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Why did Ellington call his musical form " American Music?" A celebrated the surge of American pride World War B It was a key component in changing American segregation laws. Was the first popularity on American radio D incorporated multiple American musical styles

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B It was a key component in changing American segregation laws.

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Duke Ellington was an American musician, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra. He led this group from 1923 until his death in 1974.

He performed in the era of Jim Crow racial segregation which led him to embraced the phrase "beyond category" as a liberating principle of his musical group.

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