Ellington Quotes
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When I got through, Duke Ellington stood up and started the applause.
Ruth Brown
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We are disappointed ... the military value and homeland security value of Ellington wasn`t realized by the commission.
Art Johnson
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Strangely enough, in movie writing I`ve been more influenced by big bands than by any other film composer. The big bands of the `forties and then the carry-over into the modern jazz field - Basie, Ellington, all the way up to Mulligan - these are my influ...
Henry Mancini
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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.
Albert Arena
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Not to dismiss Gershwin, but Gershwin is the chip; Ellington was the block.
Joni Mitchell
Source: brainyquote.com
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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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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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Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns.
Lawrence Welk
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A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear Duke Ellington.
David Amram
