Pianist Jason Moran and bassist Marcus Shelby promise they will go deep into the catalogue of the legendary Duke Ellington ...

When I reached Marcus Shelby on the phone at his home in San Francisco he was immersed in the music of Duke Ellington ... hails from an illustrious jazz family as the granddaughter of Les McCann ...

Part of a growing number of Black artists being embraced by the Nashville country-music machine, The War and Treaty is the husband-and-wife duo of Michael and Tanya Trotter. Their new album, Plus One, ...

In this issue, with Black History Month in mind, The Georgetowner proudly calls its readers’ attention to a Georgetown ...

Duke Ellington. Louis Armstrong ... emphasis on the history of performers who graced the building. Besides his wife and her parents going to shows at Roseland in decades past, Crochiere ...

Harris's photographs, which capture Black life in mid-20th-century America, are now the subject of a permanent exhibit at the ...

Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington smile from their signed promo shots. Another features Lawrence Welk, the big band leader, with his friend Archer and photos of the family. Old photos of the Val ...

Sam Summers is ready to reveal his latest venture, Tom Archer's Poor Man's Country Club, under the Val Air Ballroom.

Rogers bought in 1963 was a far cry from the Texas farm given to his family by the man who enslaved ... and Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday records, among others, formed the ...

The Dubliner is thrilling critics at his new musical home in Cologne but he still finds time to worry about Ireland’s ...

Discover the rising stars of jazz, Sequoia REDWOOD Snyder and her talented quartet, performing original compositions at the ...