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Article: Monuments to musical giants.(American music founders represented in sculptures)
- Article from:
- Ebony
- Article date:
- July 1, 1998
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All who have heard Ellington's music mastery, the trumpet of Armstrong, the saxophones of Coltrane and Parker, Billie's blues or B.B.'s guitar already have a monument to these musical giants in their heart. But throughout the country some groups, great and small, have sought a more permanent memorial to these and other Black musical greats.
Cast in concrete, bronze and marble and set on landscaped grounds, in parks, on busy highways and byways or in museums, these markers ensure that the legacy of these musical giants will be remembered each time a small child looks up and asks, "Who was that and what did he or she do?"
In New York, eyes are now cast ...