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“I expect the audience to come up to my level. I am not interested in compromising my music to make it palatable to an assumed sub-standard mass.”

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Don Ellis was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and band conductor, born on July 25, 1934, and died on December 17, 1978. He was known for his unique musical style and cross-genre collaborations in the jazz world. more

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