My favorite quote of the week.

[Christiern]

"Ellington is known to have performed at the Cotton Club."

It's from a Washington Postweb article.

[lipi]

He wrote a song, around that same time, I think.

[cih]

Such people wrote things such as songs at such times, in such cities.

[AllenLowe]

also, I wouldn't call DC the "deep South."

[Head Man]

also, I wouldn't call DC the "deep South."

Compared to Seattle?

[ejp626]

Such people wrote things such as songs at such times, in such cities.

The world was spinning at the time, or so I have heard.

[Hardbopjazz]

Can't make up stuff like that.

[Dan Gould]

"is known to have played at the Cotton Club"

Sounds like the belief is based on an archeological dig.

[BeBop]

also, I wouldn't call DC the "deep South."

Compared to Seattle?

By the late 20s, Strom Thurmond would have been in DC as a Congressman, right?

[Christiern]

I should have dubbed it "rumor of the week", but I did a bit of research and discovered an ad indicating that he actually played there!

[lipi]

I should have dubbed it "rumor of the week", but I did a bit of research and discovered an ad indicating that he actually played there!

Well, at least that he was booked to play there, right? Can't trust it ever happened...

[JSngry]

Pics or it never happened

[cih]

Another mystery - just what was it that non-playing 'sociable guy' Harris used to do with the piano to "entertain his guests throughout the years, such as famous jazz musician Nancy Wilson"?

the provenance of the piano might be straightforward to check, as a lot of these itinerant hobo musicians up from the deep south used to scratch their names into stuff - trees, tables etc - and there are pianos out there with Ellington's name on...