ELLINGTON PROJECT                                                                                                                              #525

Cress Courtney
with Roy Jacobowitz
New York, New York
April 8, 1976

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Tape A:                                                                                                                                                          p. 1

Getting started in the music business--working for MCA--joining Consolidated Booking--joining Wil1iam Morris--booking Ellington for the Morris Agency--Recording--ASCAP ban and getting the wires--the recording business in the 30^'s--working with Ellington--El1ington^'s foibles about cash--publishing.