Duke Ellington

Farewell to a jazz cosmopolitan
Benny Carter wasn't dark or depressed and didn't die of a smack overdose. Instead, the saxophonist, composer and bandleader had the longest and most varied career in jazz history.
Sharps & Flats
New Orleans boogie king Dr. John botches an album of standards. Duke Ellington would not be amused.
Thinking outside the box
Not another list of multi-disc sonic money-shots.
Sharps & Flats
Benny Goodman believed in great jazz players, no matter their color. A live 1938 double CD captures one of the ambassador's finest moments.
The Artist you better not call Prince
After nearly two decades as rock royalty, his inner flame still burns hot purple -- rain or shine.
Sharps & flats
There's no way you're going to pay $400 for a Duke Ellington box set. Here are five reissues that get to the center of the legend's vast genius.
Thinking inside the box
The year's best in box sets provides obsessed fans of country, jazz, blues and rock with some treasures and some trash.
Playing the "Air Guitar"
Dave Hickey's essays on art and democracy hit a major chord.
Sharps and Flats: Michel Petrucciani
Blood on the Fields
Good Evening Mr. and Mrs. America and All the Ships at Sea
A survey of the year's best in box sets.

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