Johnny D Music News: Hentoff: The Duke, before my time

NEW YORK --

I first had the adventure of being mentored by Duke Ellington in the 1940s when I was part of the Boston jazz scene. In those days I had a radio show that combined music and interviews, and as a part-time reporter for Down Beat, I got to know Duke. Off the air, he once told me: "I don't want listeners to take my music. I ask them open to it as a whole.

Hentoff: The Duke, before my time

NEW YORK --

I first had the chance of being mentored by Duke Ellington in the forties when I was partly of the Boston jazz scene. In those years I had a radio show that combined music and interviews, and as a part-time reporter for Down Beat, I got to know Duke. Off the air, he once told me: "I don't want listeners to study my music. I need them subject to it as a whole.