A Quote by Toru Takemitsu

My teachers are Duke Ellington and nature.

Toru Takemitsu

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Toru Takemitsu
Japanese - Composer
October 8, 1930 - February 20, 1996

As for my band, well, my mentors were Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Jimmie Lunceford, and no one had a band more smartly dressed than Duke.

B. B. King

I remember the night when I was playing at Birdland, and Duke Ellington walked in wearing that cap of his and with all his elegance. The Duke then came backstage, and I was there with my band. That's the one thing I miss.

Maynard Ferguson

Count Basie was college, but Duke Ellington was graduate school.

Clark Terry

[Prince] could very well be the Duke Ellington of Rock 'n' Roll.

Miles Davis

Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns.

Lawrence Welk

I like to think Duke Ellington would probably embrace a fragrance as well.

Bryan Ferry

When I got through, Duke Ellington stood up and started the applause.

Ruth Brown

Duke Ellington had a song, "What Am I Here For?" - this is what being pro-life is.

Nat Hentoff

I could turn on my radio in the morning when I was getting dressed for school and hear Frank Sinatra and Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman and think this is the music. Now that music is art. Ellington is art. At that time it was just what you heard on the radio. Cole Porter was just a guy who wrote pretty songs and Billie Holliday would sing them.