Longtime Milwaukee lounge owner Minnette "Satin Doll" Wilson was known for her fearlessness when it came to speaking her mind. And when police went to Satin Doll's Lounge to talk with Wilson about the ...

Duke Ellington, the District native who became one of the 20th century's most prolific and influential composers, had a career that spanned five decades and more than 20,000 performances. Born in 1899 ...

CD1: Take The A Train; Harlem Air Shaft; Creole Love Call; C Jam Blues; Is It A Sin?; Just A-Settin’ And A-Rockin’; Moonlight Fiesta; The Hawk Talks; Satin Doll; Take The A Train; Blue Jean Beguine; ...

Presented by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in homage to Duke Ellington and his last pop hit recording of "Satin Doll" for Capitol Records in 1953. Performers LaLa, E-Melodi and Candi Bleu ...

The legend of Duke Ellington—one of very few jazzmen worthy of the overworked accolade "genius"—continues to unfold four decades after his death. In large part this is thanks to the efforts of ...

Editor’s Note: Billy Strayhorn, who was a composer and musician with Duke Ellington and wrote some of the best-known jazz songs of the age, was born on Nov. 29, 1915 in Dayton. In recognition of that ...