The jazz king of Harlem is alive and well in Newark, New Jersey. In honor of the 120th anniversary of his birth next month, Crossroads Theater Company and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center have co ...

JACKSON HEIGHTS, Queens (WABC) -- A non-profit organization is bringing the classic Duke Ellington musical "Sophisticated Ladies" to more than 25 public schools throughout New York City. From the very ...

Some long-ago forgotten jazz magazine once went out on a limb to name the most important figures in jazz history. It went something like this (chronologically): Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, ...

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies starting Thursday, March 21, 2019 - Saturday, March 23, 2019. The high-style music of "The Duke" is the heart ...

More importantly for Vaughan enthusiasts, the album begins with six previously unreleased tunes arranged by the peerless Benny Carter which had been recorded in August of 1979, but were not used on ...

Concord Music Group will release the two-CD Sarah Vaughan set Sophisticated Lady: The Duke Ellington Songbook Collection on August 20, 2013. Featuring six previously unreleased tracks and new liner ...