It's a bit surprising that the 22-23 board isn't named yet. But I see a half-dozen people on the 21-22 board who'd surely have taken a petition like this quite seriously. Assuming the place hasn't completely fallen apart, you should get a good hearing.
Great cause you have taken up Ted. I trust this serious matter, the long overdue recognition of Duke Ellington and his numerous contributions, will get the kind of attention it deserves. Thank you for spearheading this cause.
better than that could not be written, the ball is now in their playing field and is about to ......... explode. I do not want to be in their shoes because if they don't take this opportunity that you are giving them, they are going to make a double planetary fool: first in 1965 and now in 2022 and every time they get together to decide who to reward, DE will be forever the stone guest.
The Pulitzer crew awarded Stalin's man at the NYT a Pulitzer. He was a hardy supporter of a guy who killed off 20 million people. I am not sure I would shame the Duke with this award.
Thank you, Ted. Signed and shared. Hoping for the best, meanwhile happy to contribute to the advancing numbers that will go down in the history of the Pulitzer either way.
I am an enthusiastic supporter, but I don't think they've undermined their values by taking a few days to respond. We could all stand to be a little less online.
What good would it accomplish? Who the hell cares about a Pulitzer Prize for Music? It's like an Academy Award for Best Lying Spouse.
If it should happen, do you think that the news will cause even a hundred people who have never listened to Ellington to do so? Forgive me, but my eyeballs spin.
It strikes me as close to insulting, even. Does he need ratification by the ******* Pulitzer committee?
it's about time,his musical legacy lives on.both human,mind and spirit.
It's a bit surprising that the 22-23 board isn't named yet. But I see a half-dozen people on the 21-22 board who'd surely have taken a petition like this quite seriously. Assuming the place hasn't completely fallen apart, you should get a good hearing.
Great cause you have taken up Ted. I trust this serious matter, the long overdue recognition of Duke Ellington and his numerous contributions, will get the kind of attention it deserves. Thank you for spearheading this cause.
better than that could not be written, the ball is now in their playing field and is about to ......... explode. I do not want to be in their shoes because if they don't take this opportunity that you are giving them, they are going to make a double planetary fool: first in 1965 and now in 2022 and every time they get together to decide who to reward, DE will be forever the stone guest.
Signed & Shared.
I had no idea about this travesty before I read your book The History Of Jazz. This needs rectified.
The Pulitzer crew awarded Stalin's man at the NYT a Pulitzer. He was a hardy supporter of a guy who killed off 20 million people. I am not sure I would shame the Duke with this award.
Thank you, Ted. Signed and shared. Hoping for the best, meanwhile happy to contribute to the advancing numbers that will go down in the history of the Pulitzer either way.
Cranky, mean spirited letter in NYT today. Separate but equal?
Thanks for efforts in raising consciousness about this oversight. I signed the petition and have encouraged others to do so.
BTY his name was Walter Duranty.
I am an enthusiastic supporter, but I don't think they've undermined their values by taking a few days to respond. We could all stand to be a little less online.
Gee, as if this mattered.
What good would it accomplish? Who the hell cares about a Pulitzer Prize for Music? It's like an Academy Award for Best Lying Spouse.
If it should happen, do you think that the news will cause even a hundred people who have never listened to Ellington to do so? Forgive me, but my eyeballs spin.
It strikes me as close to insulting, even. Does he need ratification by the ******* Pulitzer committee?
Wasn't it enough that he was Duke Ellington?