Ellington @ Fargo, ND - How it happened
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 5:55 am
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THE TWO MEN WHO LUGGED SOUND EQUIPMENT OUT THE STAGEDOOR OF THE CRYSTAL BALLROOM IN DOWNTOWN FARGO IN THE EARLY HOURS OF A NOVEMBER 1940 MORNING HAD NO IDEA THEY CARRIED WITH THEM A PIECE OF JAZZ HISTORY. SOME 40 YEARS LATER, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF THOSE PRECIOUS ACCIDENTS OF HISTORY, THE SIX ACETATE DISCS THEY RECORDED WOULD WIN A GRAMMY AWARD.
THE TWO MEN WHO LUGGED SOUND EQUIPMENT OUT THE STAGEDOOR OF THE CRYSTAL BALLROOM IN DOWNTOWN FARGO IN THE EARLY HOURS OF A NOVEMBER 1940 MORNING HAD NO IDEA THEY CARRIED WITH THEM A PIECE OF JAZZ HISTORY. SOME 40 YEARS LATER, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF THOSE PRECIOUS ACCIDENTS OF HISTORY, THE SIX ACETATE DISCS THEY RECORDED WOULD WIN A GRAMMY AWARD.