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Hodges came to Ellington in 1928 on recommendation of bandleader Chick Webb and Carney, Johnny’s childhood friend. The pair lived in neighboring Massachusetts cities—Cambridge and Boston—and would explore tonal qualities and harmonic concepts together at Carney’s Boston home.
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Women loved Duke Ellington, but only five influenced him. Mercer details Duke’s relationships with Mercer’s mother (whom Duke left in 1930 but never divorced), an actress, a dancer, a showgirl, and a chanteuse. Except for Duke’s own mother and sister, whom Duke cherished, Mercer feels his father "had a basic contempt for women. He spent so much time celebrating and charming them, but basically he hated them."
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