Tag: Duke Ellington

Showstoppers save a Duke Ellington–infused adaptation of ‘Twelfth Night’ with musical theater magic. By DANIELLA IGNACIO

LiveConnections Presents kicked off its new season in rousing fashion with an evening of music from the Chicago-based Fifth House Ensemble and classical guitarist...

Engaging, sophisticated entertainment and education that didn’t talk down to the intended audience; children who may not have been familiar with the grand musical...

Acclaimed vocalists Capathia Jenkins, Sy Smith and Montego Glover joyously hopped the A train to Harlem along with the NSO Pops in tribute to...

Chocolate City Burlesque and Cabaret (CCBC) likes to do things a little differently. The troupe is known for its spectacular semiannual burlesque shows housed...

Five BRASS Stars! Doc Severinsen may have not appeared on your screen since Johnny Carson turned the keys to The Tonight Show over to Jay...

Chocolate City Burlesque and Cabaret (CCBC) likes to do things a little differently. The troupe is known for its spectacular semiannual burlesque shows housed...

The Arthur Luby-penned illustration of jazz’s legendary, tenor saxophonist, Paul Gonsalves is a novelistic approach at conveying Duke Ellington’s troubled, selfish – sultry -...

Serendipity counts in music as in anything else. A year and a half ago I recommended two outstanding debut albums by artists with local...

With Sax Appeal, no other "appeal" is necessary. The soul is satisfied. What happens when you bring four world-class saxophone players, a phenomenal pianist, a...

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts rolled out the red carpet on Sunday evening with a star-studded salute to the swing...

On Saturday May 2, 2015 the Columbia Pro Cantare choral group, lead by Conductor Frances Motyca Dawson, ended their 38th Season with The Great American...

Grammy and Oscar-winning songwriter and vocalist Patti Austin returned to team up with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for a spectacular performance of jazz classics,...

Once Charlie Young, conductor of the Duke Ellington Orchestra, invited the audience to the dance floor last night, they needn’t be asked twice. The band...

What better way to set the mood than swaying with your sweetheart to the tune of “Prelude to a Kiss”? Just in time for...

“There are two kinds of music, good music and the other kind,” big band leader, composer and D.C. native son Duke Ellington famously said....

A man staggers onto the stage at Arena's Kreeger Theater. Nomax, played with deep loss by Kevin McAllister, has offended his girl with yet...

Who can resist the youthful, sensuous, energy of five high-stepping, superfine dudes who can sing and dance? “Jump blues” back to the rockin’ days...

Meet Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper Club's Proprietor Rick Brown You grew up in the DC area. What was the DC area jazz scene like  when...