Cotton Club Parade is a Broadway-style revue celebrating Ellington’s years at the famed Harlem nightclub in the 1920s and ‘30s, when the joint was jumping with revues featuring big band swing and ...

The resplendently renovated City Center puts its best foot forward, with tap shoes, in "Cotton Club Parade." With no text to interrupt, this “Parade” features 24 musical spots in succession.

Grammy Award-winner Fantasia Barrino will star in the Broadway-bound “After Midnight,” a musical revue celebrating Duke Ellington’s years at the famous Cotton Club nightclub in Harlem. Producers said ...

An origin narrative needs grounding in place, and the myth of jazz’s maturation during the Harlem Renaissance positions the music in the nexus of black expression, white emulation, cross-exploitation, ...

From the early 1920s to 1940, the Cotton Club was the showplace for African-American performers in New York. Now the Harlem landmark and the artists who made it great — Lena Horne, Duke Ellington, Cab ...

The Duke appeared a little bored. He was being asked a lot of routine questions about his favorite sports, hangouts, and orchestras. He made a gesture of impatience. "I don't get 'round to hearing ...

The latest musical to hit Broadway is also the oldest musical in town. "After Midnight," the Duke Ellington revue that debuts this month, is a homage to the spectacular stage shows at the Cotton Club, ...

This year marks 125 years since the birth of jazz legend Duke Ellington. The bandleader, composer and pianist died 50 years ago. In the new book “The Jazzmen,” biographer Larry Tye sets out to ...

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The resplendently renovated City Center puts its best foot forward, with tap shoes, in "Cotton Club Parade." With no text to interrupt, this “Parade” features 24 musical spots in succession.