
Ahmet Ertegun's LegacyThe Atlantic Records founder in his own words.
Posted Friday, Dec. 15, 2006, at 1:26 PM ETEarlier this year, Stanley Crouch revisited John Coltrane's finest work. In 2004, Crouch remembered Ray Charles on the occasion of his death; and David Edelstein reviewed Jamie Foxx's Ray.
Slate: What do you want for your legacy?
AE: I'd be happy if people said that I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.
Slate: Do you have devotional feelings towards Islam?
AE: Well, look I'm Muslim by birth—and the rest I'll have to explain when I write my autobiography.
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