| 单词 | Ellington |
| 例句 | I turned a page to see a picture of Nat King Cole and “the tall, beautiful Maria Ellington”—whom he was going to marry and make Maria Cole. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The whole street is stacked with buildings that have signs advertising famous singers and jazz bands like Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Cab Calloway, and Duke Ellington. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z There were radios everywhere, and little girls jumped double Dutch to Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, and Glenn Miller. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Today was our first music appreciation lesson, and we listened to a classical opera song, followed by some big-band jazz tunes from Duke Ellington. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Duke Ellington, grandson of a former slave, began with his band a four-year residency at New York's Hollywood Club in 1923. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z And even Duke Ellington half raised up from his piano stool and bowed. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They capped off their tour of New York that evening with a trip to Loew’s State Theatre, where Duke Ellington and his orchestra were finishing up a weeklong engagement. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “And we can listen to the new one my momma bought me—Duke Ellington.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I start reading the article on Duke Ellington, how he performed at Carnegie Hall, how all of New York is in love with him. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Duke Ellington’s band is onstage when we get to the Roseland. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Know Sophie Tucker, know Duke Ellington, know folks I ain’t never heard of. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Famous ones, like Lionel Hampton himself, great jazz artists like Duke Ellington, and many other familiar faces from back at the Roseland. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s as if Duke Ellington, Fats Waller and Louis Armstrong simply had never existed. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Jazz celebrity though he was, Duke Ellington disliked his music being pigeonholed as ‘jazz’; he preferred simply to call it ‘American music’, and he experimented in many forms and genres. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He had his alto sax idol, Johnny Hodges, with Duke Ellington’s band, but he said he thought too many young musicians were only carbon-copying the big-band names on the same instrument. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Together they chose a record with a picture on the front of a man named Duke Ellington playing the piano. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Somehow Ellington got her through a couple of numbers before she was hustled off the stage. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Duke Ellington was going to play, and she was beside herself with excitement. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z His band's song, "Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite for Ellington," is also nominated for best instrumental arrangement; the nomination goes to arranger Michael Philip Mossman. Grammy nominee Bobby Sanabria feels like a winner 2012-12-20T20:31:05Z Jazz at Lincoln Center, which sponsors the event, sends arrangements of Duke Ellington tunes in advance, free of charge. Seattle kids shine at Ellington contest 2013-05-13T00:29:05Z The Pulitzers refused a special citation for Duke Ellington, who never won the award. Kendrick Lamar Shakes Up the Pulitzer Game: Let’s Discuss 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z But playing alone has become the root of his overall language, more so than it was for his heroes like Ellington, Monk and Andrew Hill. Albums From Banks, Lee Brice and Matthew Shipp 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z “I am the world’s greatest listener,” Duke Ellington wrote in his autobiography, “Music Is My Mistress.” Listen up: ‘How to Listen to Jazz’ 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z This album is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever heard: part Duke Ellington, part modal scales, part the blues, part church music. Norah Jones Enjoys a Weekly Christmas, and Sweating to the (Not So) Oldies 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z These include Louis Armstrong's blazing Hot Five and Hot Seven sessions of 1926-28, and pioneering larger-ensemble music from Jelly Roll Morton and Duke Ellington. Dancing on the Edge: what was life really like for black jazz bands in 1930s Britain? 2013-02-04T17:46:28Z In 1965, the Pulitzer jurors recommended awarding a special citation to Duke Ellington, but were rejected. Kendrick Lamar Wins Pulitzer in ‘Big Moment for Hip-Hop’ 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z She also insisted, over objections from the movie studio, that Duke Ellington and his band be hired for “It Ain’t No Sin.” PBS invites you to come up sometime and see a Mae West doc 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Terry kept up a tireless freelance career even while playing with Ellington. Clark Terry, jazz virtuoso with Basie, Ellington and ‘Tonight Show,’ dies 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z Ella showed what polished gems they were; and she even, I later learned, organized them into handy "songbooks" that highlighted the glories of Cole Porter, George and Ira Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin and others. Who could ask for anything more? 'Michael Feinstein's American Songbook' on TV 2010-09-29T21:18:00Z He recorded albums that honored musicians he admired — Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra and Billie Holiday — and he collaborated on standards with singers half, or less than half, his age. Tony Bennett, Champion of the Great American Songbook, Is Dead at 96 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Shows by singers Duke Ellington and Bing Crosby, as well as the earliest sports broadcasts, are already gone. Study: Audio recordings of US history fading fast 2010-09-29T10:09:00Z Then it became a place for the elite: Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan and Duke Ellington stayed there.That area became a little hub, a Harlem of the West. 'A practical solution to a horrific problem': When even Los Angeles needed havens for black drivers 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z He’s been a music professor at the University of California at Los Angeles, establishing the first college course on Duke Ellington there, and he was named an NEA jazz master in 2005. ‘To think it has come to this’: Kenny Burrell’s journey from jazz legend to GoFundMe appeal 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z But it was the touch of Ellington that proved the evening’s revelation. The L.A. Phil’s opening gala at Disney Hall finds Dudamel & Co. in full jazz swing 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z His rhythmic imagination inspired Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell and the Nicholas Brothers, and marked jazz musicians, including Duke Ellington. Perspective | In theaters or at home, dance is here to move you 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Her melodic lines are at once regretful and wily, supported by slightly jazzy harmonies dominated by woodwinds that reminded me of Ellington’s orchestra writing. Review: Rufus Wainwright’s ‘Hadrian’ Is a Step Forward, but Still Frustrating 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z The other song with which she became inextricably connected was "I'd Rather Go Blind," which she said she co-wrote in 1968 with her friend Ellington Jordan while he was in prison. Blues/R&B singer Etta James dead at 73 2012-01-21T06:00:00Z Patrons could summon up Ellington for a coin and start jitterbugging. Film Treasures, Streaming Courtesy of the Library of Congress 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z At FBR, the senior dance student at Duke Ellington School of the Arts was among many who were hearing about the free SAT prep resources for the first time. Can a free SAT prep class ever be as good as pricey in-person ones? 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Leading the performance, largely a celebration of Mr. Ailey’s dances set to music by Duke Ellington, was “Night Creature” from 1974. Alvin Ailey Troupe in an Evening of Mostly Ellington 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z He settled in Los Angeles in the early 1960s, and he remained active as a singer in clubs, theaters and cruise ships, usually with an Ellington repertoire. Herb Jeffries, jazz balladeer and star of all-black cowboy movies, dies Last year, new luxury residential properties in the Shaw/U Street area of Washington were met with pushback for choosing the names The Ellington and Langston Lofts. Target’s CBGB Tribute Draws Backlash, Followed by an Apology 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z When, in 1965, the music jury attempted to break free of those constraints by requesting a special citation for Duke Ellington, the Pulitzer’s governing board declined the recommendation. A Year After Kendrick Lamar, Will the Music Pulitzer Embrace Pop? 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Like Ellington — and Thelonious Monk, another deep influence — Ibrahim often plays his own compositions, changing them slightly over time. Jazz thrill: South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim comes to Seattle 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z On Duke Ellington's 1927 "Black and Tan Fantasy," his left hand plays old-style stride piano and his right hand adds a more contemporary layer. 9 of the year's best overlooked albums 2011-01-07T22:04:04Z Jazz composer Duke Ellington was one of those who bashed the gospel, jazz and folkloric strains in Gershwin's score as "inauthentic." Gershwin classic 'Porgy and Bess' to take stage at Seattle Opera 2011-07-24T02:05:27Z Ellington's iconic white baby grand piano could bring as much as $1 million. Duke Ellington's suits, piano and other belongings are heading for auction 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z His revision of “Mood Indigo” seemingly puts more notes into the first phrase than Ellington’s whole composition contains. The Best of Thelonious Monk 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z As for the case itself, Scott Ellington, the prosecuting attorney for Arkansas’s Second Judicial District, said in a phone interview, “There are no ongoing investigations by governmental investigative authorities.” West Memphis Three Inspire Yet Another Film, ‘Devil’s Knot’ 2014-05-07T14:13:32Z The same gallery contains a wall of Irving Penn “corner portraits” — in which famous figures like Spencer Tracy, Joe Louis, Duke Ellington and Salvador Dalí were photographed squeezed into the corner of a room. From Elton John, Photography’s Greatest Hits 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Sharma has won soloist awards at the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival, Essentially Ellington and other festivals. Roosevelt High School sends student to Grammy Band — again 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Towers promised Ellington and the William Morris Agency, which booked the orchestra, that he would not use the recording for commercial purposes. Jack Towers Dies at 96; Remastered Jazz Recordings 2011-01-14T02:34:03Z Clay, who also teaches acting at the District’s Duke Ellington School of the Arts, is an actress of formidable range. Black actresses still have to play maids on Broadway. How do they feel about it? 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z After less than a year at Eastern, he and his mother decided he should transfer to Ellington. The education of Dave Chappelle: How a D.C. arts school prepared him for stardom 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z The Ellington-Strayhorn arrangement, as recorded by the Ellington band, poses a challenge to a dance company. Review: A ‘Nutcracker’ Taps and Swings 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z “I knew the Ellington version and really always enjoyed it,” Bogash said of “The Nutcracker.” The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Step Afrika! team up for ‘The Nutcracker’ He graduated from the District’s old Armstrong High School — the alma mater of pianist and jazz bandleader Duke Ellington. Buck Hill, saxophonist and D.C. ‘local legend,’ dies at 90 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z At the ribbon-cutting ceremony, longtime D.C. residents were ushered past oversize, illuminated photos of Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, past new black-walnut walls and dueling jumbo screens. Money problems and no-name acts: The Howard Theatre is struggling. Again. 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z Duke Ellington heard recordings of her singing and hired her as a vocalist with his orchestra. Nat King Cole's widow dies at 89 2012-07-12T11:21:30Z Raised in Southeast Washington by his grandmother, he attended Duke Ellington School of the Arts where he studied dance and learned to rap alongside his friends, including longtime collaborator MartyHeemCherry. NappyNappa won’t let the noise of the world drown him out 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z A fiery new music called jazz hit the airwaves, courtesy of Duke Ellington and his band in Harlem’s Cotton Club. How ‘Some Like It Hot’ Tunes In to the Jazz Age 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z And it was written for an Austrian ensemble which appreciates the chug and wail of Duke Ellington’s train-imitation music, as well as the rigors of extended-technique modernism. The 25 Best Classical Music Tracks of 2020 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z As suites, and in some aspects of arrangement and harmony, they contained the spirit and substance of Duke Ellington. Music Review: Jazz at Lincoln Center Offers 2 Works by Orchestra Members 2012-05-21T04:13:57Z Over six eventful years, this modest musician successfully conducted the Count Basie and Duke Ellington big bands when Bennett guested with them, as well as the London and Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestras. John Bunch obituary 2010-05-03T19:59:00Z The orchestral arrangement of Ellington’s “I’m Beginning to See the Light” presented a lively mash-up that sounded like cartoon Rossini interrupted by jazz, a match made in Broadway heaven for Stokes Mitchell’s lightning-quick musical reflexes. The L.A. Phil’s opening gala at Disney Hall finds Dudamel & Co. in full jazz swing 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Here’s Johnny Hodges, delivering four minutes of the most seraphic alto saxophone playing to be found on record, on this chestnut from Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s “Far East Suite.” Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z According to Massey, Garfield inadvertently failed to renew its membership in Essentially Ellington on time, so the school's sheet music arrived only a week before the due date for an audition CD. Seattle-area bands 2nd and 3rd at prestigious New York jazz competition 2011-05-15T03:11:59Z This new music startled the jazz world by splicing the sounds of township dancehalls and shebeens, African Methodist hymns of Brand's Cape Town childhood, and the American jazz of Ellington and Thelonious Monk. 50 great moments in jazz: Abdullah Ibrahim 2011-02-09T16:21:12Z Everything special about Ms. Stewart was encapsulated in her version of “Solitude,” the bitingly bitter Duke Ellington lament about finding yourself alone without love. Music Review: Sandy Stewart and Bill Charlap at the Oak Room - Review 2011-11-04T22:29:44Z “Black, Brown and Beige” encapsulates the full orchestration of Ellington’s work. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z The group had a knack for showing its muscle even as it reined itself in, as with its hefty take on Duke Ellington’s “The Intimacy of the Blues.” Review | Jazz vibraphonist and drummer Chuck Redd shows a hometown audience his enduring range 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z Pop/Jazz Ben Ratliff It is often said of Duke Ellington that his orchestra was his true instrument. The Week Ahead: Nov. 13 ? 19 2011-11-11T14:58:50Z He cut several records with the Ellington band in the early 1940s, including “Flamingo,” “Jump For Joy,” “You, You Darling” and “Brown Skin Gal in a Calico Gown.” Herb Jeffries, jazz balladeer and star of all-black cowboy movies, dies Ellington was always, but especially by that point, a consummate professional. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Piano 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z But the Ellington excerpt is a missed opportunity, with an opening sped through too breezily. What Is American Music? Three Classical Albums Offer Answers. 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z The aside may have seemed casual, but Chappelle, 44, is in fact deeply devoted to the D.C. public school that he graduated from in 1991: the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. The education of Dave Chappelle: How a D.C. arts school prepared him for stardom 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Her talents led her to the renowned Duke Ellington School of the Arts and on to study jazz in college. She Had 3 Jobs to Support Her Music. Now All Are Gone. 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z “This album is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever heard: part Duke Ellington, part modal scales, part the blues, part church music,” Ms. Jones told The New York Times in 2020. Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, Nun With a Musical Gift, Dies at 99 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z In his autobiography, he boasts of how, as a shoeshine boy in Boston’s Roseland State Ballroom, he shined the shoes of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, and other greats. The Music of Malcolm X 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z Duke Ellington or Thelonious Monk — it’s a different sound that takes you somewhere else. In the Picture: Atlanta, Africa and the Past 2011-07-03T00:28:47Z “If I was meant to jam with Duke Ellington, we would have lived in the same age.” What would Prince want? Two years later, his estate is a mess and his legacy unclear. 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Earshot Jazz’s annual celebration of the beautiful, uplifting and swinging sacred music composed by the great jazz-band leader Duke Ellington in the last years of his life. Arts and entertainment highlights for the week beginning Dec. 16 2012-12-13T00:52:06Z The chief catalyst is the Essentially Ellington contest, which began in 1995. Alt-Rock Hub, Purring With Jazz 2010-08-26T19:16:00Z Mountlake Terrace was a finalist in last year’s Essentially Ellington competition as well. 3 Seattle-area high school jazz bands to compete in Essentially Ellington 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z Smith got his players to memorise many of the parts so they could bounce off Ellington's directions without anxious glances at the map. Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: In the Spirit of the Duke – review 2013-03-14T22:00:01Z In keeping with her character’s dedication to tradition, Tyson went to a barbershop — the same one Duke Ellington frequented — and asked the barber to cut her hair off. Cicely Tyson: A pioneer stretches her acting muscles in a new career chapter 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z The song was composed as an instrumental piece by Duke Ellington, who introduced it on record in 1933; the lyricist Mitchell Parish later added the words. In Performance: T. Oliver Reid 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Ancient textures, modernist orchestration: The work feels like something Duke Ellington might have called “beyond category.” 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Classical Music 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z “It’s in my DNA, with my parents both being jazz lovers, and having grown up listening to all this great big band music, especially Duke Ellington.” Contemporary music icon John Adams is both composer and conductor in Seattle Symphony return engagement 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z I remain convinced that orchestras should learn and play something closer to the original version of “Beige” that Ellington premiered with his leaner orchestra at Carnegie Hall in 1943. Review: An Orchestra Manages to Capture That Ellington Swing 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z That the grand old man of jazz and the youthful innovator could make such beautiful music together was little surprise to anyone who appreciated Ellington’s scope as a visionary musician. Duke Ellington: 5 Essential Tracks (To Celebrate His 114th Birthday) 2013-04-29T21:29:17Z Duke Ellington’s career, which had been in decline, was reinvigorated a year later when his rousing performance at Newport landed him on the cover of Time magazine. George Wein, Jazz Festival Trailblazer, Is Dead at 95 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z His playing — often denser than Ellington’s own — helped to establish a new way of hearing this music, outside its creator’s looming shadow. Review: An Orchestra Manages to Capture That Ellington Swing 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z “And for some reason, Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington just spoke to me. And even to this day, they speak to me.” 52 Years Ago, Thelonious Monk Played a High School. Now Everyone Can Hear It. 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Duke Ellington's Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue Jazz was finding itself in a changed world by the mid-1950s – though not all the changes disadvantaged it. 50 great moments in jazz: Duke Ellington plays Newport jazz festival 2010-04-06T11:02:00Z While working as a ditch digger, he is further confused after he exalts the blues to an African-American fellow worker, who prefers Duke Ellington and Tony Bennett to Robert Johnson. Movie Review: ‘Not Fade Away,’ Directed by David Chase 2012-12-21T00:07:53Z The series made its debut this month with a Duke Ellington revue. Music Review: Remembering the Tunes That Broke Boundaries 2011-05-20T21:06:48Z A movement titled “Beneath the Shell,” obviously inspired by Duke Ellington, elicited a breathy, evocatively slurred tenor saxophone interlude by Chris Speed, followed by a neat, expressive cornet essay by Kirk Knuffke. Review: Delivering a Touch of Big Band Through a Jazz Collective 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z A stone’s throw behind them buses moved unhurriedly along Duke Ellington Circle; on an adjacent park bench someone busily filled in Mr. Knuffke’s image on a sketch pad, complete with hat and beard. Music Review: 30 Bands Perform in Jazz & Colors at Central Park 2012-11-11T22:52:39Z His baritone voice — extraordinarily rich but delicate — was memorably captured on his greatest musical success, a 1941 hit recording of “Flamingo” with Duke Ellington’s big band. Herb Jeffries, jazz balladeer and star of all-black cowboy movies, dies It included takes on pieces by Duke Ellington, Johann Sebastian Bach and Geri Allen, as well as a few twisty, centrifugal original tunes. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z But Ellington bobs and weaves, stretching out chords and turnarounds, twists the 12-bar form back on itself like an ouroboros, and careens through a dizzying set of modulations: five keys in under three minutes! Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z The number ends, soon after Sonny Greer’s drum solo, with Ellington ambling over to join some female visitors. Film Treasures, Streaming Courtesy of the Library of Congress 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z He added that it was "always an honor to play at Essentially Ellington," whatever the outcome. Roosevelt Jazz Band places second at Essentially Ellington 2012-05-07T03:49:43Z The repertory will draw from historic arrangements by Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton and others; the big idea is that this music was always meant for such a purpose. Songs and Laughs for the New Year’s Eve Countdown 2012-12-27T23:59:25Z The event is a homecoming for Chappelle, who was raised in suburban Silver Spring, Maryland, attended Washington’s prestigious Duke Ellington School of the Arts and filmed his first HBO special in the capital. Boundary-pushing Dave Chappelle set to receive comedy award 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z But it also contains a handwritten Strayhorn essay on harmony, and a transcript of his speech to the New York Chapter of the Duke Ellington Society in 1962. Billy Strayhorn Archive Acquired by Library of Congress 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z As for Mr. Ross, he figured prominently in “Chops,” a 2007 documentary about the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition, held by Jazz at Lincoln Center. Critic’s Notebook: Jamison Ross Wins Thelonious Monk Contest 2012-09-24T22:05:15Z So give the conductor Leon Botstein and his American Symphony Orchestra credit for bravery as he and his players offered a concert of Ellington at Carnegie Hall on Thursday. Review: An Orchestra Manages to Capture That Ellington Swing 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z I asked if he could apply his obvious expertise to the subject of my research, Billy Strayhorn, and his collaborator and sponsor, Duke Ellington, and we were set for the evening. Dr. Funky Butt and Me: My Friendship with the Real Donald Shirley 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z Fats Waller and Duke Ellington were regular presences in the young Bearden’s life. Review | First the New Yorker profiled Romare Bearden. Then the artist and activist decided to tell his own story, in pictures. 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z The original prosecutor, Scott Ellington, said he still considered the West Memphis Three guilty. Movie Review: ‘West of Memphis,’ by Amy Berg, on ‘West Memphis Three’ 2012-12-24T21:26:52Z The title of the overall project reminds Ellington of nature shows he watched as a child. With Healing in Mind, Stage Collaborators Take a Dip Together 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z It remains built around the music of Duke Ellington, using Ellington’s original arrangements, performed by an ensemble directed by Wynton Marsalis, as well as the poetry of Langston Hughes. ArtsBeat: K.D. Lang to Make Debut on Broadway 2013-09-12T19:07:40Z One night, he was hanging out with Jones between sets when two Ellington sidemen dropped by to say hello, and, when they left, Jones said, “Duke Ellington, greatest band in the world!” Obsessed with Duke Ellington, one man is determined to illuminate the jazz composer’s stunning output 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z And like Sidney, Armstrong and Ellington contended with degrading scenes. ‘Babylon’: A Guide to the Characters and Their Real-Life Counterparts 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z At the time Ellington — now nearly 20 months old and happily chirping in the background — wasn’t sleeping through the night. Two Ailey Stars Will Now Turn Their Focus to Baby Steps 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z The new Ailey productions revisit two of the 14 works that Ailey based on Ellington’s music. ArtsBeat: Alvin Ailey Announces New Season 2013-07-17T12:00:50Z “It’s a testament not only to the depth of his contribution to the world of Duke Ellington, but a testament to the breadth of his work away from Ellington and apart from Ellington,” he said. Billy Strayhorn Archive Acquired by Library of Congress 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z At the Bowl this summer, Dudamel is leading performances of Verdi and Prokofiev, but also headlining shows that celebrate Duke Ellington and Café Tacvba, the pioneering Mexican rock band. In L.A., Dudamel’s Influence Extends Beyond the Concert Hall 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z His recording remained largely unknown beyond jazz experts and Ellington aficionados, who occasionally asked for a personal copy, to keep and to treasure. Jack Towers Dies at 96; Remastered Jazz Recordings 2011-01-14T02:34:03Z And Strayhorn — Ellington’s composing and arranging partner of over 25 years — actually wrote “Isfahan” before their visit to that Iranian city in 1963. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z As Ellington said wisely, "Every man prays in his own language and there is no language that God does not understand." Duke Ellington's sacred music: a jazz prayer 2011-12-23T20:22:05Z Ellington’s opening piano figure tiptoes around the chords it implies; Coltrane’s saxophone wafts in as if the melody is nearly too exquisite to disturb. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z As the title indicates, Ms. Stroman selected music from Duke Ellington for this work. Dance Review: At City Ballet, a New Work Looks to Ellington for ?That Swing? 2011-01-30T23:49:35Z This year, it also sent its Girls Ellington Project to the prestigious Savannah Music Festival, the only all-girl big band competing at that event. Seattle JazzED has grown by leaps and bounds, providing jazz classes to kids who may otherwise not have access 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Beginning with his 1927-32 tenure as band leader at the Cotton Club and continuing for a fertile half-century, Ellington operated from an intellectual aerie he hoped would filter down to the mass audience. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z Valdés arrived to open with a Duke Ellington medley over a laid-back Cuban dance groove. Chucho Vald?s 2010-04-06T21:35:00Z “Isfahan” Ellington was a master of mood and atmosphere who could turn the most fleeting of impressions into indelible musical grandeur. Duke Ellington: 5 Essential Tracks (To Celebrate His 114th Birthday) 2013-04-29T21:29:17Z Recording more than 200 albums – with sales of 40m – and winning 13 Grammy awards, she is best known for her series of Songbook albums, celebrating songwriters such as Ellington, Cole Porter and the Gershwins. Ella Fitzgerald commemorated by Google doodle 2013-04-25T00:27:26Z The opening SJF Fellowship Wednesday program features jazz veteran and former longtime Cornish instructor Julian Priester, a trombonist and composer whose résumé includes stints with Duke Ellington, Max Roach and Herbie Hancock. Trumpeter Thomas Marriott helps start Seattle Jazz Fellowship where jazz veterans can mentor younger musicians 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Less than two weeks after the Emmys, when he was in town for a series of stand-up shows at the Warner Theatre, Chappelle took the opportunity to visit Ellington. The education of Dave Chappelle: How a D.C. arts school prepared him for stardom 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z A group that keeps changing its sound and form, as if it wants to slip past all radars, even as it makes connections to jazz piano-trio music from Ellington to Bill Evans to Cecil Taylor. The Best Concerts of 2012, as Seen by Times Critics 2012-12-26T23:38:02Z Above the piano in his apartment is a painting by Ellington. Obsessed with Duke Ellington, one man is determined to illuminate the jazz composer’s stunning output 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z The general tone of the writing was occasionally nostalgic — emulating a society dance band in “Mr. Penguin Please” and Duke Ellington more specifically in “Those Sanctified Swallows.” Review: Wynton Marsalis’s ‘Spaces,’ a Kinetic Series of Zoological Portraits 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z The other vocal numbers, including a version of Duke Ellington’s “Come Sunday” enunciated by Mr. King, feel similarly digressive, beside the point. New Music: Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina, Claudia Quintet - New Albums 2011-10-11T00:13:28Z Later Ellington sounds modern, the earlier music interesting but archaic. Dancing on the Edge: what was life really like for black jazz bands in 1930s Britain? 2013-02-04T17:46:28Z “A Rhapsody of Negro Life,” from Ellington’s score for the 1935 film “Symphony in Black,” demonstrates his deep engagement with the moods and shades of Black life. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z In his teens, he lived with his father in Washington, enrolling in the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Wallace Roney, Jazz Trumpet Virtuoso, Is Dead at 59 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z Meadows, who also teaches at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, is building on the following he is developing, playing in and around Baltimore and Washington. Mark G. Meadows’s first theater jam 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z To the effervescent horns of the Duke Ellington music, she swept across a City Center studio with bladelike leaping turns. An Ailey Dancer’s Career Blooms, at the Company and Beyond 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Ellington was famous for using street sounds in his music: car horns, church moans, train whistles, even a myna bird that he heard singing outside a hotel on tour in the Middle East. Obsessed with Duke Ellington, one man is determined to illuminate the jazz composer’s stunning output 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z They don’t do with Ellington and Strayhorn what those artists did with Tchaikovsky. Review: A ‘Nutcracker’ Taps and Swings 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Essentially Ellington celebrates the music of Duke Ellington and other classic jazz composers and has been open to bands west of the Mississippi since 1999. Seattle’s Roosevelt High School Jazz Band members win awards at Essentially Ellington jazz festival 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z Celebrities including Duke Ellington and Lionel Trilling ordered from Smith, who was black and openly gay. Antiques: A Sotheby?s Catalog With Some Juicy Details 2011-02-24T22:29:12Z In 1941, Welles wanted to make a film called “The Story of Jazz,” in collaboration with Duke Ellington. The Art of Billie Holiday’s Life 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Sun Ra’s taste for outrageous outfits and Saturnalian mythology was central to his work, yet sometimes overshadowed his musical importance—he was the most revolutionary American big-band leader after Duke Ellington. Björk's Healing Music 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z For a man who spent so many years maintaining a large orchestra that could play back the tones he heard in his head, Ellington seems to find the most solace alone. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Duke Ellington, the only performer without Louisiana roots, was commissioned to write and perform a “New Orleans Suite.” Jazz Fest at 50: The Stubbornness and Joy of New Orleans 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Over the years, it has been home to everyone from George and Ira Gershwin to Duke Ellington. Harlem’s renaissance: how art, food and history are shaping its latest evolution 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z The songs on the album don’t depart from Redbone’s trademark aesthetic: they’re mostly covers from an era gone by, including selections made famous by Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, and Irving Berlin. Five Songs 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z From the beginning, he said, he loved Monk and Duke Ellington more than any other pianists. Masabumi Kikuchi Finds New Direction With ?Sunrise? 2012-03-25T01:43:04Z Former teachers and classmates are left to sift for their own clues as to how Ellington helped mold Chappelle. The education of Dave Chappelle: How a D.C. arts school prepared him for stardom 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z The work was Ellington’s first score composed specifically for dance. ArtsBeat: Alvin Ailey Announces New Season 2013-07-17T12:00:50Z Other works are in storage, some ultimately bound for Ellington. Six years after the fire, Peggy Cooper Cafritz has a new home and collection 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z When Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington arrived here in 1932 and 1933 respectively, they were feted by a handful of jazz aficionados who, quite rightly, treated them as serious artists. Dancing on the Edge: episode one 2013-02-04T22:30:01Z Duke Ellington described their music as “gospel in a blues key.” Books of The Times: ‘I’ll Take You There,’ by Greg Kot 2014-02-20T13:00:01Z The compositions driving this show express the pianist's heartwarmingly soulful lyricism, his gleefully strutting swing, and almost certainly his lifelong devotion to Ellington and Monk. Live music picks of the week 2010-03-27T00:09:00Z The big bands of Duke Ellington and Count Basie were at full strength. The World’s Greatest Living Jazz Composer Celebrates His Eighty-fifth Birthday 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z In a quieter mode Mr. Peplowski matched Ms. Carroll in delicacy with his unaccompanied clarinet rendition of Duke Ellington’s “Single Petal of a Rose,” exploring the outer limits of the instrument’s timbres. Music Review: A Classicist Who Enjoys Wild Flights of Imagination 2011-06-23T21:58:13Z “SUGAR HILL: THE ELLINGTON/STRAYHORN NUTCRACKER” Like Tchaikovsky’s original, Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s jazzy, swinging arrangement of the “Nutcracker Suite,” cries out for choreography. 54 Dance Programs, Festivals and More Coming This Fall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z He used Duke Ellington's music to put his own urban spin on gospel tradition with "Harlem Nutcracker." Spectrum's Donald Byrd asks everything of his dancers, and his audience 2012-11-28T23:59:27Z By midcentury, the annual parade had become one of the largest gatherings of African Americans in the U.S., attracting national figures such as Duke Ellington and Muhammad Ali. When Black kids — shut out world of children’s literature — took matters into their own hands 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z Duke Ellington, a Christian, once said that he’d “be afraid to sit in a house with people who don’t believe, adding that he’d be “afraid that the house would fall down.” Music Review: Six Youth Choirs Sing From Ellington’s Sacred Concerts 2014-03-26T19:59:03Z But such abstractions were far from anyone’s mind in May, as the Garfield and Roosevelt bands, and 13 others from across the country, descended on Frederick P. Rose Hall in Manhattan for Essentially Ellington. Alt-Rock Hub, Purring With Jazz 2010-08-26T19:16:00Z But after bootleg copies appeared in Europe and lawyers threatened Mr. Towers with repercussions, the Ellington family decided to release it commercially. Jack Towers Dies at 96; Remastered Jazz Recordings 2011-01-14T02:34:03Z The Duke Ellington Radical Elite Show Band filled the aisles for a rousing version of Prince’s “Let’s Go Crazy” to open the annual gala, which raises money for the arts center’s artistic and educational programs. Dave Chappelle accepts the Twain Prize: ‘I love my art form. It saved my life.’ 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z After about a year, I ran out of things to ask him about Strayhorn and Ellington, but we continued to get together in his studio for conversation and cheese and crackers. Dr. Funky Butt and Me: My Friendship with the Real Donald Shirley 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z Duke Ellington always had this way of pulling strong emotions from the keys of his piano. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z All of us, Ted Gioia writes in his latest book, “How to Listen to Jazz,” could benefit from Ellington’s keen-eared approach to music. Listen up: ‘How to Listen to Jazz’ 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z The initiatives include its annual Essentially Ellington high school band competition, its Swing University jazz-history classes, its Jazz for Young People series and its nightly bookings at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola. A Season of Many Singers in Jazz at Lincoln Center 2011-02-28T22:30:07Z After a certain time you discover the Mozart in you, the Duke Ellington or Billy Strayhorn in you. Ahmad Jamal: 'After a time you discover the Mozart in you' 2013-02-01T05:00:00Z Influenced as much by Stravinsky as by Ellington or Gil Evans, and open to the wildest diversions from improvising soloists, Towns' explosive albums remain at the cutting-edge of big-ensemble jazz. F&M playlist 2011-01-27T22:15:01Z Garrett enrolled in the Duke Ellington School of the Arts to study voice, “my real instrument,” he says. His father was a P-Funk star. It took Garrett Shider years to appreciate what that meant. 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z He's luxuriously wayward on Duke Ellington's Solitude and swaggeringly productive on the uptempo Come, Gone – the album's standout episode, represented here in two takes. Sonny Rollins: Way Out West 2010-05-06T21:05:00Z Then the pair sympathetically reinvented Duke Ellington's Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me by wrapping sparing new dissonances around crisply swinging solos. Steinway festival – review 2013-03-27T18:21:42Z The Studio Museum, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, will receive more than 400 works; the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, which Ms. Cafritz was a founder of, will receive over 250. Peggy Cooper Cafritz Leaves Collection to Two Arts Institutions 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z I also have fond memories of a Schoenberg Ensemble album that featured John Adams conducting Ellington’s spellbinding, through-composed “The Tattooed Bride” alongside his own “Scratchband.” Review: An Orchestra Manages to Capture That Ellington Swing 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z But it has close competition in a shot where Duke Ellington and his band are finishing up a number. MOHAI exhibit of Al Smith’s photographs shows vibrancy of Seattle’s Central District and African-American community 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z Guernsey’s says Ellington’s suits, piano and other items will be offered May 18, 2016, at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. Duke Ellington's suits, piano and other belongings are heading for auction 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Instead of dropping legendary names like Armstrong, Ellington, and Waller, Mr. Reid describes the nightspots, both celebrated and obscure, in which they performed. T. Oliver Reid Performs at the Metropolitan Room 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z "I can't say that wasn't part of my thinking in resolving this case," Ellington said. West Memphis 3 freed after 18 years in prison 2011-08-19T21:18:00Z They’ve got the quiver and shading of great Romantic piano, with Duke Ellington’s panoramic blues folded in. The Playlist: Christine and the Queens’ Clever Pop, and 8 More New Songs 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z A few hours after seeing Chappelle speak at Ellington, I watched him perform at the Warner. The education of Dave Chappelle: How a D.C. arts school prepared him for stardom 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z A news conference and appearance before a student assembly are part of the Ellington school's 5-year-old Performance Series of Legends program. Smokey Robinson visits Duke Ellington students 2012-03-03T02:46:03Z When he’s playing someone else’s repertory — like Ellington’s “In a Mellow Tone” or Coltrane’s “Acknowledgement” — he’s figured out a way to balance the integrity of the original melodies and his own inventions constructed over them. Pop: New Releases from Saxophone Players and Drummers 2012-10-07T05:10:06Z Ethel Waters, who introduced the song, took it to No. 1 in 1933, when versions by Duke Ellington, Guy Lombardo and Ted Lewis also made the top 10. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z I was hitting a few keys when Ellington walked in. J. J. Sempé’s “Our Sunday-Morning Outings” 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Saturday’s performance included an extended Ellington medley that demonstrated Ms. Carroll’s gift at stringing songs into streams of consciousness as fluid and changeable as the weather. Review: Barbara Carroll Sustains a Profound Jazz Symbiosis 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Others of the earlier programs, with judiciously chosen excerpts, have usefully addressed spirituality, the collaborations of Ailey and Ellington, dance and social justice. The Ailey Company Meets the Challenge of This Lost Season 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z “He did not delude himself to believe he was going to be the next Macbeth,” says Tia Powell Harris, who taught in the theater department at the time and now is chief executive of Ellington. The education of Dave Chappelle: How a D.C. arts school prepared him for stardom 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Its most recent album was a reworking of Duke Ellington’s famous “Far East Suite,” recorded at the club. New Year’s Eve: A Procrastinator’s Guide to Music and Comedy Shows 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z In 1974, the year Ellington died, Shirley presented an orchestral homage of his own, “Divertimento for Duke by Don,” with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra of Ontario, Canada. Who Was Don Shirley? ‘Green Book’ Tries to Solve the Mystery 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Even casual listeners are familiar with Ellington standards, such as “Mood Indigo” and “Sophisticated Lady.” Obsessed with Duke Ellington, one man is determined to illuminate the jazz composer’s stunning output 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z Delfeayo Marsalis, who's been playing the trombone since age 13, said because Ellington was such an important American composer he felt a duty to present Ellington's work to the next generation. Delfeayo Marsalis pairs jazz, The Bard in new work 2011-01-19T22:08:08Z The project advanced to the point that Welles had signed contracts from Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington; Armstrong was cast as himself, Ellington was to have supervised the score. Orson Welles, Musician 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Information Agency, he traveled to Senegal and filmed what was then called the First World Festival of Negro Arts, which featured Duke Ellington and Langston Hughes, among others. William Greaves, Emmy-winning producer and co-host of ‘Black Journal,’ dies at 87 Roosevelt band director Scott Brown said his kids were especially “psyched,” as no one in the current band has ever been to Essentially Ellington: “It’s all completely new for them.” 3 Seattle-area high schools make finals of 2022 Essentially Ellington jazz band competition 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Louis Armstrong was there the following year and Duke Ellington made history in 1956, his band’s set featuring an extraordinary, 27-chorus solo from saxophonist Paul Gonsalves that almost single-handedly revived the middle-aged Ellington’s career. George Wein, Newport Jazz Festival co-founder, dies at 95 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z The Broadway musical that celebrates Harlem's Cotton Club, featuring the music of Duke Ellington and the Tony Award-winning choreography of Warren Carlyle, will close on June 29 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. 'After Midnight' to close on Broadway June 29 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z When “Exposition Swing” comes on — with Ellington’s locomotive writing pulling listeners aboard — watch as guests tilt toward your speakers. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Other listeners will no doubt find other favorites on a well-chosen program that also includes two from the Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn book, “Prelude to a Kiss” and “Lush Life.” Review: Album releases by Greta Matassa and Kelley Johnson show two Seattle jazz singers at the top of their game 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z Then for my 16th birthday, he presented me with a shiny Duke Ellington 78 on its original American label. Brian Rust obituary 2011-03-31T17:21:39Z Sterling interpretation and production values permit a fresh look at “Light,” including the elegant way Ellington weaves together motifs heard earlier in “Black,” just before a rousing finish. The 25 Best Classical Music Tracks of 2020 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z The Ellington scholar David Berger conducted a program featuring selections from the Sacred Concerts, opening with “In the Beginning God.” Music Review: Six Youth Choirs Sing From Ellington’s Sacred Concerts 2014-03-26T19:59:03Z More than 1,500 schools requested and received song arrangements; only 96 entered the competition by submitting recordings of those arrangements, which this year included compositions by Duke Ellington and Mary Lou Williams. Garfield High jazz band ranks in top three at Essentially Ellington 2010-05-11T00:32:00Z Live, 1958 The 1950s generally saw the big bands on the wane, but from the evidence of this 1958 live concert, no one had informed Ellington. Duke Ellington: 5 Essential Tracks (To Celebrate His 114th Birthday) 2013-04-29T21:29:17Z “That’s essentially what Ellington did — he took songs he wrote and said, ‘Let’s see what everybody else can do with this song.’ David Murray: A jazz innovator leads from the center to the edge 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z He's recently showed an interest in Hammond organ blues, and in partnership with British virtuosi like Alan Barnes, has swept freely across the jazz composers' landscape, notably Duke Ellington's. This week's new live music 2011-01-01T00:05:40Z So after 18 years of marriage, we had Ellington. Two Ailey Stars Will Now Turn Their Focus to Baby Steps 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z Die-hard New Yorkers will also appreciate the book’s frequent odes to the city as the center of everything, a place charged with “the immediate excitement of starshine,” in Duke Ellington’s words. ‘Supreme City,’ by Donald L. Miller 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Parker’s older brother, Ellington Johnson, 7, says the best part is spending time with his younger brother and his mom and dad. Day 27: What Are Kids Saying About Kwanzaa? 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z Both events are presented by the Duke Ellington Center for the Arts. Spare Times for April 25-May 1 2014-04-24T22:25:50Z “I freely switch up,” says Chamblee, a District native who attended the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Beauvoir and National Cathedral School. Lonnae O’Neal: Why I sometimes sound blacker than others 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z A harmonically adventurous pianist whose primary influences were Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk, Mr. Tracey was self-taught and began his professional career as an accordionist while still in his teens. Stan Tracey, Who Helped Pluck British Jazz From American Shadow, Dies at 86 2013-12-10T04:13:07Z The album even includes a brief, goofing cover of Duke Ellington’s “East St. Louis Toodle-oo.” Listen to 13 Essential Walter Becker Songs 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z He comes from a long line of jazz musicians who have moved out of the category, notably back to Gershwin and Ellington, but with roots as far back as the 19th century Gottschalk. Vijay Iyer jazzes up the Ojai Music Festival 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z A nonpareil composer, pianist and bandleader, he arrived in New York from Washington, D.C., just as the Harlem Renaissance was getting underway; soon, the Duke Ellington Orchestra had become the soundtrack to an epoch. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z The program wasn’t much of a surprise: essentially a mix of selections from the 1960s album “The Symphonic Ellington” and pieces from the conductor and arranger Maurice Peress’s later recording with the American Composers Orchestra. Review: An Orchestra Manages to Capture That Ellington Swing 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Terry provided Ellington, and Ellington’s compositional alter ego Billy Strayhorn, a soloist whose brilliance and fluidity thrived in the more harmonically and structurally complex music Ellington and Strayhorn were developing in the nineteen-fifties. The Sound of Musical Joy: Clark Terry’s Trumpet 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z Mitchell didn't want to go on lockdown with his son, Ellington. Brian Stokes Mitchell steps off Broadway — for 'Simply Broadway' 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z On another, Duke Ellington and Kermit Parker, the first black man to run for governor as a Democrat in Louisiana, gaze toward each other from across the page. Louis Armstrong’s Life in Letters, Music and Art 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z When I started my second piece, In A Sentimental Mood by Duke Ellington, she descended on a hoop and landed on the grand piano. Experience: I’m a world-class whistler 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong — those were his friends. A final night in blackface: Baltimore’s Al Jolson impersonator calls it quits 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z The person she always credited as her main influence was not another singer but a pianist and composer, Duke Ellington's longtime associate Billy Strayhorn. Lena Horne helped integrate Hollywood 2010-05-10T05:06:00Z Likewise, Dillard Center for the Arts is a 30-minute drive from New World School of the Arts in Miami, another Ellington contestant. Garfield High jazz band ranks in top three at Essentially Ellington 2010-05-11T00:32:00Z When the work premiered, in 1960, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington watched from the wings in tears as de Lavallade brought Holiday and her agonies quietly to life. Carmen de Lavallade is 86 and still the best dancer in the room 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z I have Duke Ellington's, the famous Sonny Greer drum kit, it's fantastic. Charlie Watts: 'Glastonbury? I don't want to do it' 2013-04-04T14:00:00Z Other survivors include a daughter from a previous marriage, Sheila Ellington, and a granddaughter. John Williamson Dies at 80; Founded Sandstone Retreat 2013-05-04T22:36:13Z The contemporary soundtrack to that culture included transformative jazz from Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. Artist Archibald J. Motley Jr.'s Jazz Age imagery on display at LACMA 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z The performance so impressed Mercer Ellington, the maestro’s son, that he asked Mr. Temperley to succeed Mr. Carney in a legacy edition of the band. Joe Temperley, Velvety Baritone Saxophonist, Dies at 86 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z But she said that she is familiar with the Ellington songbook. ArtsBeat: K.D. Lang to Make Debut on Broadway 2013-09-12T19:07:40Z Except, that is, for bursts of Ellington energy and some restless Mingus-like bass lines. Music Review: Expectations Are Made to Be Upended 2011-01-12T22:00:01Z And I watched the Grammy program out of interest, and when they actually announced the Duke Ellington Fargo 1940 it just took the wind out of my sails.” Jack Towers Dies at 96; Remastered Jazz Recordings 2011-01-14T02:34:03Z The American Symphony Orchestra had planned do its part on Thursday, with an Ellington concert at Carnegie Hall boasting new arrangements by Mr. Roberts. When Coronavirus Cancels Concerts, Critics Put on Headphones 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z It was an astonishing example of a musician playing way out of his skin – and one who had never been in Ellington's front rank of star soloists. 50 great moments in jazz: Duke Ellington plays Newport jazz festival 2010-04-06T11:02:00Z In other cases, like the “Chinese dance,” called “Chinoiserie” by Ellington, Ms. Dorrance and her collaborators tread lightly around the issue of depicting non-European cultures. Visions of Sugar Rum Cherries Tap Dance in Her Head 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z They all were cookin' up a mess of tasty blues, but the sweet spot in their set was Oskar's gorgeous rendition of Duke Ellington's "In a Sentimental Mood." Bumbershoot Day Two topped by Tony Bennett 2012-09-03T02:04:03Z “Come Sunday” communicates with crystal clarity Ellington’s admiration for laborers and his elegant insistence on unconditional respect. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Mingus and Roach got into it constantly; at one point Mingus stormed out and had to be coaxed back into the session by Ellington. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Piano 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z “We had all this serious stuff, Ellington tunes and originals and pieces from the Great American Songbook,” he recalls. In the year jazz went avant-garde, Ramsey Lewis went pop with a bang 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Drew's documentaries covered various subjects, including Duke Ellington and space explorers, but he had a special fondness for Mr. Kennedy. Robert Drew, Cinema Verite Documentarian, Dies at 90 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z Several weeks later, the civil rights activist Robert Moses stepped onstage before a performance by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra to announce that Dr. King had been shot. Robert Caro and Carnegie Hall: Revisiting the ’60s 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Thunderstorms had hit the outdoor event, and Ellington was irritable about playing the closing set nigh on midnight, when he suspected many fans would be on their way home. 50 great moments in jazz: Duke Ellington plays Newport jazz festival 2010-04-06T11:02:00Z Only in the “Sunset” solo does she rise to the syncopations and rhythmic flair of Ellington’s music. Dance Review: Ballet Meets Broadway Choreographers and Composers 2011-05-26T21:20:50Z Mr. Murphy brought a freewheeling impishness to his performances, which included the music of Duke Ellington and Cole Porter, the swaying bossa nova music of Brazil and one-of-a-kind works of bebop stream-of-consciousness. Mark Murphy, jazz singer of freewheeling virtuosity, dies at 83 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z While Duke Ellington was jazzing up the airwaves, a new kind of architecture and design sensibility was jazzing things up visually. How ‘Some Like It Hot’ Tunes In to the Jazz Age 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z What should America’s major orchestras do with the genius of Duke Ellington? Review: An Orchestra Manages to Capture That Ellington Swing 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Ms. Jones was sufficiently talented to win a scholarship to the Juilliard School in 1945, under the sponsorship of Duke Ellington. Elayne Jones, Pioneering Percussionist, Is Dead at 94 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z She wrote briefly for both Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, then became a mentor to the young bebop musicians rising up in Harlem. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Mary Lou Williams 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Vieaux ended the evening with Duke Ellington’s “In a Sentimental Mood” and topped it off with an arrangement of Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World” as an encore. Jason Vieaux avoids the cliches of classical-guitar concerts 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z The critic Terry Teachout is “the latest white male writer lecturing Duke Ellington on what to play.” Touring American Pop Music by Way of the Writers Who Have Addressed It 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z The year after it turned down Ellington — the main Pulitzer board rejected the music jury’s recommendation — it could have given the regular prize to Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme.” Kendrick Lamar Shakes Up the Pulitzer Game: Let’s Discuss 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Duke Ellington – Single Petal of a Rose Perhaps that single petal is like the simple phrase upon which this tune is built; delicate yet vibrant and leaving traces wherever it passes. Readers recommend: Songs about the weekend 2010-06-10T23:01:00Z It was a momentum destined to be sustained until Ellington's death in 1974. 50 great moments in jazz: Duke Ellington plays Newport jazz festival 2010-04-06T11:02:00Z Over the past few months, The New York Times has asked jazz musicians, critics and scholars to answer the question, What would you play a friend to make them fall in love with Duke Ellington? Five Minutes That Will Make You Love 21st-Century Jazz 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Sixty years ago, jazz pianist Dave Brubeck apologized to Duke Ellington for getting on the cover of Time magazine before Ellington. Analysis: Macklemore apology for win over fellow rapper raises race issue 2014-01-29T05:32:49Z Working with groups of various sizes — usually five to 10 members — he united the influence of Duke Ellington’s marbled orchestral sound with the sharp-elbowed dispatch of bebop. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z There were other bits of symphonic George Gershwin and Duke Ellington, along with jazzy Leonard Bernstein. The L.A. Phil’s opening gala at Disney Hall finds Dudamel & Co. in full jazz swing 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z He’s made his share of serious and historically weighted works, but here he takes the good-times mode of “Night Creature,” a 1974 Ailey classic set to a Duke Ellington score. The Ailey Company Meets the Challenge of This Lost Season 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z He could make his orchestras shout, bustle and swing like Count Basie, but he also gave them Duke Ellington's sumptuous tone colours and ambiguous textures. Great moments in jazz: Charles Mingus's The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady 2010-09-06T15:46:00Z The performance will be done with the original Ellington instrumentation, including valve trombone, guitar and two bass fiddles. More for jazz lovers: MMW, SRJO and Tom Baker 2013-04-11T20:45:46Z Mr. Parker begins with a series of dances made to period recordings of “Nutcracker” items by Duke Ellington and others, before proceeding to sections of unadulterated Tchaikovsky. Critic?s Notebook: The Smallest Dancers Steal Their Own Show 2010-12-22T23:06:19Z Later, 300 people who had paid $25 each to see Lewis burst onto the Ellington school stage for an event that was less book signing and more one-woman comedy show meets revival meeting. How ‘Blackish’ star Jenifer Lewis became ‘the mother of black Hollywood’ 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Here and on a few other tunes, like “I’m Satisfied,” originally recorded by Lou Rawls, and “Tutti for Cootie,” a Duke Ellington chestnut, singer and background achieve a swinging symbiosis with the material. New Music: New Albums by Mountain Goats, Kurt Elling and Trash Talk 2012-10-09T01:10:07Z There were more cheers for the results: Garfield had won the Essentially Ellington competition, for the second year in a row. Alt-Rock Hub, Purring With Jazz 2010-08-26T19:16:00Z There are tuxedos and dinner jackets with Ellington's name written inside the jacket pockets, ranging from $3,000 to $6,500. Duke Ellington's suits, piano and other belongings are heading for auction 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Like Duke Ellington said, there are only two kinds of music — good and bad. Meshell Ndegeocello plays Triple Door 2012-01-05T21:45:05Z Here are 13 tracks that we think will make you love Ellington. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Members of the Roosevelt High School Jazz Band snagged seven awards Saturday for solo and section work at the prestigious 26th annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Festival. Seattle’s Roosevelt High School Jazz Band members win awards at Essentially Ellington jazz festival 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z Roberts also continues his relationship with jazz music, beginning the work with “There’s Something About an Old Love,” a Duke Ellington composition. Review: At Ailey, Love Is a Battlefield, Film Noir Style 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z Ellington advised Mr. Terry to feign exhaustion and leave the band for an indefinite period. Clark Terry, jazz virtuoso with Basie, Ellington and ‘Tonight Show,’ dies 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z The latest to tackle it, “Sugar Hill: The Ellington/Strayhorn Nutcracker,” relocates the “Nutcracker” story to Harlem. 54 Dance Programs, Festivals and More Coming This Fall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z His films included documentaries featuring Muhammad Ali, musician Duke Ellington, and poet Langston Hughes. US film-maker William Greaves dies 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z That piano ended up at the home of his sister, Ruth Ellington Boatwright, in the late 1940s; Mr. Ellington’s nephew Stephen James used to play underneath and eventually took lessons on it. Damien Hirst Returns to Gagosian Gallery 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z As a composer, he brought the blues erudition of Duke Ellington into every group he led, whether sextets or full orchestras. The Multifaceted Mingus 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Even the standard that followed, Duke Ellington’s “In a Mellow Tone,” upheld a mandate of articulate aggression. Music Review: The Accomplished Joined by the Young and Promising 2011-02-16T22:46:42Z Later, Ellington’s piano solo summons and then dissolves its own hints of 1930s swing, and Coltrane just teases at his own sheets-of-sound approach before returning to the grace of the original melody. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z While striking in their differences, these interpretations together point to the quality and artistic farsightedness of a musician that Duke Ellington once complimented as being “perpetually contemporary.” With ‘Zodiac,’ Mary Lou Williams Spanned Classical and Jazz 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z There was more jazz with La Fosse and Reeder’s “Ad Lib City,” a zingy ballet — the best new work of the night — set to Duke Ellington. Review: Kids Dance Puts on a Show of Courage, Discipline and Heart 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Bridges sang Duke Ellington’s “Heaven” and Owen performed Wotan’s farewell from “Die Walkuere.” Jessye Norman remembered as force of nature at Met memorial 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z The show’s title naturally calls to mind the era when dance bands like those of Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington flourished, cinematically epitomized in the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers 1936 classic “Swing Time.” Art Review: ‘Swing Time,’ Reginald Marsh Show, Focuses on ’30s New York 2013-07-04T17:36:22Z For another installation, the sound designer Justin Ellington and the playwright Christina Anderson are creating a series of what they call “sound baths” for the venue’s biggest stage, experimenting with aural frequencies and chakra points. With Healing in Mind, Stage Collaborators Take a Dip Together 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z But frankly, the greatest danger these celebrated writers faced Monday night was being upstaged by a 15-year-old sophomore at Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Fundraiser put on highway to the danger zone So putting Ellington into his proper place, at the heart of the American classical music canon, can be done successfully. Review: An Orchestra Manages to Capture That Ellington Swing 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Berger aims to illuminate how Ellington elevated folk idioms like the blues into fine art. Obsessed with Duke Ellington, one man is determined to illuminate the jazz composer’s stunning output 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z He graduated from Boston University and started the Storyville jazz club and record label in Boston, where Ellington, Charlie Parker and others came. George Wein, Newport Jazz Festival co-founder, dies at 95 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Ellis said the revenue from the Doha club would help support the organization’s educational programs, like the annual Essentially Ellington high school band competition and the Middle School Jazz Academy. Jazz at Lincoln Center to Expand With Club in Qatar 2011-11-15T23:06:48Z Their breakout performance on the show earned them a recording deal with Alan Douglas, a music producer who worked with Duke Ellington, Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix. Rap’s Radical First Act 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Occasionally mirroring or interacting with figures in the film footage, she let the names of brilliant colleagues and acquaintances roll off her tongue: Ailey, Agnes de Mille, Pearl Bailey, Duke Ellington, Robert Brustein and more. Carmen de Lavallade recalled her time with the famous in a Kennedy Center show Lambert, Hendricks & Ross went on to record several more albums, including one with the Basie band itself for Roulette and one devoted to the music of Duke Ellington for Columbia. Jon Hendricks, master of scat, jazz vocalization and sly lyrics, dies at 96 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Hair slicked and smile set to dazzle, Duke Ellington is standing at an upright piano when “Hot Chocolate” opens, conducting a band that’s already swinging. The Swinging, Jamming Musical Charms of 1940s Soundies 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z You can hear Roosevelt Jazz Band play at the 2021 Essentially Ellington festival below. Seattle’s Roosevelt High School Jazz Band members win awards at Essentially Ellington jazz festival 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z In his youth Mr. Schuller horrified his father by declaring that in the hands of the best musicians Duke Ellington’s music rivaled Beethoven’s. Tanglewood’s Contemporary Music Fest Milks Many Sources 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z “The first time I ever heard about Clark Terry was when Charlie Barnet told me about him,” Ellington wrote in his autobiography, “Music Is My Mistress.” Clark Terry, jazz virtuoso with Basie, Ellington and ‘Tonight Show,’ dies 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z "Today's proceeding allows the defendants the freedom of speech to say they are innocent, but the fact is, they just pled guilty," Ellington said. West Memphis 3 freed after 18 years in prison 2011-08-19T21:18:00Z He shot dozens of album covers for such acclaimed performers as Billie Holiday, Art Tatum, Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie. Phil Stern, photographer of stars during Hollywood’s golden age, dies at 95 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Previously, the festival featured only the music of Duke Ellington, but this year opened up to that of Count Basie. Seattle-area bands 2nd and 3rd at prestigious New York jazz competition 2011-05-15T03:11:59Z Prosecutor Scott Ellington, who handled the plea deal, said he's reviewing material he's received from defense attorneys but is "not yet inclined to reopen the case." Dad says Oscar-nominated film glorifies convicts 2012-02-24T23:58:09Z You know, how many guys can remember that they were the ones who met, introduced and aired live Duke Ellington? Seattle jazz broadcaster reaching fans around world 2012-12-22T05:49:03Z One factor in his Ellington preparation seems mundane, yet he referred to it both in his speech and during a tour of the building, as if it might be key: the long hours. The education of Dave Chappelle: How a D.C. arts school prepared him for stardom 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Certainly, the Ellington song’s lyrics steer clear of happily ever after: “You know your affair is over, you know that the thrill is gone.” Review: At Ailey, Love Is a Battlefield, Film Noir Style 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z Ellington composed his suite after being commissioned by the Stratford, Ontario, Shakespeare Festival to create music linked to Shakespearean characters like Othello, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Lady Macbeth, Puck and Hamlet. Delfeayo Marsalis pairs jazz, The Bard in new work 2011-01-19T22:08:08Z But she points out the influence of Gropius’s ideas all over Berlin, in shopping arcades, a church, office buildings, the Berlin Airlift memorials and even my hotel, the Ellington. 100 years of Bauhaus: Berlin and beyond 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z It was far from an idle boast, because it was Ellington’s talent for listening that made him the greatest jazz composer ever. Listen up: ‘How to Listen to Jazz’ 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z The chef’s poise in the dining room stems from her resume: In a previous life, Law-Yone was an English and art history teacher at Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Thamee lets diners feast on Burmese stories 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Terry said that for decades his greatest regret in music was lying to Basie when he left for the Ellington band in 1951. Clark Terry, jazz virtuoso with Basie, Ellington and ‘Tonight Show,’ dies 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z He was on tour at the time with Duke Ellington, who was clearly deserving of such an honor himself, and it was Ellington who first showed Brubeck the Time cover when it came out. ‘Take Five’ Is Impeccable. ‘Time Outtakes’ Shows How Dave Brubeck Made It. 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z It's a fine session, for Polar Bear fans and Ellington disciples alike. Mark Lockheart: Ellington in Anticipation – review 2013-02-14T21:50:01Z In a career that spanned six decades, Fitzgerald recorded with other great figures including Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Louis Armstrong. Ella Fitzgerald commemorated by Google doodle 2013-04-25T00:27:26Z The Latin jazz compositions he performs with his Jass Syncopators draw overtly on the influences of Dizzy Gillespie and Duke Ellington, as well as a handful of mid-20th-century Cuban bandleaders. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Lacy’s style of composing and arranging owed something to Monk, Ellington and Samuel Beckett. CareFusion, Vision, Undead and Other Jazz Fests 2010-06-10T22:15:00Z Over the past few months, The New York Times has asked all kinds of experts to answer the question, What would you play a friend to make them fall in love with Duke Ellington? 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Piano 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z It’s a rare full recording of Ellington’s original vision of this extended work, which its composer debuted at Carnegie Hall in 1943. When Coronavirus Cancels Concerts, Critics Put on Headphones 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z Bellson pioneered the use of two bass drums at once, and Duke Ellington called him “the world’s greatest musician.” In Switzerland, a musician searches for the ‘Holy Grail’ of instruments 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Terry was in the Ellington band during its spirited appearance at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island and was a featured soloist in Ellington recordings such as “Such Sweet Thunder.” Clark Terry, jazz virtuoso with Basie, Ellington and ‘Tonight Show,’ dies 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z “Because when I started hearing it, especially Duke Ellington, I knew right away that it was great music — extraordinary harmonies, extraordinary orchestrations, extraordinary rhythms and invention and imagination.” Gunther Schuller, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer who bridged jazz and classical music, dies at 89 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z She recently recorded an album of Duke Ellington songs, to be released this year. Jane Harvey, Jazz Singer, Dies at 88 2013-08-21T02:40:34Z In June, concerts will highlight the music of jazz legend Duke Ellington, and the season will close with a night devoted to gospel. Noteworthy musical news: Boston Pops spring season returns 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z According to one of Duke Ellington’s best-known compositions, “it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.” 8 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z She performed and recorded under her own name and continued to work with Ellington on occasion, most notably on his television special “A Drum Is a Woman” in 1957. Joya Sherrill, Singer With Duke Ellington, Dies at 85 2010-07-09T05:00:00Z His piano performances are influenced by Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk ballads, gospel hymns and old African songs; they’re placid and persistent, gentle but deep. Enveloping Sound of a Serene Soul 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z "You play gospel in a blues key," Ellington told Pops. New book traces the Staples family's soulful journey and unique sound 2014-01-18T06:00:00Z Other musicians pictured include Duke Ellington, the R&B vocalist Ruth Brown, and Big Sid Catlett, an influential early drummer who played with Armstrong’s big band at the height of its popularity. Louis Armstrong’s Life in Letters, Music and Art 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z The Duke Ellington School of the Arts Chamber Singers joined the ensemble for a lively, hugely fun reading of the choral cantata “Nun ist das Heil,” BWV 50, which closed the evening. PostClassical brings warmth and sensuality to an all-Bach concert at Dumbarton Church Duke Ellington, a peerless composer as well as a great pianist, reached a stylistic apogee in the early nineteen-forties and revealed little trace of new trends over the next thirty years. A Hidden Hero of Jazz 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z He has transcribed more than 500 Ellington compositions, and he has performed throughout the United States and Europe. Obsessed with Duke Ellington, one man is determined to illuminate the jazz composer’s stunning output 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z In this scaled-down trio performance, we get a chance to appreciate Ellington’s utterly personal and often overlooked approach to the piano. Duke Ellington: 5 Essential Tracks (To Celebrate His 114th Birthday) 2013-04-29T21:29:17Z Berger has been immersed in the sounds of Ellington for more than 50 years. Obsessed with Duke Ellington, one man is determined to illuminate the jazz composer’s stunning output 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z Garfield and Roosevelt are two of three Seattle-area finalists selected for this year’s Essentially Ellington competition, in New York. Holly Cole, and Hot Java, Cool Jazz 2013-03-21T20:38:15Z That night was to be followed by a new dawn for Ellington's late-period creativity, and the worldwide appeal of his orchestra. 50 great moments in jazz: Duke Ellington plays Newport jazz festival 2010-04-06T11:02:00Z Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2019-20 season will begin with an orchestral tribute to South Africa and end with a celebration of Duke Ellington. Jazz at Lincoln Center Plans Tributes to South Africa and Duke Ellington 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z It was frequented by the D.C. native, composer and musician Duke Ellington, who is among those featured in the mural. Streetwise art 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Here, Davis’ modernist classical language collided with references to Duke Ellington and Parliament-Funkadelic alike. ‘It’s Anthony’s Time’: A Composer Gets His Due 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z After serving in the Navy, he found work through his uncle at Apex Studios, where one of his first assignments was recording Duke Ellington. Al Schmitt, Grammy winning engineer and producer, dead at 91 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z This week the school’s Duke Ellington Ensemble was scheduled to perform a celebration of the 20th anniversary of Juilliard Jazz at the Chelsea Factory, a new arts space. After a Showdown, Juilliard’s President Retains Support of Board 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z In 1959, Dankworth and his jazz orchestra began touring the United States and they performed with Duke Ellington, who later became a close friend. 2010-02-07T10:53:00Z Because of the challenge of recording during the pandemic, only one audition tune, Duke Ellington’s “Old King Dooji,” was required, rather than the usual three. Roosevelt High School makes final of prestigious Essential Ellington high school jazz competition 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z On another page, Keller explains that Duke Ellington rented Pullman train cars for Northwest tours so the band could avoid segregated hotels and restaurants in 1934. A look back at Seattle’s black musicians’ union 2014-01-02T18:40:56Z Going to New York for Essentially Ellington is more than just a day of competition. Roosevelt Jazz Band places second at Essentially Ellington 2012-05-07T03:49:43Z Her first professional gig, at 10, was in the band of the famed trumpeter Clark Terry, another Ellington alum. Terri Lyne Carrington on the Power of Betting on Yourself 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Oh, and then the other night, we got really into “Ellington at Newport,” 1956. Taylor Mac’s Week: Watching Bond Movies on VHS and Discovering the Banjo 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z "And he definitely loved Duke Ellington the best." Auctioning Chicago history: DJ Dick Buckley's collection 2011-02-14T14:51:00Z The best track here is a version of “The Mystery Song” from Duke Ellington, another acknowledgment of Lacy. New Music: New Music From Webbie and Charlotte Gainsbourg 2011-12-26T21:46:38Z Ellington recorded it in 1963 with something called the Paris Symphony Orchestra. The L.A. Phil’s opening gala at Disney Hall finds Dudamel & Co. in full jazz swing 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z But Beyoncé’s beacon is less Wagner than Duke Ellington, in that she composes a symphony in sound and movement and media and negritude. Beyoncé’s “Homecoming” Is a Total Synthesis of the Pop Arts 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z They addressed a selective range of his works, articulate and soulful, along with chestnuts by Armstrong, Duke Ellington and a few others. Music Review: Satchmo?s Story, Music Substituting for Words 2010-08-31T22:25:00Z “Composers like Ellington and Bernstein valued this enormously.” Capturing the Short, Glamorous Life of a Forgotten Broadway Lyricist 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z Mr. Valdés began the evening with a salute to Duke Ellington, threading one familiar theme into the next. Music Review: Chucho Vald?s Plays With the Afro-Cuban Messengers 2012-01-24T23:07:41Z For more than six decades of his life, Jones has worked with music's greats: Duke Ellington, Coltrane, Count Basie, Miles Davis. Quincy Jones book schools next generation 2010-11-19T23:51:00Z The big release came at last in the night’s last song: “Cotton Tail,” another Ellington composition. Review | Jazz vibraphonist and drummer Chuck Redd shows a hometown audience his enduring range 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Miller spent several years with that band, just as he did with the trumpeter Woody Shaw, the singer Betty Carter and the Duke Ellington Orchestra, led by Ellington’s son, Mercer. Mulgrew Miller, Jazz Pianist, Dies at 57 2013-05-29T16:06:23Z He also absorbed the influence of jazz kit drummers like Gene Krupa, and composers like Duke Ellington. Bringing Tito Puente’s Fire to a New Generation 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z Terry inspired Miles Davis and played in the Count Basie and Duke Ellington big bands. Blakey, Hampton, Terry enter NYC Jazz Hall of Fame 2013-06-06T00:25:08Z There’s also a wide range of distinguished music — the composers of the last three weeks have included Glinka, Chopin, Delibes, Tchaikovsky, Glazunov, Stravinsky, , Hindemith, Ellington, Shostakovich and Thomas Adès. Dance Review: Music as a Gallant Ballet Partner 2011-02-03T22:30:10Z Berger hopes that his work can help bridge the generation gap in the same way Ellington’s music has broken through cultural barriers across the globe. Obsessed with Duke Ellington, one man is determined to illuminate the jazz composer’s stunning output 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z The United States Patent and Trademark Office lists more than 250 active trademarks which include the word Duke, including jazz legend Duke Ellington and a brand of mayonnaise. Wayne heirs sue over Duke nickname 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z In Detroit, he drove up to a Duke Ellington band concert in a Cadillac with steer horns on the hood. Herb Jeffries, jazz balladeer and star of all-black cowboy movies, dies The reason for the presence of “Sophisticated Lady” on Thursday night’s program at the David H. Koch Theater, during City Ballet’s American Music Festival, would seem to be its music, by Duke Ellington. Dance Review: City Ballet’s Program of Peter Martins and Robbins at Koch Theater 2013-05-17T20:16:37Z What resulted was a fresh, alluring texture rarely found in legacy bands playing the music of Ellington, Glenn Miller and others. Sue Mingus, Promoter of Her Husband’s Musical Legacy, Dies at 92 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Another pair of concerts in February will celebrate three other jazz architects: Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton and Charles Mingus, with music direction by Vincent Gardner, the trombonist and composer. Next Jazz at Lincoln Center Season Will Celebrate Wayne Shorter 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Bley has remarked that Kurt Weill, Erik Satie and the Beatles have had as strong an influence on her music as Ellington, Russell or Mingus – and it shows. 50 great moments in jazz: Carla Bley's Escalator Over the Hill 2011-01-18T13:06:04Z Duke Ellington understood what Mavis's high school voice teacher did not. New book traces the Staples family's soulful journey and unique sound 2014-01-18T06:00:00Z I played some of his music, and I played a little Duke Ellington. Film: Australian and Scottish Common Film Sense 2010-12-10T21:30:00Z Roosevelt makes top three at Essentially Ellington Final update: Roosevelt couldn't quite pull out a first-place win this year. Roosevelt makes top three at Essentially Ellington 2012-05-07T19:01:05Z It was Mr. Vertiel who presented the concept to Mr. Marsalis, with whom he had worked in 2011 on the “Cotton Club Parade,” an celebration of Duke Ellington’s songs at City Center. ArtsBeat: Sondheim and Marsalis to Collaborate on Show for City Center 2013-04-18T17:55:27Z Ellington will also be the focus of concerts in the spring, led by Marsalis, to celebrate what would have been his 125th birthday. Next Jazz at Lincoln Center Season Will Celebrate Wayne Shorter 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Because Mr. James was young when his own father left, Ellington loomed large in his life. Damien Hirst Returns to Gagosian Gallery 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z “We studied European classical music, and Duke Ellington, along with others. So that’s the difference.” A Pair of Ahmad Jamal Live Albums Capture an Innovator in His Prime 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z If Louis Armstrong had stopped performing after 1930, or Duke Ellington had stopped performing after 1942, their places atop jazz history would be no less secure. A Hidden Hero of Jazz 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, after close to a decade with the Ellington band, he decided it was time to move on. Clark Terry, Influential Jazz Trumpeter, Dies at 94 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z Having hosted Jimi Hendrix, Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald in the past, the Columbia City Theater reopens Friday, debuting a full lineup of music and a week's worth of free shows. Free music this week at renovated Columbia City Theater 2010-06-24T22:11:00Z Jazz’s status as a global music has a lot to do with Ellington: specifically, his skill as a leader, collaborator and spokesman, who rarely failed to remind his audience, “We love you madly.” Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z And he reminisced on moments in the history of jazz — a genre he helped define as a trombonist for Dinah Washington, Sun Ra, Max Roach, Herbie Hancock, Duke Ellington and many others. Seattle’s Julian Priester helped create jazz as we know it. Now, he’s focusing on teaching the art of listening 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Ellington’s music stayed open to jazz’s younger generations. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Thursday brings JazzReach Presents Ellington!, an interactive program using narration and music to introduce children to the work of this jazz master. Spare Times for Children for July 4-10 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Saturday update: You can now see the live stream of the Essentially Ellington competition below. Roosevelt makes top three at Essentially Ellington 2012-05-07T19:01:05Z Dillard was the surprise of the weekend, placing among the top three in its first appearance at Ellington. Garfield High jazz band ranks in top three at Essentially Ellington 2010-05-11T00:32:00Z The pianist developed his career first in Switzerland, and then, with Duke Ellington's help, in the United States. 50 great moments in jazz: Abdullah Ibrahim 2011-02-09T16:21:12Z He played in the prestigious Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra, and with Duke Ellington saxophonist Johnny Hodges's group in the early 50s, with the organist Jimmy Smith, and then from 1955 with Miles Davis. 50 great moments in jazz: John Coltrane's giant step for improvisation 2010-08-09T15:49:00Z Even the repertoire they chose – classics by Fats Waller, Duke Ellington and others – radiated optimism. Chicago's jazz artists play searing music for Japan 2011-04-02T15:11:00Z Guernsey's says Ellington's suits, piano and other items will be offered May 18 at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. Duke Ellington's suits, piano and other belongings are heading for auction 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z The cache includes silk jackets Ellington performed in, contracts he signed and musical manuscripts scribbled by hand. Damien Hirst Returns to Gagosian Gallery 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Duke Ellington – Midnight Indigo An utterly enchanting piece of music, and one that seems to really capture the rich confusion and crisp realities of the witching hour. Readers recommend: Songs with sound effects 2010-03-19T00:02:00Z In the decades since, Berger has become a leading authority on Ellington’s music. Obsessed with Duke Ellington, one man is determined to illuminate the jazz composer’s stunning output 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z The other song with which Ms. James became inextricably connected was "I'd Rather Go Blind," which she said she co-wrote in 1968 with her friend Ellington Jordan while he was in prison. Versatile, powerful R&B singer Etta James dies at 73 2012-01-21T01:20:04Z In the concert’s second half he presented big-band arrangements — with strings of solos — of originals, informed by Ellington and Basie and Coltrane, as well a busy version of Monk’s “I Mean You.” Abdullah Ibrahim at the Schomburg Center 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z When the magic of first touched me in the late 1960s, many pathfinding early creators of the music, including Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, were still playing. 50 great moments in jazz: The rise of saxophone colossus Sonny Rollins 2010-05-11T14:05:00Z Most of the source material has been transferred from the original 78s, courtesy of the Ellington collector and scholar Steven Lasker, who also wrote the liner essay, as exhaustively detailed as you could possibly desire. Music gift sets: The best of 2010, from Bob Dylan to Michael Jackson 2010-12-11T00:34:00Z Ed Arrendell, who manages Mr. Marsalis, donated a copy to the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, a high school in Washington. 20 Years of Jazz Concerts, Heading to Harlem 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z And Michael Philip Mossman's Latinized suite of Ellington themes — from "The Mooche" to "Satin Doll" — sounds like a gimmick, but it works quite nicely. New CDs: Bobby Sanabria releases hot new Latin jazz album 2012-08-13T21:24:04Z Ellington showed up in the studio moments before taping was to begin. Ralph Gleason’s Artistic Activism 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z For me, his work stands with Bach, Mozart, Debussy, Ellington and Stravinsky in achieving that rare fusion of heart and mind. Ennio Morricone Was More Than Just a Great Film Composer 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z So I’ve turned to a fresh recording of Ellington’s “Black, Brown and Beige,” released to digital platforms by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra earlier this month. When Coronavirus Cancels Concerts, Critics Put on Headphones 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z "I believe this case is closed, and there are no other individuals involved," Ellington said. West Memphis 3 freed after 18 years in prison 2011-08-19T21:18:00Z They also join Rhiannon Giddens on a pair of vocal pieces by Duke Ellington: “Come Sunday,” imploring and formal, and “Rocks in My Bed,” stomping and sly. Review: Allen Toussaint’s Last Album, ‘American Tunes’ 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Chappelle attended Washington’s Duke Ellington School of the Arts, and his first hourlong comedy special was filmed in the nation’s capital. Chappelle to receive Mark Twain Prize for humor 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z The Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra nods to the great Duke Ellington this week with an “early music”-style concert titled “Music of the Harlem Renaissance III: Duke Ellington’s ‘Reminiscing in Tempo.’ More for jazz lovers: MMW, SRJO and Tom Baker 2013-04-11T20:45:46Z Strait told Berry the museum wanted to place him in the cultural context of African American musical greats like Duke Ellington. How the museum talked Chuck Berry into giving up his prized red Cadillac 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z During his career, Ailey choreographed more than a dozen dances to Ellington’s music. A Digital Ailey Season Celebrates ‘Revelations’ at 60 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z It was his mouth, with its plush lips, that gave him away: Vian was trained as an engineer, but jazz was his religion, the trumpet his instrument, Duke Ellington the godfather to his daughter. Whimsy and War: Boris Vian’s Two Minds 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Parker and his company, the Bang Group, create movement based in percussion, using a mix of versions of Tchaikovsky’s music, by Duke Ellington and Glenn Miller, among others. Dance Review: ‘Nut/Cracked,’ a Holiday Ballet by David Parker 2012-12-21T22:15:45Z It is like listening to Mozart or Beethoven or Louis Armstrong or Duke Ellington. 'The Beatles' bring all their loving back to Broadway 2013-07-25T12:37:43Z A question hung in the air: Why is Ellington still a relative symphonic rarity? Review: An Orchestra Manages to Capture That Ellington Swing 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z But rather than detailing specific life-changing epiphanies, he circled back to a broader spirit of support that he felt in the Ellington environment. The education of Dave Chappelle: How a D.C. arts school prepared him for stardom 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Later, in Roosevelt High School’s award-winning jazz band, Dugdale traveled with his peers to the Essentially Ellington high-school competitions in New York. Tapper, musician Alex Dugdale cuts a rug at ‘Sacred Music’ 2013-12-23T20:06:42Z "You'll probably see me next year" with the fashion winners, she jokingly told the first lady, who smiled at the junior from Washington's Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Michelle Obama honors top designers at White House 2011-09-14T16:46:05Z Though “The River,” a collaborative commission for American Ballet Theater in 1970, is neither top-shelf Ellington nor top-shelf Ailey, the suite’s eight sections of shifting color and mood offer many openings for dancers. Dance Review: Ailey Program Moves to Duke Ellington Works 2013-12-17T21:54:02Z Somewhere in between, harmonies he admired in Duke Ellington are allowed to flow into patterns he learned from traditional Japanese court music or the lush textures he loved in Messiaen. The natural elements prove a breeze for Vicki Ray's Piano Spheres recital at REDCAT 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z She saw a certain professionalism, a command of the stage and a rapport with the audience that she considered an Ellington stamp. The education of Dave Chappelle: How a D.C. arts school prepared him for stardom 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z He started with Ellington’s “Sucrier Velours,” from “The Queen’s Suite,” moved through George Shearing’s “Conception,” and then the band played its version of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A, organized into a jazz waltz. 2010-01-21T05:41:00Z He kept working well into his 80s, launching other jazz labels and reissuing multidisc sets by Monk, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Benny Goodman and other jazz giants. Orrin Keepnews, producer of milestone jazz albums, dies at 91 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z Mr. Baker introduced listeners to familiar classics and to little-known fare, from early swing music to the sacred works of Duke Ellington to experimental jazz-classical hybrids from the 1940s to the present. David Baker, jazz scholar, composer and conductor, dies at 84 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z The language Iverson uses when discussing his upcoming compositional premieres — including more sonatas, as well as orchestral arrangements of Ellington — enjoys a reprise whenever he discusses the balance of the Sono Fest! programming. A New Festival Freely Dips Into Jazz and Classical Music 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z “You have this Gershwin/Duke Ellington/Quincy Jones thing happening,” Atwater recalls him saying. Perspective | The Soulful Symphony reinvents itself, elevating music’s American roots 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z With a huge admiration for Ellington and Strayhorn, who wrote specific notes for each band member, this score is phenomenally done. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z And one of the things I was thinking during this run was that I was always a fan of swing bands, of Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman. 13 Shows. No Repeats. Trey Anastasio on How Phish Pulled Off the ‘Baker’s Dozen.’ 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z Other pieces receive the ministrations of a rhythm section, suggesting late-period Duke Ellington with a languid backbeat. Playlist: Look Back at a Legend, Then Revisit Disco 2011-04-01T21:50:45Z Garfield High School — which, like Roosevelt, has won top honors at Essentially Ellington four times — did not apply this year. Seattle’s Roosevelt High School Jazz Band members win awards at Essentially Ellington jazz festival 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z Was it faultless, judged next to recordings that included Ellington as a participant? Review: An Orchestra Manages to Capture That Ellington Swing 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Moreover, Smith decided to select music from Ellington's and Billy Strayhorn's canon from the 1920s to the 50s, including rarely performed works, like the latter's beautiful jazz makeovers of themes by Edvard Grieg. Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: In the Spirit of the Duke – review 2013-03-14T22:00:01Z However, he continued, after he graduated and almost immediately enjoyed success, he began to appreciate what Ellington did for him. The education of Dave Chappelle: How a D.C. arts school prepared him for stardom 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z They make powerfully affecting the final break between a dispirited Moriarty, who meets up with a newly confident, smartly dressed Sal Paradise just off to a Duke Ellington concert at the Metropolitan Opera. On the Road – review 2012-10-13T23:06:07Z The Ellington controversy arose from disagreement between a jury eager to award a jazz master and a board concerned that it was violating the prize’s rules. A Year After Kendrick Lamar, Will the Music Pulitzer Embrace Pop? 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Duke Ellington and his big band performed; the pianist Mary Lou Williams performed solo; Max Roach was there with a quintet that included the bright-toned and innovative twenty-year-old trumpeter Booker Little. A Classic Jazz Documentary That Honors and Insults the Art Form 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z We didn’t get to all the highlights, which in addition to those mentioned above include Duke Ellington Circle, the Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, the Blockhouse and Fort Clinton. With Harlem as a base, a visiting family explores new corners of New York City 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z For his sixth birthday, he was serenaded by Duke Ellington and his band at the famed Rainbow Room. Rocker Lenny Kravitz looks back to when he found his voice 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z Her work is regularly regarded in the same light as giants such as Gil Evans and Duke Ellington. 50 great moments in jazz: Carla Bley's Escalator Over the Hill 2011-01-18T13:06:04Z The auction has two dozen music manuscripts penned in Ellington's hand. Duke Ellington's suits, piano and other belongings are heading for auction 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Clingan offers an annual Girls Jazz Day in September and also teaches the Girls Ellington Project. Seattle JazzED has grown by leaps and bounds, providing jazz classes to kids who may otherwise not have access 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Prosecutor Scott Ellington said it would be "practically impossible" to put on a proper trial after 18 years. West Memphis 3 freed after 18 years in prison 2011-08-19T21:18:00Z Recorded March 6, 1940 — the first Ellington recording session with Ben Webster’s tenor saxophone and Jimmy Blanton’s propulsive bass completing what I would call the greatest band in jazz history. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Duke Ellington said there are only two kinds of music, good and bad. film: Sometimes A Vegetable Is Just a Vegetable 2011-06-17T15:55:10Z He also played on tours and recording sessions with Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington and Chico Hamilton. Paul Horn, Jazz flautist, dies at 84 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z Their ever-changing legend was appearing in songs by the 1920s, and has inspired artists ranging from Woody Guthrie and Duke Ellington to Bob Dylan and the Clash. Lloyd Price, singer and early rock influence, dies at 88 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z This version is more jagged than the original, as Ellington confronts the missing tones by blurring them with his own. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Famous performers such as James Brown and Duke Ellington stayed here, but the brown-shingled hotel has fallen into disrepair; the owners are hoping for funds to turn it into a museum. On Maryland’s Eastern Shore, walking among the spirits Sunday from 12:45 to 3:30 p.m., at the statue of Ellington, at Fifth Avenue and 110th Street. Spare Times for April 25-May 1 2014-04-24T22:25:50Z While still in Australia, with the band's saxophone player Tim Ries in a last-minute gig at the Ellington Jazz Club in Perth. Stones gigs rescheduled to late 2014 2014-03-21T10:18:52Z The original orchestra included members of Marsalis’ septet and surviving Ellington band alumni such as trombonist Britt Woodman and clarinetist Jimmy Hamilton, and at first played an almost exclusively Ellington repertoire. Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Marks 25 Years 2013-10-22T14:20:55Z As Duke Ellington, Legend jolts the sketch to life with a few bars of an elegant, completely incongruous cafe-jazz cover of the rap anthem “Big Rings,” written, he says, by “my brother, Drake Ellington.” Review: ‘Sherman’s Showcase’ Tests Whether It’s OK to Laugh 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z I have helped publish a few of Ellington's works, for example, but there are maybe 10 that are published out of the 2,000 that he wrote. Gunther Schuller: Conducting? He wrote the book 2010-08-12T22:30:00Z I remember a Duke Ellington album that we played for ever. Charlie Watts: 'Glastonbury? I don't want to do it' 2013-04-04T14:00:00Z Her grandfather Matt Carrington had played drums with Duke Ellington and Fats Waller, and her father, Sonny, was a professional saxophonist. Terri Lyne Carrington on the Power of Betting on Yourself 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z The Duke Ellington songbook has been tapped for the shows “Sophisticated Ladies” and “Play On!” On and Off Broadway, doing more with less 2013-12-04T22:00:07Z “Hot Chocolate” was among the more than 1,800 short films called Soundies that Ellington and hundreds of other entertainers made in the 1940s. The Swinging, Jamming Musical Charms of 1940s Soundies 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Last month, shifting the series’ focus to jazz, we asked musicians, writers and critics to share their passion for Duke Ellington. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Alice Coltrane 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z The city was typically asked only to advise and confirm the final location of monuments, which were not constructed on any deadlines — East Harlem’s Duke Ellington Memorial, for example, took nearly 20 years to complete. New York’s Race to Build Monuments Runs Into Friction on the Ground 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z During the civil rights movement, many African Americans wanted Ellington to be more forthcoming, said Mr. Owens, but “he was very dedicated to his music as a force as opposed to actual protest.” James Little, Unapologetic Abstractionist Painter, Catches the Limelight 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z The trio played a short, vivacious set of Ellington tunes — without orchestra but with the vocalist Catherine Russell, who had been already heard with the American Symphony in a somewhat muted take on “Satin Doll.” Review: An Orchestra Manages to Capture That Ellington Swing 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z But it's an exhilarating re-enactment of Ellington's gigs, right down to the stage setup, and a spontaneous celebration rather than a routine run-through of famous material. Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: In the Spirit of the Duke – review 2013-03-14T22:00:01Z Encouraged by a prestigious academic publisher, he has embarked on a five-volume book project, “The Ellington Effect,” which explores the creative process of the native Washingtonian, with in-depth explications of representative songs. Obsessed with Duke Ellington, one man is determined to illuminate the jazz composer’s stunning output 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z Prosecutor Scott Ellington, who handled the case in August, didn't respond to a phone message left Tuesday. Oscar nod for West Memphis 3 film angers parents 2012-01-24T19:21:13Z He didn’t hear what William Grant Still was going to do, what Ellington was going to do. A Pianist Strolls Her Harlem History, and Scott Joplin’s 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z As teenagers, Ahmet and Nesuhi were smitten by jazz when they heard Duke Ellington play in London and were excited about moving to his hometown. These Turkish brothers found their calling in D.C., championing the Black music scene 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z Inside the ballroom, he said, Ellington could not help but notice him in his cowboy regalia and invited him to sing with the band. Herb Jeffries, jazz balladeer and star of all-black cowboy movies, dies Dudamel led only the middle movement, “Stalking Monster,” of Ellington’s “Night Creatures.” The L.A. Phil’s opening gala at Disney Hall finds Dudamel & Co. in full jazz swing 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Only the most important artists whose careers encompassed multiple, distinct styles - most prominently Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington - merit more than one track. Review: Smithsonian Anthology a wide overview 2011-04-01T21:16:04Z A lifelong admirer of Duke Ellington, the Cannes native was a professional musician by his teens and over the following decades would perform with everyone from Lionel Hampton to Yo-Yo Ma. Claude Bolling, popular jazz-classical musician, dead at 90 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z Ibrahim, who recorded both unaccompanied and with his own trio under Duke Ellington's wing in the previous decade, began to compose his most enduring themes and perform all over the world. 50 great moments in jazz: Abdullah Ibrahim 2011-02-09T16:21:12Z He discovered jazz when he was 12 and soon became a fan of Miles Davis, Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus. Charlie Watts, Bedrock Drummer for the Rolling Stones, Dies at 80 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Daniela’s writing teachers at Duke Ellington School of the Arts encouraged her voracious reading and experimental writing. At 15, Daniela Shia-Sevilla’s writing has already wowed the literary community 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z They were preparing for “After Midnight,” a musical celebrating Duke Ellington’s years at the famous Cotton Club nightclub. Fantasia Prepares for Broadway Under Watchful Eye 2013-09-04T13:39:08Z The moment of conversion, he wrote some 60 years later, was when he first heard the Duke Ellington band "at its most imperial". Eric Hobsbawm obituary 2012-10-01T09:59:14Z Other treasures include a 1999 performance of Grieg’s incidental music to Ibsen’s play “Peer Gynt,” with several movements paired with Duke Ellington’s arrangements of them. Tanglewood’s Archival Magic Still Casts a Spell 2012-06-28T15:03:28Z On his recording, released earlier this year on the Deutsche Grammophon label, he gamely attempts Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come” as well “Come Sunday,” from Ellington’s “Black, Brown and Beige.” What Is American Music? Three Classical Albums Offer Answers. 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z You hear a lot of Duke Ellington, particularly the quiet Ellington of the record “Piano Reflections.” 2010-01-21T05:41:00Z The exception to this rule, obviously, is Jaz Ellington, who was fawned over for what seemed like an eternity in the auditions and then revealed the sex of his unborn baby during Saturday's show. Has The Voice lost its charm? 2012-05-18T10:56:43Z Mark Lockheart Ellington in Anticipation Subtone Records Saxophonist Mark Lockheart, a key contributor to the laconic lyricism of Polar Bear, has been quietly evolving into one of the UK scene's outstanding composers. Mark Lockheart: Ellington in Anticipation – review 2013-02-14T21:50:01Z Webb was revered by competitors, many of whom — Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Duke Ellington — matched wits with him at the Savoy's legendary "battle of band" nights, but never bested him. June 9 at SIFF: William Friedkin, 'The Details' 2012-06-08T19:49:04Z Du Bois spoke there, and artists like Duke Ellington, Jimi Hendrix and Billie Holiday played there. Washington Hall, Seattle's cultural Ellis Island, reopens with a house party 2010-04-27T20:32:00Z Ellington's postwar recordings were variable compared to the majestic output of his famous 40s band, and changes in musical fashions were affecting the once-indomitable orchestra's pulling power and record sales. 50 great moments in jazz: Duke Ellington plays Newport jazz festival 2010-04-06T11:02:00Z Mr. Ellington added that when information is shared with him, he has a duty “to provide that to defense counsel if it could possibly be exculpatory evidence.” West Memphis Three Inspire Yet Another Film, ‘Devil’s Knot’ 2014-05-07T14:13:32Z He left Ellington in 1959 to join NBC as a staff musician at a time when the network was under pressure from the Urban League to hire minorities. Clark Terry, jazz virtuoso with Basie, Ellington and ‘Tonight Show,’ dies 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z An underappreciated part of Ellington’s artistry is his mastery of misdirection. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Ellington is one of the most written-about figures in American music, but Berger sees a need for serious scholarship of the sort accorded to classical composers. Obsessed with Duke Ellington, one man is determined to illuminate the jazz composer’s stunning output 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z I could have chosen anything from Duke Ellington's wonderful suite of jazz poems inspired by Shakespearean characters, Such Sweet Thunder. Readers recommend: songs about Shakespeare – results 2013-02-14T14:00:01Z He noted that even as he became a star while singing with Ellington, Mr. Jeffries chose to leave to pursue other endeavors. Herb Jeffries, Singing Star of Black Cowboy Films, Dies at 100 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z Ndegeocello grew up in Washington, studying at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and playing bass in go-go bands such as Rare Essence before moving on to pursue a national singing career. Jason Moran, Meshell Ndegeocello find their own way to honor Fats Waller Concept “Twelfth Night” in 1940s Harlem with Duke Ellington music. In ‘Something Rotten!,’ if Music Be the Food of Farce, Play On 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Still, giants like George Gershwin, Duke Ellington and Stephen Sondheim are outside my purview here. The Greatest 2011-01-07T16:04:57Z Ms. Cafritz bequeathed over 650 works of art to the Studio Museum in Harlem and the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, the two institutions announced this week. Peggy Cooper Cafritz Leaves Collection to Two Arts Institutions 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z Here, to a Duke Ellington score, Ailey’s sheer professional skill is evident, with changes of idiom, striking stage spacing, marvelously textured coordination of upper and lower body. Dance Review: A Physical Choreography, Turning Women Into Targets 2010-12-16T23:06:06Z In the theater’s early days — it was built in 1969 — nearly all of the shows were foreign productions: Duke Ellington, Mexican folk ballets, Marcel Marceau. The Inescapable Poet of Nicaragua 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z Justin Ellington’s sensational sound design is almost another haunted voice in the fugue. Review: In ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning,’ a Red-State Unicorn 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z When Duke Ellington and Art Tatum played, no matter how complex and driving the rhythm, they sounded relaxed. Ren?e Fleming, Opera Star, Tries a Rock Album. 2010-05-31T21:58:00Z The rolling bounce and swing of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. Perspective | In theaters or at home, dance is here to move you 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z But for young musicians, Essentially Ellington is more than just a day of competition. Seattle kids shine at Ellington contest 2013-05-13T00:29:05Z In a few years Berger was leading his own band before joining his idol’s Famous Orchestra shortly after Ellington died, when it was led by his son, Mercer. Obsessed with Duke Ellington, one man is determined to illuminate the jazz composer’s stunning output 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z The reaction of British audiences has been hysterical, audiences comprising the same people who abandoned Ellington to half-empty houses last year. From the Observer archive, 29 November 1959: how to take pizzazz out of jazz 2012-11-24T00:05:25Z “It was exciting,” he said, “and it was mysterious. I would listen to Ellington and go, ‘What is that? Before he won Oscars for his music, composer Howard Shore helped kick off SNL 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z It was shown with other historical pictures that accompanied musical tributes to Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Paul Robeson, among others, performed by an orchestra that appeared to be woefully underrehearsed. Honoring a Century of African-American Work on Broadway 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z He was a student at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, where he became interested in what his mother does, but he said he wanted to be “more than a photographer.” Artist Sews Together Sports and Geopolitics 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Now, we’re shifting the focus to jazz — and what better place to start than with Duke Ellington? Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Both events are sponsored by the Duke Ellington Center for the Arts an organization to promote the music and legacy of the jazz great. Spare Times for April 26-May 2 2013-04-25T22:32:14Z But as Duke Ellington said, good music is good music. Jazz and Opera Come Together in ‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones’ 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Chappelle has been returning to Ellington since early in his career. The education of Dave Chappelle: How a D.C. arts school prepared him for stardom 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z He studied Stravinsky, Bartók and Elliott Carter at the New England Conservatory, and Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell and Duke Ellington in his spare time; the latter influences are fitfully clear on Bemsha Swing. 50 great moments in jazz: Cecil Taylor's jazz piano revolution 2010-04-14T11:25:00Z It’s easy to imagine a series of concerts connecting the music of Ellington and Williams with that of Gershwin and Bernstein — before venturing into the broader catalogs of global orchestral swing. A Composer Shows the Way to Give Classical Music Swing 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Four days after hearing him in Zurich in 1963, Ellington was so transfixed he gave the unknown South African his orchestra to lead for a series of American dates. 50 great moments in jazz: Abdullah Ibrahim 2011-02-09T16:21:12Z The quartet did a better job of demolition on Ellington's theme than any other group, band or orchestra I have come across. From the Observer archive, 29 November 1959: how to take pizzazz out of jazz 2012-11-24T00:05:25Z “As Mr. DeFrancesco played Duke Ellington’s ‘Sophisticated Lady,’ the elder musicians beamed and whispered encouragement,” Jonathan Probber wrote of that show in The New York Times. Joey DeFrancesco, Reigning King of the Jazz Organ, Dies at 51 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z As the title suggests, Ellington’s version is a feature for the finely expressive trumpeter Cootie Williams, and it paints its warm, delicate moods with a musical palette that’s much finer than Kirby’s. Two New Recordings by Two Jazz Greats 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Ellington described them as among his most important works, although they are now seldom programmed because of the enormous number of musicians required. Music Review: Six Youth Choirs Sing From Ellington’s Sacred Concerts 2014-03-26T19:59:03Z Ms. Reich, who will dance a duet with Mr. Teicher during “Tap Ellington” and will duel him in a free program in Union Square on July 14, is another rising star, at 28. Tap Dance, and the Hard Work of Making It All Look Easy 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z On the 1962 version of “Solitude,” featuring the bassist Charles Mingus and the drummer Max Roach, Ellington properly evokes the feeling of isolation through sullen, spacious chords reflecting dark and light textures. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Taylor blazed his way through Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" and displayed lyrical sensitivity in Art Tatum's arrangement of Duke Ellington's "In a Sentimental Mood" and Thelonius Monk's "Ruby, My Dear." Jacaranda unleashes a tribute to composer John Adams that goes a little bit 'Berserk' 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z Duke Ellington, just the way he dressed and spoke. Wynton Marsalis Finds Solace in the Optimism of the Blues 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Essentially Ellington is sponsored by the nonprofit organization Jazz at Lincoln Centers. Ballard, Roosevelt, Mountlake Terrace make Essentially Ellington 2012-02-22T14:05:09Z The 86-year-old once shared the stage with Josephine Baker in Paris; Duke Ellington, Bill Evans and Benny Goodman — along with their bands — accompanied her solo performances. LL Cool J becomes the first rapper to be Kennedy Center Honors recipient 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z The most laurelled of black composers, Ellington was honored on his 70th birthday with a dinner and jam session at the White House. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z The archive, which includes royalty statements and some limited correspondence between Strayhorn and Ellington, offers some answers. Billy Strayhorn Archive Acquired by Library of Congress 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Since 1999, when Essentially Ellington opened to high schools west of the Mississippi, schools from Washington state have dominated the event, snagging 59 slots over 23 years and sending five finalists in 2008 and 2020. 3 Seattle-area high schools make finals of 2022 Essentially Ellington jazz band competition 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z “Benny writes real parts for us, almost like Duke Ellington with his band,” said Calle Jakobsson, a tuba player by day in the Royal Swedish Opera’s orchestra. A Bus Journey to a Time Before Abba 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z Duke Ellington, because he could play piano and hold a good conversation. Colin Salmon on his favourite TV 2012-10-05T13:00:00Z Edward Ellington, son of Duke Ellington, said Robinson told him after they left the school that he is learning Spanish. Smokey Robinson visits Duke Ellington students 2012-03-03T02:46:03Z Sultry string figures embellished with sweeping harp recalled what Hollywood composers nicked from Duke Ellington; staggered section entries piled up with Gershwin-esque swagger. Music Review: New Juilliard Ensemble in 2 Premieres - Review 2011-09-25T21:55:41Z On such albums as “Steppin’ With the World Saxophone Quartet,” “W.S.Q.” and “The World Saxophone Quartet Plays Duke Ellington,” he composed marbled harmonies that embraced and gave way like waves. David Murray: A jazz innovator leads from the center to the edge 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z He completed his first short, “Daybreak Express,” in 1953, combining a pulsing Duke Ellington score with a jazzy, shadowy montage of an elevated New York City subway station and its passengers. Oscar-winning documentary maker D.A. Pennebaker dies at 94 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z “Take the ‘A’ Train” Ellington’s actual theme song, played every night by his big band, was written by his longtime musical partner Billy Strayhorn and initially recorded in 1941. Duke Ellington: 5 Essential Tracks (To Celebrate His 114th Birthday) 2013-04-29T21:29:17Z For melodies it’s divided among three ideas: Ellington songs, Coltrane’s “Love Supreme” — a once-sacrosanct work that now seems more pliable every year — and West African music, as a melodic-rhythmic ideal of strength and simplicity. Pop: New Releases from Saxophone Players and Drummers 2012-10-07T05:10:06Z He considered himself at heart a jazzman; his heroes were musicians like Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Lester Young and phenomenal pop crooners like the unfairly forgotten Billy Eckstine. The Uniform Cool of Charlie Watts 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z Lee’s love for music comes from his father, who played standup jazz in Greenwich Village, and was a good enough session musician to record with Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin and Duke Ellington among others. Spike Lee: ‘I get no joy from being right. I wanted progress’ 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z She began her career in Detroit, more commonly recording as Tobi Lark, and singing backing vocals for artists such as BB King and Wilson Pickett, Duke Ellington, Ben E King and Cannonball Adderley. Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll 2010-10-21T21:45:00Z Ellington and Strayhorn worked together on compositions and arrangements through the 1950s, with Ellington’s band popularized many Strayhorn tunes, including “Lush Life.” New York Celebrates Billy Strayhorn's Centennial With Special 'A Train' Ride 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z Jenkins, who is now director of arts at Ellington, saw Chappelle when he hit New York, where, just months after graduation, he made it into some of the hottest comedy clubs. The education of Dave Chappelle: How a D.C. arts school prepared him for stardom 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Duke Ellington once owned two of the buildings. Four Books Explore Various Aspects of Cities Past and Present 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z He wants to do the same in his concert with Tommy Smith, in a concert of tunes and arrangements by Woody Herman and Duke Ellington, as well as Moon Dreams from Birth of the Cool. Gunther Schuller: Conducting? He wrote the book 2010-08-12T22:30:00Z “I have gone back to the history of my race and tried to express it in rhythm,” Ellington said. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z "As a musician you'd want to play every musical palette — Ellington, Tchaikovsky, whatever," says the East Coast-based Cooper, who has a gentler demeanor offstage than his often fierce, commanding stage presence might suggest. At Intiman, 'All My Sons' gets a Seattle Central District makeover 2011-03-10T01:37:01Z |
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