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Eric Jansen talks with author/historian Jim van Buskirk and San Francisco archivist Susan Goldstein.

Duke Ellington's instrument was his orchestra, a hand-picked group of the best musicians available. His signature sound was a blend of talents, personalities and regional influences that each musician brought to the band.

While center stage, Duke Ellington led an institution which even the greatest musicians aspired to be part of. His band's ability to captivate audiences through extraordinary music and its exquisite presentation has never been replicated.

Whenever he took the stage, audiences were guaranteed a musical spectacle. Half mystic, half visionary, the pianist and bandleader charted a relentlessly adventurous course through the jazz tradition.

If you want your story told sometimes you have to do it yourself. Many of us have heard the song Me and My Shadow in cartoon parodies and old movies but there was a real life person behind the song.Dawn William wrote a book on her father, Ted Lewis. This is an interview I did with her at the L.A. Times Festival of Books 2006. If you would like more information about Ted Williams you can purchase her book on Amazon.com