How to subscribe or unsubscribe from the
Ellington (DUKE-LYM) INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION GROUP,
an open email information group dedicated to the life and
music of Duke Ellington.
Here, we discuss recordings, concerts, side-men, Strayhorn, compositions, arrangements, research, films, discography - in short anything which will be of interest concerning one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century.
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