellington during a show in Eastbourne is being restored. Ellington, who led and composed music for his band across six decades, performed at the Congress Theatre in ...

Savor the sounds of big band jazz and swing with this compendium of live performance clips from some of the genres most legendary musicians Besides innovative clarinetist composer and bandleader Artie ...