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Reflections from the Avant Garde (Podcast #17-014)
https://ellingtonreflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/avant-garde-ellingtonia.mp3“Now, when I was considered avant garde, Duke Ellington at that time was avant garde to me — and I’m sure Barry Ulanov would say the same thing, although he never exactly said Duke was avant garde; but Duke was, because his music was more modern than most things going on.”
— Charles Mingus
Sun Ra and his Arkestra at the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano, CA 1985 (photo by Steve Bowie)
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Take the “A” Train (CD: “Live…
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