Word: ellington
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...SONG Go RIGHT OUT OF MY HEART (Duke Ellington; Brunswick). Ellington at his pre-recession best. Probably more acceptable to lovers of melody than lovers of heat...
That is the key to Claude's tastes in music. He is more interested in the classical composers than he is in writers of jazz. When he plays for recreation, he prefers Bach to Ellington...
...Duke Ellington likes Boston, as do other visiting orchestra leaders. "You know," he remarked, "Boston is really musically intelligent." And then he commented that he has never played for a Harvard dance...
That is the keynote of Duke Ellington's attitude towards his work. He is deeply absorbed in it, much more involved in his life-work, music, than other musicians of his type. For his favorite writer is the late English composer, Delius, while he prefers Gershwin's and Kern's music among the popular melodies. Also, he has made an extensive study of American negro music, such as spirituals...
...consented to answer a few more questions. His real name is Edward Kennedy Ellington, and he hails from Washington, D. C. His method of composition is simple: he gets in a mood and just writes, or he comes upon a harmony construction that he likes. He never forces anything in his writing...