Then, on July 7, 1956, Ellington headlined the Newport Jazz Festival, closing out a weekend jammed with such luminaries as Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Charles Mingus, Miles ...

How we got there. A phrase with six tones-apart, yet integral ; Ellington's long road to Newport: apparitions within the music ; Duke's instrument: the '56 band ; The Tiffany label: Columbia Records ; ...

Album Review Duke Ellington: Live in Zurich, Switzerland 2.5.1950 by David Rickert April 20, 2008 The end of the Swing Era and the advent of small group jazz signaled the death for many of the big ...

Filmed at Amsterdam's famed Concertgebouw, this 80-minute concert features the 16-piece Duke Ellington Orchestra two years after their stunning performance at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival,which ...

Jazz* A new three-CD set titled 'Live and Rare' is an Ellington fan's gold mine that includes unreleased performances.