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 ...

“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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Even if you’re just a casual jazz fan, you probably recognize “Take the A Train,” Duke Ellington’s swinging theme song. Or you’ve ...

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Late jazz luminary Duke Ellington graced the Billboard 200 album chart for the first time in 41 years this week. "Best of Duke Ellington" opened at No. 186, marking 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.” ...