Hey gang I just saw this today and had to share with you. It is a really great little feature at the New York Times called "Five Minutes...

Just saw a great article about Duke Ellington's band in 1940 by Stuart Nicholson on the Jazzwise website called "Duke Ellington's Finest...

In 1941 Duke Ellington created an all black musical called "Jump For Joy". It was truly progressive for it's day. He called it the first...