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ART BARON, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1950, was the last trombonist the great Duke Ellington ever hired.
He was 23 when I heard him during the Ellington Orchestra’s final tour of Europe in December 1973, at the Rainbow Theatre, Finsbury Park, London.
Still blowing strong and playing rearrangements of classic Ellingtonian tunes by Mark Masters on the new album Masters and Baron Meet Blanton and Webster, he and his bandmates play themes associated with the Ellington Orchestra of 1940-42, which included bass virtuoso Jimmy Blanton and tenor saxophone master Ben Webster.
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