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Duke Ellington plays a free concert for 5000 people in Ghazi Stadium, Kabul, Afghanistan, Asia.Full article:
Duke Ellington : Of course the people didn't understand. This kind of music - blues and jazz - was very little known. But they loved the style. When the trumpets and saxophones came out and did their solos, people were awed - not so much by the sound, but the performance.
(Source : interview with Michael Parkinson, 1973)
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(Source : interview with Michael Parkinson, 1973)