With a punkish, antifascist take on the trad jazz sound of Duke Ellington, this noisy outfit are epic in every way. But how on earth do they make a living?

A well-respected band leader and jazz drummer has died after seven decades performing live at venues all over the county and ...

Critics, reporters and editors who cover arts and culture spent months creating, revising and arguing over this list, as well ...

A year ago, Max Weinberg lost his job. But reports that Weinberg, drummer for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, and his fellow band members were "fired" were greatly exaggerated. Weinberg remembers ...

Recorded live at the jazz festival 70 years ago, the famed rendition of ‘Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue’ reinvigorated the ...

Duke Ellington and the sixteen other men in his jazz band are rather surprised at the research that has been expended on bringing to light the drunks, hangovers, and frolics of their youth. The ...

Duke Ellington has written 15 shows including Cotton Club Parade (Composer), Jump for Joy (Composer), Blue Holiday (Composer/Lyricist), Beggar's Holiday (Composer ...

Mercer Ellington was born in Washington, D.C., the only child of Duke and Edna Ellington. He received formal music training and eventually led his own band as a trumpet player. Joining his father in ...

Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones’ is brimming with incredible anecdotes about the polymathic music savant, from his horrifically traumatic childhood to his work with Michael Jackson and encounters ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — An Ellington man died after driving a minibike the wrong way on I-91 South early Saturday morning in Hartford, police said. According to the Connecticut State Police, at ...

Today marks a sad day in the history of the royal family, as the Duchess of Kent's funeral takes place at Westminster Cathedral. The sombre send-off saw the royals gather to pay tribute to a ...