The pair spent 26 years filming Jazz Fest, and Murphy was one of the founding partners of House of Blues. Among other film projects, the two produced “Make It Funky,” a history of rhythm and blues in ...

The Jewish Federation of the Berkshires welcomes journalist and author Larry Tye, who will talk about his new book, "The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Count Basie Transformed ...

What: Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s “Harlem Nutcracker Suite,” performed by the Marcus Shelby Orchestra When: 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21 Where: Raven Performing Arts Theater ...

Last night St. Louis Dance Theatre joined Jazz St. Louis in a production of Nutcracker—that remarkable Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn adaptation of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite.