I think of music sometimes in terms of color [...] and [in … - Duke Ellington

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I think of music sometimes in terms of color [...] and [in a furnace] I like to see the flames licking yellow in the dark and then pulsing down to a kind of red glow.

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Edward Kennedy Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz composer, pianist, and band leader. Although a pivotal figure in the history of jazz, in the opinion of Gunther Schuller and Barry Kernfeld, "the most significant composer of the genre", Ellington himself embraced the phrase "beyond category", considering it a liberating principle, and referring to his music as part of the more general category of American Music. TOC

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Birth Name: Edward Kennedy Ellington

Also Known As: The Duke • Dumpy

Alternative Names: Duke Elington • Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington • Mood Ellington

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