Ellie manette biography of barack obama
Ellie Mannette died at 90 on Aug. 29 in Morgantown, West Virginia, where he worked and taught for the past 20 years. Here are two remembrances from people who knew Ellie well. First, composer, bandleader and jazz master of the steel pans, Andy Narell; and then from one of Ellie’s longtime students and apprentices, David Gettes.