How not to write about #Duke_Ellington: a reader’s guide
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A week ago, my friend KLW, a distinguished New York jazz critic, called to ask if I had read #Adam_Gopnik’s New Yorker essay on Duke Ellington (and the Beatles). I had not, nor did I plan to. The prospect of Gopnik writing on something you care passionately about is always more than mildly dispiriting. […]