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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-03-10 09:44 AM
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Poll question: Duke Ellington or Count Basie?
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MiddleFingerMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-03-10 09:59 AM
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1. Cab Calloway
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Cab Calloway's "Reefer Man":
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D44pyeEvhcQ
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-03-10 04:10 PM
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4. Yeah, him too. n/t
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Gidney N Cloyd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-03-10 10:03 AM
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2. Prince.
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-04-10 06:49 PM
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10. Also worthy. I should have put him on the poll. n/t
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Dr Morbius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-03-10 11:36 AM
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3. Apples and oranges
Duke Ellington: jazz
Count Basie: swing

jazz =/= swing

One bandleader is not necessarily anything like another. The difference between the Duke and Chick Webb is a lot smaller than the difference between Ellington and Basie; Count Basie was a lot closer to Nelson Riddle than Duke Ellingtob.

Are apples better than oranges?
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-03-10 05:07 PM
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5. Ellington was a compositional and arranging genius, so that's my vote
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-03-10 07:03 PM
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8. word
And did you know that a descendant of the genius Fletcher Henderson is a DUer?
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Brother Buzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-03-10 06:33 PM
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6. BOTH! Battle Royal 1961
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK86vpOYmr8
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-03-10 06:57 PM
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7. If we're going by British peerage, aren't they both outranked by Nat King Cole?
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-04-10 09:34 AM
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9. Or Joe King Carrasco, for that matter n/t
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