And the Band Plays On; The Duke Ellington Orchestra: It's Still Got That Swing

From: The Washington Post | Date: April 11, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

"There'd be some of the greatest-looking women waiting for Ellington after the show, man." Barrie Lee Hall Jr. has settled into the lounge in the front of the tour bus, which is lumbering through the night, ferrying the contemporary version of the Duke Ellington Orchestra to a small arts center in southern New Jersey. He shakes his head, remembering. "Rich, good-looking women! Man!"

"I can imagine." Ravi Best nods, settling in himself. Hall, the featured trumpeter, is a cherished connection to the orchestra's storied past. He played with Duke himself, man! He learned from cats (this is a jazz ...

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