I stand on the train platform. Cold, gray weather presses down. Dystopian headlines fill the news; angst-inducing messages shake my phone. But ignoring it all, I tap my toe and bop my head. The music ...

Editor’s Note: Sammy Miller is a Juilliard-trained jazz drummer and music educator. The views expressed in this commentary are his. View more opinion at CNN. This spring marks both the 50th ...

“Take the A Train,” Duke Ellington tells us in the title of his signature jazz song. In the New York City subway system, there is no train line quite like it. The New York Times deems the A “less of a ...

There are rare insights into Duke Ellington in this book from Jack Chambers, his second on Duke Ellington. Chambers has also written important books on Miles Davis and Richard Twardzik. He is ...