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 +"[[Duke Ellington|Ellington]]'s fame is now such that he gives [[Carnegie Hall]] concerts of a [[swing music|swing]] completely divorced from dance function, a ''[[Tea dance|tea dansant]]'' music trapped out with his borrowed effects from [[jazz]], the [[Impressionism in music|Impressionists]], and the [[Romantic music|French Romantics]]. Some hail him as a foremost genius of [[modern music]], a few lament that "the Duke has forsaken jazz." Both are wrong: the laurels of [[Paul Hindemith|Hindemith]], [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky]], and [[Béla Bartók|Bartok]] are safe and, as for jazz, the Duke has never played it."--''[[Shining Trumpets, a History of Jazz]]'' (1946) by Rudi Blesh, p. 281
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"Ellington's fame is now such that he gives Carnegie Hall concerts of a swing completely divorced from dance function, a tea dansant music trapped out with his borrowed effects from jazz, the Impressionists, and the French Romantics. Some hail him as a foremost genius of modern music, a few lament that "the Duke has forsaken jazz." Both are wrong: the laurels of Hindemith, Stravinsky, and Bartok are safe and, as for jazz, the Duke has never played it."--Shining Trumpets, a History of Jazz (1946) by Rudi Blesh, p. 281

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A tea dance, also called a thé dansant (French for "dancing tea"), was a dance held in the summer or autumn from 4 to 7 p.m. In the English countryside, a garden party sometimes preceded the dance.

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