Duke Ellington, American pianist who was the greatest jazz composer and bandleader of his time. One of the originators of big-band jazz, Ellington led his band for more than half a century, composed thousands of scores, and created one of the most distinctive ensemble sounds in all of Western music.
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National Basketball Association: Utah Jazz Acquire Former NBA Defensive Player of the Year and Two-Time NBA All-Star Jaren Jackson Jr.
SALT LAKE CITY (Feb. 3, 2026) – The Utah Jazz announced today that the team has acquired former NBA Defensive Player of the Year and two-time NBA All-Star Jaren Jackson Jr., as well as guard John ...
Utah Jazz Acquire Former NBA Defensive Player of the Year and Two-Time NBA All-Star Jaren Jackson Jr.
NBA awards season is here, and we wanted to hear from YOU, Utah Jazz fans. Who is your team's MVP? What about its next first-time All-Star? Which player is on the best contract? How about the worst?
Jazz - Ragtime, Blues, Swing: In the early 1930s two bands made important contributions to jazz: Bennie Moten’s, with the recordings of “Toby,” “Lafayette,” and “Prince of Wails,” and the Casa Loma Orchestra, with “Casa Loma Stomp” and “San Sue Strut.” The Black Moten band had little immediate effect on the greater jazz scene, instead influencing an inner circle of Black ...
Jazz dance, any dance to jazz accompaniments, composed of a profusion of forms. Jazz dance paralleled the birth and spread of jazz itself from roots in Black American society and was popularized in ballrooms by the big bands of the swing era (1930s and ’40s).