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Portrait of Charlie Barnet, Part II (Podcast #22-002)
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“Meanwhile, I was looking around for musicians who were sympathetic to my musical ideas and would fit my plans. I now wanted to incorporate Duke Ellington’s harmonic approach and tone colors with Count Basie’s rhythmic drive.”
Charlie Barnet, Those Swinging Years – The Autobiography of Charlie Barnet
“Barnet’s religion is well known to his friends. Converted at the age of 16, he has been a devout Ellingtonian ever since. From 1939 until the late…
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