[Dixielandjazz] Ellington and Strayhorn

[Robert Ringwald]

Steve Voce wrote:
>Ellington was not unique, amongst bandleaders, in having a stipulation in a
> musician's contract that Ellington was to be given half composer credit of
> any tune which the musician wrote whilst he was a member of the band.



All of that may be true, and I'm sure it is.  But that really was not my point.  I was speaking more of the talent.  Who wrote what.  How much of what 
Strayhorn wrote and arranged has actually been attributed to Ellington.  



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