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Added: 2008-06-26
Ellington records
Cottontail, a good swinger. It is actually a rearrangement of George Gerschwin's
I've Got Rhythm. The feature player is tenor saxophonist Ben Webster who had recently come to the Ellington band.
Cottontail anticipates Parker-style Bop.
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