Duke Ellington recorded Masterpieces by Ellington, an ambitious album that redefined jazz composition. This deep dive explores the breathtaking Mood Indigo, a song that expanded beyond its swing roots ...

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

On Sunday, the Valentine's Jazz Festival was held in Moeser Auditorium to celebrate jazz music and bring musicians and ...

“Too often people will reduce his catalog to seven songs. What ... Jason Moran in a series of SFJAZZ concerts celebrating Duke Ellington. (Courtesy of Marcus Shelby) He was just on the East ...

Where else would lost songs of Jim Morrison turn up than in a cluttered timber home on the side of a remote hill in the ...

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, ...

When I reached Marcus Shelby on the phone at his home in San Francisco he was immersed in the music of Duke Ellington ... approaching these songs with my love of Ellington. He so deeply informed ...

Despite a few rough moments in their afternoon concert at Austin’s Kehrein Center for the Arts, they more than made their ...

An evening of Black history and music returned to Holy Trinity on 36th Street for its third annual gathering, headlined as ...

In the summer of 1967, she was in the middle of an especially rewarding three-year tour run and recording collaboration with Duke Ellington, and was incorporating hit pop songs of the late-60s ...

I want breezily as tributes to him as he did for Duke Ellington on this beautiful jazz song. Caravan; Black Narcissus; Duke Ellington's Sound of Love; West 4th St (Kor); Longing; My Temptation; Lush ...