American - Musician | August 6, 1918 - November 22, 2001
As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy.
Norman Granz
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Ellington is a writer and arranger, as well as a musician and leader. He does movie sound tracks.
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For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind.
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I allowed artists to play for as long as they felt they could justifiably continue to create.
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I don't know who's 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to be a jazz fan.
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I don't think I will ever do any tours again in the United States. I rather think that that's over with.
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I don't think that jazz, as any kind of an art form, has any permanence attached to it, apart from the practitioners of it.
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I don't want to sound as if I'm doing something tremendously special. But I am a jazz fan.
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I find myself more at peace when I live in Europe.
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I still continue to do at least four concert tours a year, and in many cases, as many as six.
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I'm concerned with trend. I don't know where jazz fans will come from 20 years from now.
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I'm talking as a professional impresario. I'm not judging anybody at all.
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