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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
Well since Strayhorn in his role as an arranger would be Jobs in this analogy, him doing "so little on his own when given the tenth of a chance" would prove my point.
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Actually, Strayhorn is analogous to the
creative teams hired by Jobs, while Jobs is analogous to Ellington's Svengali. This is true not only in the sense of Strayhorn's having had the greater talent but of Ellington's having far more power. Am I seeing a pattern of selective interpretation?