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Duke Ellington...Swings!

Label: Telarc Records
Released: 1999

Various: Duke Ellington...Swings!

by Mark Corroto
September 1, 1999

I received an odd response when I asked the avant-garde free saxophonist Peter Brotzmann what his favorite records were. He responded with a list of Duke Ellington titles. Funny, no strange that someone who practices so free from melody should admire Duke Ellington, a true composer’s composer. During this centenary celebration of Duke’s birth, when everyone ...