"You got Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and my man, the Earl of Hines, right? Well, Benny's right up there with all them cats. Everybody that knows who he is calls him 'King.' He is a king! -- Louis Armstrong (on Benny Carter)
source: 'A Call to Assembly' by Willie Ruff, Viking, 1991.
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