#ellington

Do I pray for her life or mine? They're one in the same...Be this soul in Thine hands...I stop, unable to pray for her ascension. I cannot let her go, I think in agony. I try again, May this soul in Thine hands be with me...always. ↗

— Amy A. Bartol

#reed-wellington #life

Do you think Duke Ellington didn't listen to Debussy? Louis Armstrong loved opera, did you know that? Name me a jazz pianist who wasn't influenced by European music! ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#debussy #did #duke #duke ellington #ellington

I got a poster from Columbia Records, and there's Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Ellington, Count Basie - everybody in that poster has died, I'm the only one left. And great players like Paul Desmond and Gerry Mulligan, it's hard to believe they're gone because we were all so close. But I believe in the future and the tradition will go on. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#because #believe #charlie #close #columbia

The three great moments of my life had to be the concerts of Ellington in 1938, Dizzy in '48, and Ella in '52. ↗

— Boris Vian

#dizzy #ella #ellington #great #great moments

Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns. ↗

— Lawrence Welk

#duke ellington #ellington #famous #harmonic #original

We started out as boss and player, and Wellington was almost like my father. ↗

— Frank Gifford

#boss #father #like #out #player

If I were to put on Barbra Streisand and Duke Ellington, one might say the combination isn't good. ↗

— Norman Granz

#barbra streisand #combination #duke #duke ellington #ellington

Not to dismiss Gershwin, but Gershwin is the chip; Ellington was the block. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#chip #dismiss #ellington #gershwin

I think it was Duke Ellington who once said that we're always most pleased with our current record. I mean, you have to assume that you learn from one, and you do something better next time. ↗

— George Shearing

#assume #better #current #duke #duke ellington

So I'm a young boy in the 1940s growing up, seeing Ralph Bunche on a regular basis, seeing Duke Ellington on a regular basis. We know that these people are famous. They're living in the same community as we live in. They go to the same stores and shops. ↗

— Ed Smith

#boy #community #duke #duke ellington #ellington