#ellington

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

— Steve Lacy

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We started out as boss and player, and Wellington was almost like my father. ↗

— Frank Gifford

#boss #father #like #out #player

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

— David Amram

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