Thus the music career of Duke Ellington wasborn. Duke was taken under the wings of Oliver "Doc" Perry and Louis Brown, whotaught Duke how to read music and helped improve his overall piano ...

Talawa Theatre Company is the UK’s leading Black British theatre company. Their new show is a musical called Play On! loosely ...

USC Aiken's new Steinway Spirio high-resolution player piano can be used for performances, recording, instruction, and playing recreated performances ...

Harry Connick Jr. will premiere a composition for the 100th anniversary of his mother’s birth for Carnegie Hall’s 2025-26 ...

LANSING — The state’s Capitol welcomed Friday a newly refurbished, donated and Michigan-made piano acquired from a Greater ...

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

In the mid 1950s, Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was washed up. His musicians in disarray, his own star waning, his band had been reduced to playing obscure and tawdry gigs for cash - a far ...

When I reached Marcus Shelby on the phone at his home in San Francisco he was immersed in the music of Duke Ellington ... “Some we play traditionally, and some are more experimental.

Elysium Furnace Works Kicks Off 2025 Season With A Solo Piano Festival, Beginning With Dave Burrell on Saturday, March 1 in ...

The relationship, partnership and friendship of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn has been well documented. Meeting in 1938 ...

The concert honors the music, grace, dignity and royalty of Duke Ellington and his orchestra. Orbert Davis joins us with more.

Play On! is a twist on Twelfth Night ... If you don't have much prior knowledge of The Bard or Duke Ellington, fear not! You don't need to be an expert in either to enjoy this musical.