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<DIV>Steve, good story. Tell us more, one at a time.</DIV>
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<DIV>-Bob Ringwald</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=stevevoce@virginmedia.com>Steve Voce</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 23, 2017 2:22 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=rsr@ringwald.com>Bob Ringwald</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com>Dixieland Jazz Mailing
List</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Dixielandjazz] Important to all members of
DJML</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P>That explains something. I sent a collection of stories to the list,
but it never appeared. It would have been too long.<BR></P>The one below is just
one of them. I hope this time it fits.<BR><BR>Steve Voce<BR><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='COLOR: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: en-gb; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'>A
priest, Father Pocock, went to hear Duke Ellington at the Rainbow Grill in New
York in December 1973.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='COLOR: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: en-gb; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'>He
recalled: I sat at the bar to wait for Duke and the small band to arrive.
Sonny Greer joined me at the bar and we chatted. Ellington eventually arrived
and approached me saying things like "Father Pocock! How wonderful to see you!
You look wonderful! How have you been? We must get together!" and so forth.
Ellington didn't say a word to his old friend Sonny Greer who was sitting next
to me. Ellington eventually excused himself, saying that the band needed to
start its set.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='COLOR: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: en-gb; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'>Sonny
Greer was understandably miffed; how could his old friend ignore him like that?
Ellington and the band started to play, and at some point in the set Ellington
said to the audience something like:</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='COLOR: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: en-gb; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'>"Ladies
and gentlemen, we recently traveled to Ethiopia, where we were presented to
their king, the man who has more titles than the Pope, <SPAN
style="BACKGROUND: white">His Imperial Majesty </SPAN>Haile Selassie. [According
to Wikipedia, some of Selassie titles included <SPAN
style="BACKGROUND: white">Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, King of Kings
of Ethiopia, Elect of God.] <BR></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='COLOR: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: en-gb; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><SPAN
style="BACKGROUND: white">We were ushered into his his large royal chamber. We
were on one side of the room and Selassie was at the other side, on his throne,
with an assistant standing at either side. Selassie turned and whispered
something to one of his assistants. It was very suspenseful.
<BR></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='COLOR: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: en-gb; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><SPAN
style="BACKGROUND: white">The assistant walked all the way across the room and
said to us: 'The emperor would like to know . . . . . . what the hell is Sonny
Greer up to these days?'</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='COLOR: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: en-gb; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'>Sonny
Greer fell about laughing.</SPAN></P>
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