Duke Ellington

"Poetry & Jazz" is the title of the new concert series being organized by the B&E Goulandris Foundation Museum in Athens (info at goulandris.gr; tickets at viva.gr), which starts on Friday with local act We Real Cool.

The Ertegün brothers, the sons of former Turkish Ambassador to Washington Münir Ertegün and one of whom launched Atlantic Records, contributed to the elimination of racial discrimination in the US and were revolutionary, director Ümran Safter, who made a documentary about them, has said. 

Τα δώδεκα βιολοντσέλα της διάσημης Φιλαρμονικής Ορχήστρας του Βερολίνου σε μια συναυλία με Beatles, Edith Piaf, Astor Piazzolla, Duke Ellington, Maurice Ravel, Michel Legrand κ.α.

Roger Berlind, a producer of more than 100 Broadway plays and musicals and the winner of 25 Tony Awards, has died. He was 90.

He died Dec. 18 at his home in Montana. His family said cardiopulmonary arrest was to blame, The New York Times reported.

The Brooklyn-born Berlind enjoyed a four-decade career that boosted the success of actors including Glenn Close and Jeremy Irons.

The nine-member local jazz act Voyages will perform spirituals by Duke Ellington and others at the Olympia Theater on Saturday, April 20, starting at 8.30 p.m. Admission is free of charge, with entry coupons being distributed at the theater at 1-5 p.m. on the day of the show.

Olympia Theater, 59 Academias, tel 210.364.2540

Saint Paul's Anglican Church inaugurates its 2017 concert series with a show by multidisciplinary musician Tilemachos Moussas, jazz singer Nasia Gofa and musical saw master Nikos Youssef on Friday, January 27. The trio will perform a unique blend of jazz standards and classical music, where Claudio Monteverdi flirts with Duke Ellington and "All the Things You Are" segues into a Bach fugue.

Ankara's jazz lovers honored prominent figures who have "kept jazz alive," including İlham Gencer, a monument to jazz, and Tuna Ötenel, a legendary maestro, at an award evening on May 24.

Karachi, Pakistan's biggest and most diverse city, was once home to a famous nightclub scene where alcohol flowed freely and luminaries from the world of jazz played to packed crowds eager for a taste of Western culture.
 
Today, a new generation is seeking to revive the partying traditions of their parents and grandparents -- albeit behind closed doors.