[Dixielandjazz] Worthless Ellington

[Marek Boym]

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>> Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au> wrote
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>> Marek Boym, in answer to Steve Barbone, wrote [in part]:
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>>> .........Of course, the "mouldy figs" consider anything after the
>>> Washingtonians worseless.
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>> Dear Marek,
>> Not this little mouldy old fig.
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> Amen Bill. IMO anyone who would consider Ellington "worthless" is a damn
> fool.
I agree.
Nevertheless, this was often the case.  Rudi Blesh went even farther
and said: "as for jazz, the Duke has never played it." (p. 281 of the
"fourth edition, enlarged, February 1958, printed in England by
Cassell & Company Limited).
BTW, sorry for the typo.
Cheers,