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...Duke Ellington, on the 100th anniversary of his birth, was given a special music citation "in recognition of his musical genius, which evoked aesthetically the principles of democracy through the medium of jazz and thus made an indelible contribution to art and culture." The award went over much better than Elia Kazan...
Local paintings, a 1950s-style jukebox playing Stan Getz and Duke Ellington and an out-of-place Star Trek pinball machine create a laidback atmosphere...
...only exception to Harvard's shooting woes versus Princeton was Monti, who turned in what was by far the best weekend of her young career. The Ellington, Conn. native scored 14 points against the Tigers, to go along with six rebounds and two assists, and was the catalyst for any offense Harvard could muster...
...sound track. The years and the sounds bleed together as we scan through them in our recollections, a car radio searching for a clear station. The century starts off blue: Robert Johnson selling his soul to the devil at the crossroads. Then the jazz age: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and, later on, Benny Goodman and "Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees." Midcentury, things start to rock with Chuck Berry, "Wop-bop-a-loo-bop a-lop bam boom!" the Beatles, Aretha Franklin, "a hard rain's a-gonna fall," Bob Marley, Stevie Wonder. It might be better to forget...
...Back at Ellington High School, Monti received a great deal of exposure in her junior year when her team won the state finals...