If I were to put on Barbra Streisand and Duke Ellington, one might say the combination isn't good.
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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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The history of all big jazz bands shows was, first they played for dancing, and then they played for singing.
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In 1958, I decided that I was going to live in Europe permanently. So in 1959 I moved to Lugano, Switzerland.
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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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There are very few groups that really stay together. The leaders of groups make enough money to be able to afford to work a maximum of 35-40 weeks a year.
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There are many artists that I present that I admit I like less than I do others. But I think that they warrant being presented by my own, personal standards.
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Ella can work nightclubs that Duke might not be able to work, because of having the big band. Where they go now is strictly a matter of their own names and talents.
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I don't say that the supposed Civil Rights development is a myth, but it's a matter of dealing with reality. It's purely peripheral and, in many cases, it's just a facade.
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Germany is probably the richest country in Western Europe. Yet they wouldn't take any television with Duke and Ella, their reaction being that people weren't interested in it.
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