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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. "
Enough
Jazz
More
" As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy. "
Think
People
Long
" 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. "
Band
Matter
Talents
" Ellington is a writer and arranger, as well as a musician and leader. He does movie sound tracks. "
Sound
Movie
Leader
" For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind. "
Years
Were
Albums
" 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. "
Reaction
Country
People
" I allowed artists to play for as long as they felt they could justifiably continue to create. "
Long
Play
Continue
" I don't know who's 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to be a jazz fan. "
Know
Old
Today
" 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. "
Development
Matter
Just
" I don't think I will ever do any tours again in the United States. I rather think that that's over with. "
United States
Again
Think
" I don't think that jazz, as any kind of an art form, has any permanence attached to it, apart from the practitioners of it. "
Kind
Jazz
Attached
" I don't want to sound as if I'm doing something tremendously special. But I am a jazz fan. "
Want
Jazz
I Am
" I find myself more at peace when I live in Europe. "
Europe
Find
Myself
" If I were to put on Barbra Streisand and Duke Ellington, one might say the combination isn't good. "
Duke
Combination
Say
" If you look at my audiences, even in Europe, they're hardly teenagers. "
Look
Even
You
" I made it easier for many artists to play in certain areas. "
Made
Artists
Easier
" I'm concerned with trend. I don't know where jazz fans will come from 20 years from now. "
Fans
Years
Will
" I'm talking as a professional impresario. I'm not judging anybody at all. "
Professional
Anybody
Judging
" In 1958, I decided that I was going to live in Europe permanently. So in 1959 I moved to Lugano, Switzerland. "
Europe
Switzerland
Moved
" I still continue to do at least four concert tours a year, and in many cases, as many as six. "
Concert
Continue
Still
" Jazz was uplifted by what I did. "
Did
Jazz
Uplifted
" My function at Verve was that of a genuine producer in artists and repertoire. "
Artists
Producer
Function
" My juices needed restoring. I needed a sabbatical from the record business. "
Business
Needed
Juices
" Sponsors and networks will really go all out and simply evaluate people on the basis of talent. "
Will
Go
Talent
" 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. "
Jazz
Today
Picture
" The history of all big jazz bands shows was, first they played for dancing, and then they played for singing. "
Singing
First
History
" The public, hearing pop music, is, without knowing it, also soaking up jazz. "
Music
Hearing
Without
" 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. "
Own
My Own
Like
" There are very few groups that really stay together. The leaders of groups make enough money to be able to afford to work a maximum of 35-40 weeks a year. "
Enough
Money
Together
" The record companies are interested in the kind of sales they can get from the rock groups. "
Kind
Sales
Get
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