Duke Ellington News

The rich musical legacy of vocalist Ella Fitzgerald is the focus of a new installation in the Great American Songbook Foundation's Exhibit Gallery at the Palladium.

From the creators of Broadway's RAGTIME and SEUSSICAL, 3-D Theatricals will present the eight-time Tony nominated ONCE ON THIS ISLAND.

Birdland will kick-off their great week of programming with the following acts:

Birdland Jazz Club has announced its February 2017 lineup - scroll down for details!

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Washington National Opera (WNO) today announced that countertenor John Holiday is the 2017 winner of the Marian Anderson Vocal Award.

Pacific Symphony announces today that award-winning Broadway superstars Megan Hilty and Brian Stokes Mitchell will join the orchestra's 2016-17 Pops season, replacing previously scheduled Jason Alexander, who was forced to cancel due to an unforeseeable conflict.

The Oshman Family JCC brings rapid-fire tap dancing accompanied by a swingin' seven-piece band to Palo Alto, when it presents the world renowned Rhythmic Circus in its international sensation show Feet Don't Fail Me Now!

Tickets for three-time Grammy Award-winner Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemaker's Sedona International Film Festival opening concert on Saturday, Feb. 18 and five-time Grammy nominee Michael Feinstein's performance of the Great American Songbook on Friday, Feb. 24 go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 16. 

Fabrizio Bosso, one of today's most moving trumpet players in Italy, intriguing, exciting, has an eclectic taste and a unique and personal touch, will perform as part of the 'Hot Jazz' series along with the wonderful Italian-English pianist Julian Oliver Mazzariello in a virtuoso duet for trumpet and piano of Duke Ellington's compositions – a must watch for all jazz fans!

MusicalFare Theatre, Western New York's most awarded and only professional musical theatre company, presents the third production of its 2016-2017 Season, Duke Ellington's SOPHISTICATED LADIES, running February 1st - March 5th, 2017, directed and choreographed by John Fredo with music direction by George Caldwell.

For more than seven decades, the legendary Bucky Pizzarelli has had a stellar career.  "The complete jazz musician" Bucky has been a fixture in jazz and the studios since the early '50s.

OneTrickDog* Records is pleased to announce the release of Instead, the debut album from New York pianist and composer, Ben Rosenblum.

Birdland will kick-off their great week of programming with the following acts:

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) announces the TRU Voices New Musicals Reading Series, on January 23 & 30 at 7pm at St. Luke's Theatre, 308 W. 46th Street, NYC 10036. A 'Dollars and Sense' talkback on the future development of the presented works will be held after each performance.

Love is in the air when award-winning jazz vocalist Alexis Cole appears at the Capitol Center for the Arts' Spotlight Cafe on Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 7:30PM. This Valentine's Day show is one of several free William H. Giles Concert Series performances during the CCA's 2016-17 season.

Unison Media has announced Season 2 of its acclaimed concert series The Crypt Sessions, featuring intimate classical music and opera performances in the remarkable Crypt chapel underneath the Church of the Intercession in Harlem.

Newly opened in October 2016 the Blue Note Napa is a jazz club/gourmet restaurant venue occupying the first floor of the historic Napa Valley Opera House.

The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts continues its star-packed 25th anniversary season in February 2017 with 30 amazing productions and events, including one of the biggest hits now running on Broadway, three international orchestras, a couple of impressive symphonies, two legendary dance companies and incredible line-up of musical headliners and a truly memorable NIGHT OF STARS.

The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, under the direction of Conductor John Morris Russell, will ring in the New Year with the jazz band The Hot Sardines today, December 31 (8 p.m.) at the Taft Theatre in Downtown Cincinnati. The speakeasy-themed concert will feature jazz and swing selections, perfect for the Taft's Art Deco era architecture.

Birdland Jazz Club has announced its lineup for New Year's week, December 26- January 1, featuring the Birdland Big Band + New Year's Eve Celebration!, Our Sinatra, Jim Caruso's Cast Party, and more. Scroll down for details!