Während er sich das neue Mosaic-Boxset mit Duke Ellingtons aus den Jahren 1932-1940 anhört, erinnert sich Nat Hentoff daran, wie er Ellington zum ersten Mal als junger Reporter in Boston gehört hatte ( Wall Street Journal ). Duke, erklärt Hentoff, wollte nicht, dass seine Musik analysiert wird; er wollte, dass seine Hörer "sie als ein ganzes wahrnehmen". Ellington sei immer ein Schnellschreiber gewesen, berichtet Hentoff. Einmal habe er Harry Carney gefragt, wie ein Stück, das er noch nie gehört had, well, hot. Carney replied, "I do not know. He has just written up." Another time, Hentoff said the Duke, on what he eighth, when he was looking for new musicians for the band, and next to the "personality" Duke was one thing in particular: ". He must know how to listen"
Listening to the new Mosaic set of Duke Ellington's music from 1932-1940, Nat Hentoff remembers first hearing Ellington as a young reporter in Boston ( Wall Street Journal ). Duke, Hentoff explains, did not like his music to be analyzed, and he wanted his listeners "to open to it as a whole". Ellington as a fast writer, says Hentoff. He remembers how he asked Harry Carney about the name of a tune he did not know and Carney responded, "I don't know. He just wrote it." Another time Hentoff asked Duke what he looked for in new musicians for his band, and apart from "personality" Duke's main category was, "He has to know how to listen".
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