excerpt from 'Duke Ellington: Music is my Mistress' pp. 138-140 (97 words)
excerpt from 'Duke Ellington: Music is my Mistress' pp. 138-140 (97 words)
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Chick Webb came running up to me one night in the Rhythm Club, and he said, "Hey, man, I got a hell of a trumpet player for you. He was with me for a while, but he's too much for me. Fletcher (Henderson) heard him and hired him, but that style don't fit Fletcher's band…” It was 1929 when Cootie [Williams] came into the band, and he soon became one of our most outstanding [trumpet] soloists. He began to use the plunger mute, one of our major tonal devices, and he used it very well… |
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