Jazz Is Profoundly American
Alexander is an acclaimed poet, scholar, and cultural advocate. She is the president of the Mellon Foundation, the nation’s ...
[Harry Carney Home Movies], Ruth Ellington Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History The Corning Museum of Glass The Art of Sausage Making The Incredible Flying Car of the ...
Moran grew up listening to all manner of music, from jazz to reggae to hip-hop. As a teenager he learned to play the Afrika ...
Edward Kennedy Ellington was born into the world on April 29, 1899 inWashington, D.C. Duke’s parents, Daisy Kennedy Ellington and James EdwardEllington, served as ideal role models for young Duke, and ...
(This is the first part of a three-part series. Read the second part.) Duke Ellington, whose contours have something of the swell and sweep of a large, erect bear and whose color is that of coffee ...
Duke Ellington and his concert orchestra are scheduled to give a semi-classical program in Symphony Hall tomorrow night at 8:30 o'clock. The Duke, under the sponsorship of Spencer Fuller, will ...
Watch one of Amelia Earhart's final takeoffs, July 2, 1937 Rare Footage of Duke Ellington Playing Baseball Dave Shealy’s 2000 Skunk Ape Footage The World’s First “Yoga” Film March on ...
My Heart Sings” and about his dream to create a venue in Houston where jazz musicians can find an open mic to jam.