Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington's Legacy Inspires Painters' Moody Blues

By all rights, I should be getting on my high horse to excoriate Mood Indigo: The Legacy of Duke Ell  read more »

Currently Hanging

Duke Ellington's LegacyInspires Painters' Moody Blues  read more »

Burns' Jazz Doesn't Swing

As almost everyone in New York knows by now , Jazz , a 10-part, 19-hour documentary that began airin  read more »

Wu-Tang Clan: Hotel Paranoia

Thanks to more legal troubles than he has nicknames, the Ol' Dirty Bastard (or is it Big Baby Jesus?  read more »

Pretty Woman, Dopey Guy … Who Wrote It? Who Cares?

Pretty Woman, Dopey GuyFed up with the Force and sick of cyberspace, I now return from galaxies far,  read more »

Take the A Train Downtown for Ellington Centennial

Thursday, April 29, marks Duke Ellington's 100th birthday, and it's not exactly going to be a surpri  read more »