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In Reply to: Your fun, satisfying journey obviously led to that Duke Ellington guy too!... posted by musetap on February 10, 2012 at 08:15:07:
Back in Illinois growing up I became friends with a jazz DJ named Bob Davis. Bob won a Peabody for a series of interviews he did with Ellington. In them, Duke, for the only time known, spoke about how he was trying to use color in his compositions and arrangements. Very interesting stuff.
Bob took us to see Mercer Ellington in 1975, as he took up the reigns after his father's death. Cootie Williams was with the band then. I met him backstage and saw him warm up his horn. He didn't do section work by then, only his solos on certain well-known numbers.
I've got 150 titles by Ellington on LP, by far the largest in my collection. Just seemed like one of his song titles would make a great moniker here.
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- RE: Your fun, satisfying journey obviously led to that Duke Ellington guy too!... - HarlemAirShaft 17:52:57 02/10/12 (0)