#duke ellington

I fell in love with jazz when I was 12 years old from listening to Duke Ellington and hearing a lot of jazz in New York on the radio. ↗

— Steve Lacy

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I heard Sidney Bechet play a Duke Ellington piece and fell in love with the soprano saxophone. ↗

— Steve Lacy

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If I were to put on Barbra Streisand and Duke Ellington, one might say the combination isn't good. ↗

— Norman Granz

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