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- From: hampel@siemens.com. (Ken Hampel)
- Subject: Re: Ellington suggestions
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.214111.5331@siemens.com>
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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 21:41:11 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec28.174652.7731@news.columbia.edu> jte@beefheart.cc.columbia.edu writes:
- >
- >Miles Davis once panned a selection from this recording in a Blindfold
- >Test. When they told him who it was, he responded "What's Duke doing
- >playing with Mingus? This is terrible." I have great respect for Miles
- >as a musician, composer, and curator of great bands. However, I don't
- >take much stock in his abilities as a critic.
-
- Regarding Miles' critic abilities:
- When I read Miles' autobiography, I was really surprised to hear him
- give so much praise and admiration towards Prince. I like some of Prince's
- stuff but I don't think I could put him in a musical genious category
- as I believe Miles does.
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