Swampscott’s community jazz orchestra, the Big Blue Band, will perform Duke Ellington’s “The Nutcracker Suite” on Dec. 14 at the Swampscott Auditorium. The event will begin at 2 p.m. The Blue Big Band ...

When Duke sports fans enter Wallace Wade and Cameron Indoor Stadium, they are greeted not only by the cheers of thousands of spectators, but also by the sound of “Fight, Fight,” played by students in ...

As Duke celebrates its centennial — and with Grammy-award winning musician Ed Sheeran recently gracing Wallace Wade Stadium — it seems only right to look back at some of the other artists Duke has ...

For a score of years, while “kings” of jazz and swing have succeeded each other with Balkan rapidity, a “Duke” has exhibited most of the real majesty from beside the throne. So last week the U.S.