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Amsterdam must have more than a million people. But the only area where jazz is really profitable and successful in an economic sense is in Japan. That's because they haven't been exposed enough.

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To play today in London, next week in Madrid and the week after that in Warsaw is a bit better than playing Newark and Baltimore and Philadelphia. I've been doing that for 20 years.

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The new, younger artists today are too insecure to be willing to face that kind of musical competition afforded by the jam session.

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I still travel a great deal. I go to the States, not for too long periods, but I make frequent trips because of my management problems with Ella.

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Germany is probably the richest country in Western Europe. Yet they wouldn't take any television with Duke and Ella, their reaction being that people weren't interested in it.

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Ella can work nightclubs that Duke might not be able to work, because of having the big band. Where they go now is strictly a matter of their own names and talents.

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The public, hearing pop music, is, without knowing it, also soaking up jazz.

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I'm concerned with trend. I don't know where jazz fans will come from 20 years from now.

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I find myself more at peace when I live in Europe.

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I allowed artists to play for as long as they felt they could justifiably continue to create.

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In 1958, I decided that I was going to live in Europe permanently. So in 1959 I moved to Lugano, Switzerland.

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The economic picture in the States today doesn't allow for jazz concerts in a tour fashion. People now are too used to the Festival, which gives them more names for the same price.

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My function at Verve was that of a genuine producer in artists and repertoire.

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Many movie people, who would never have dreamt of using jazz arrangers for scores, are doing it frequently now, even though they water them down.

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For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind.

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I don't say that the supposed Civil Rights development is a myth, but it's a matter of dealing with reality. It's purely peripheral and, in many cases, it's just a facade.

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I'm talking as a professional impresario. I'm not judging anybody at all.

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You can't have a finale that runs one hour. So you give each man 40 minutes or so, and you say Let's do a jam session at the end with the leaders.

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If you look at my audiences, even in Europe, they're hardly teenagers.

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I don't want to sound as if I'm doing something tremendously special. But I am a jazz fan.

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I don't think I will ever do any tours again in the United States. I rather think that that's over with.

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Jazz was uplifted by what I did.

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There are many artists that I present that I admit I like less than I do others. But I think that they warrant being presented by my own, personal standards.

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Today it's rare to find a major artist that would be willing to break up his own group. They need the musical security their own groups give them.

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When I was doing jazz concerts in America, I would use the biggest names I could find.

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