The first track on Pretzel Logic is “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number.” Really, that’s all you need to know about the album. If that was the only tune on it, it would be a must have. And there are 10 more ...

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I first dug “Play On!,” Sheldon Epps’ delightful combination of the song stylings of Duke Ellington and the plot twists of the Bard, back in 1998. Chicago’s Goodman Theatre had resurrected the slick ...

ADE hit $0.60 in Q2, above the $0.39 dividend, as Longbridge posted net income of $30.2M In a note to investors published over the weekend, KBW said that it was “moderately raising” its guidance for ...

Crystal Lake Fire Department Deputy Chief Michael D'Averso says crews were dispatched to a second alarm fire on East Porter Road around 1:30 a.m. He says at 2:30 a.m. one of the firetrucks on scene ...

Ellington's music has been a staple of jazz repertoire for decades. Now artists are building on his work and finding midway points between the legend and themselves. One striking example: Jason Moran ...

Paul Gonsalves’s landmark tenor saxophone solo in the middle of Duke Ellington’s “Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue,” performed live at the Newport Jazz Festival 70 years ago this week, is a testament ...

Duke Ellington and the sixteen other men in his jazz band are rather surprised at the research that has been expended on bringing to light the drunks, hangovers, and frolics of their youth. The ...

There are times when Duke Ellington exudes such calm contentment that a colleague, under the influence of the benign radiation, once murmured drowsily, “Duke make me sleepy, like rain on the roof.” ...

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In 1969, President Richard Nixon threw a 70th birthday bash for Edward Kennedy ‘Duke’ Ellington, at the White House where he gave him a special present. April 29, 2026, would have been the legendary ...

Late Milwaukee legend Minnette Wilson, whose colorful life included dancing on tour with jazz great Duke Ellington, took credit as the inspiration for Ellington's classic "Satin Doll," running a bar ...