Word: ellington
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...China Boy, letting a small smile play on his face, as if to cue the audience to the right light spirit. In Bewitched, he swayed like a stalk of wheat, closing his eyes and opening his mouth to cue in deep ecstasy. From there he went to Duke Ellington's hot, blaring Caravan. Then he took off his tie, loosened his collar, and launched into a friendly little story of his life. His applauding fans seemed to like that almost as well...
...nervous as he was delighted at the idea of giving a swing concert in Carnegie Hall. He bought his first set of tails. To be on the safe side, he buttressed his band with some special soloists: Negro Pianist-Composer William ("Count") Basie, Trumpeter Bobby Hackett; and from Duke Ellington's band, Soprano and Alto Saxman Johnny Hodges, Baritone Saxer Harry Carney, Trumpeter Cootie Williams...
Calling at the White House, Duke Ellington presented Fellow Pianist Harry Truman with the latest Ellington score, Portrait of New York (commissioned by Arturo Toscanini, to be played Christmas night in Carnegie Hall...
Bandleader-Composer Duke (Don't Get Around Much Any More) Ellington, 51, wired Manhattan's Daily Worker to protest the inclusion of his name in a list of "76 outstanding Negro leaders . . . spokesmen for millions . . . who signed the World Peace Appeal." Huffed the Duke: "I'm no spokesman for millions," and what's more, "I threw the guy out when he asked me to sign...
Home from an eleven-week concert tour of Europe, Bandman Duke (Mood Indigo) Ellington reported that he was 16 Ibs. lighter. The secret: "I gave up coffee, tea, and water in Germany-drank nothing but that wonderful German beer. This stuff gets inside you and you feel it's doing something good down there...