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Not to dismiss Gershwin, but Gershwin is the chip; Ellington was the block.


Joni Mitchell


#chip #dismiss #ellington #gershwin

I think it was Duke Ellington who once said that we're always most pleased with our current record. I mean, you have to assume that you learn from one, and you do something better next time.


George Shearing


#assume #better #current #duke #duke ellington

So I'm a young boy in the 1940s growing up, seeing Ralph Bunche on a regular basis, seeing Duke Ellington on a regular basis. We know that these people are famous. They're living in the same community as we live in. They go to the same stores and shops.


Ed Smith


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If we strike a line to the N.W. from Sydney to Wellington Valley, we shall find that little change takes place in the geological features of the country.


Charles Sturt


#country #features #find #geological #line

When I got through, Duke Ellington stood up and started the applause.


Ruth Brown


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Ellington is a writer and arranger, as well as a musician and leader. He does movie sound tracks.


Norman Granz


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I do very few standards. Hardly any. Other people's tunes that I do are usually obscure tunes, for the most part, although I do a couple of Duke Ellington tunes that are well known.


Mose Allison


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A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear Duke Ellington.


David Amram


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I was born on Wellington Avenue and my family that remains lives in the Lake Shore Drive area.


Bob Balaban


#avenue #born #drive #family #i

Twelve-piece cookware sets for ninety-nine bucks are routinely hawked on late-night TV - often by friends of mine. But with a mere five pieces, you can do whatever you like - slay the dragon and then cook its tenderloin in the style of the duke of Wellington, if you want to.


Mario Batali


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