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1926:

Added: 2008-06-26 The Ellington band has finally taken shape. They are now playing bonafide New York Jazz. Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton on trombone and Harry Carney on clarinet join Ellington. Ellington forms a significant partnership with music publisher and band booker Irving Mills.

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