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Duke Ellington, 1940

Duke Ellington, 1940 image
Year
1940
Description

In 1940 "Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra" played at the Michigan for two days between film screenings. The Ann Arbor News display ad promised "primitive rhythms, weird melodies, amazing syncopations…music no other band can play".

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