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RE: If it makes you feel any better and helps you branch out from your limited genre thinking...

"You either get it or you don't- enlightenment is in the the music; it won't find you through explanation, no matter how detailed or articulate."

True, however sometimes all one needs is a nudge and a push. Sort of like John Lennon couldn't get into Dylan until George Harrison forced him one sunny day, back in 1964, to sit down and listen to the entire Freewheeling album. It was only THEN that Lennon got it!

So far, I've tried to listen to some Ellington tunes, but couldn't get into it. It all sounded too calculated to me. I watched the Burns Jazz special episode on Duke, and it all looked more like setting up a case to have one and only God of jazz, like a central father-figure, rather than really showcasing his musical genius (unlike the Burns episode dedicated to Charlie Parker, which was all about Parker's undeniable musical genius).

So what I'm asking here (actually, more precisely, what I'm trolling for here) is if someone can recommend a CD by Ellington that will blow me away and bust open the doors to the Ellington kingdom. Any takers?


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