Duke Ellington NewsNews about Duke Ellington continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Get out: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis- July 17, 2008 Wynton Marsalis, the jazz trumpet player and composer, came under criticism when he founded the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in 1988.http://www.topix.net/who/duke-ellington/2008/07/get-out-jazz-at-lincoln-center-orchestra-w... Drummer alongside jazz greats- July 15, 2008 Bobby Durham, a drummer whose precise, understated style made him much sought after as a sideman by such jazz greats as Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald, died Monday in Genoa, ...http://www.topix.net/who/duke-ellington/2008/07/drummer-alongside-jazz-greats?fromrss=1 Jazz Musician Durham Dies- July 13, 2008 Jazz musician BOBBY DURHAM has died at the age of 71, after losing his battle with lung cancer.http://www.topix.net/who/duke-ellington/2008/07/jazz-musician-durham-dies?fromrss=1 U.S. Air Force Musicians to Perform in Alexandria- July 11, 2008 The Arts Council of Central Louisiana will host Dimensions in Blue, the jazz ensemble from the United States Air Force Band of the West, in concert on Saturday, August 9, 2008 at 7 p.m. at the Coughlin-Saunders ...http://www.topix.net/who/duke-ellington/2008/07/u-s-air-force-musicians-to-perform-in-alex... The Intimate Duke Ellington- July 9, 2008 Jazz fans are most familiar with seeing Duke Ellington fronting his own big band, but this DVD offers two brief sets featuring Ellington on a smaller scale, and it's full of modest rewards.http://www.topix.net/who/duke-ellington/2008/07/the-intimate-duke-ellington?fromrss=1 What to watch- July 7, 2008 When it rose in popularity between the Jazz Age and the advent of rock 'n' roll, big band music was aided by dovetailing nicely with the movies being made at the time.http://www.topix.net/who/duke-ellington/2008/07/what-to-watch?fromrss=1 New life for old tunes- July 5, 2008 James Carter arrived in a big way in the early 1990s, a multi-instrumentalist who attacked old jazz tunes as if he owned them, with a braggadocio that mirrored his phenomenally flashy technique.http://www.topix.net/who/duke-ellington/2008/07/new-life-for-old-tunes?fromrss=1 Concert review: Marsalis, jazz orchestra swing through diverse program- July 3, 2008 Hear Jazz at Lincoln Center Radio broadcasts with Wynton Marsalis, and find podcasts and videos at www.jalc.org ; click on Jazzcast.http://www.topix.net/who/duke-ellington/2008/07/concert-review-marsalis-jazz-orchestra-swi... A Swingin' Session with Duke Robillard- July 1, 2008 Duke Robillard's latest CD is called, appropriately, A Swingin' Session with Duke Robillard.http://www.topix.net/who/duke-ellington/2008/06/a-swingin-session-with-duke-robillard?from... |