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Strayhorn Billy:     more books (62)

Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn by David Hajdu, 1997-06-26 Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn by Walter van de Leur, 2002-01-31 The Art of Billy Strayhorn (Piano Vocal) by Billy Strayhorn, 2010-06-25 Vol. 66, Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life (Book & CD Set) by Jamey Aebersold Play-A-Long Series, Albums by Arranger: Albums Arranged by Billy May, Albums Arranged by Billy Strayhorn, Albums Arranged by Bob Thompson Satin Doll [sheet music] by Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn Johnny Mercer, 1964 A Hope That Does Not Disappoint (Second Lesson Sermons, Cycle C) by Billy Strayhorn, 2000-01-01 Billy Strayhorn: An American Master (P/V/G Composer Collection) by Billy Strayhorn, 2001-06-01 Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn by David Hajdyn, 1997 Billy Strayhorn Lush Life Book & CD Set (Jamey Aebersold Jazz, 66) by Jamey Aebersold, Billy Strayhorn, 1995 He wrote the songs: prolific gay composer Billy Strayhorn--who penned music for Nat King Cole and Duke Ellington--finally gets his due in a new documentary ... (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) by Kurt B. Reighley, 2007-02-27 Lush Life: Biography of Billy Strayhorn by David Hajdu, 1998-05-14 Lush Life: Biography of Billy Strayhorn by DavidHajdu, 1996-01-01 Joe Henderson Albums: One Night With Blue Note, Lush Life: the Music of Billy Strayhorn, Inner Urge, Page One

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1. Billy Strayhorn - Biography
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   Extractions: (Verve 314-529-908) Born in Dayton, OH, on 29 November 1915, the young composer and pianist Billy Strayhorn offered his composition Lush Life to Duke Ellington in 1938; less than a year later Strayhorn had become an arranger and pianist with the Ellington band, a collaboration that was to last until Strayhorn's death in 1967. His classical and jazz training, combined with sophisticated taste, was appreciated by Ellington, who described him as "my listener, my most dependable appraiser [and] critic." Among the works that Strayhorn composed alone or with Ellington are the classics Take the A Train Chelsea Bridge Passion Flower , and Johnny Come Lately Several of these works are available in orchestral settings from the G. Schirmer, Inc. rental library, including:

2. Artists: Billy Strayhorn
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   Extractions: Billy Strayhorn was arranger and occasional second pianist and lyricist with Duke Ellington beginning in 1939the collaboration continued until the 1960s. Among his hundreds of compositions best known are "Lush Life" and "Take the A Train". During the pre-bop period of the mid 1940's Strayhorn experimented with false modulations and expanded the swing vocabulary of chord voicings. In 1993, Billy Taylor recorded and produced "Dr. T" featuring Gerry Mulligan on GRP records (GRD-9692). Here's an exerpt from Lush Life, a Billy Strayhorn composition. Description of available audio formats. Comments or suggestions to IMS Internet Multicasting Service Home Page

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    Extractions: Log in Help From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Billy Strayhorn (November 29, 1915 - May 31, 1967) was an American composer and pianist, perhaps most famous for having written "Take the A Train" and for his collaboration with Duke Ellington Strayhorn began his musical career in Pittsburgh , where he studied for a time at the Pittsburgh Music Institute, wrote a high school musical and, while still in his teens, composed "Lush Life," a work that had all the world weariness of a much older man. He first met Duke Ellington backstage after an Ellington performance in Pittsburgh in 1938, where he first told, and then showed, the band leader how he would have arranged one of Duke's own pieces. Duke was impressed enough to invite other band members hear Strayhorn. At the end of the visit he arranged for Strayhorn to meet him when the band returned to New York. Strayhorn worked for Ellington for the next quarter century until his death from cancer. Strayhorn's relationship with Ellington was always difficult to pin down: he was a gifted composer and arranger who seemed to flourish in Duke's shadow. Ellington may have taken advantage of him, but not in the mercenary way that others had taken advantage of Ellington; instead, he used Strayhorn to complete his thoughts, while giving Strayhorn the freedom to write on his own and at least some of the credit he deserved. Strayhorn, for his part, may have preferred to stay out of the limelight, since that also allowed him to be out of the closet in an era and a community that did not tolerate gay artists.

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    Extractions: A B C D ... Scholars Index Lush Life : A Biography of Billy Strayhorn by David Hajdu A 1996 nominee for the National Book Critics Circle Award, this perceptive, meticulously researched biography rescues from obscurity the gifted Billy Strayhorn (1915-67), Duke Ellington's arranger and composer of many popular Ellington Orchestra tunes, including "Take the `A' Train." Worshipped by jazz aficionados as the creative power behind the Ellington throne, Strayhorn preferred to live quietly while his friend/boss took the bows. In clear prose and with careful attention to nuance, David Hajdu documents Strayhorn's contributions to the Ellington magic and delineates an attractive personality who found good in almost everyone he met. Although he composed some of the most brilliant American music of this century, Billy Strayhorn spent his entire career as Duke Ellington's right-hand man and seldom escaped Ellington's conspicuous shadow. To a great extent, this was a willed obscurity: as an uncloseted gay man, Strayhorn preferred to avoid the spotlight. Toward the end of his life, however, this trade-off began to weigh more heavily on him. David Hajdu's account is a model of the witty, elegant, and deeply sympathetic biography.

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    Extractions: Main Page See live article Alphabetical index Billy Strayhorn (November 29, 1915 - May 31, 1967) was an American composer and pianist, perhaps most famous for having written "Take the A Train" and for his collaboration with Duke Ellington Strayhorn began his musical career in Pittsburgh , where he studied for a time at the Pittsburgh Music Institute, wrote a high school musical and, while still in his teens, composed "Lush Life," a work that had all the world weariness of a much older man. He first met Duke Ellington backstage after an Ellington performance in Pittsburgh in 1938, where he first told, and then showed, the band leader how he would have arranged one of Duke's own pieces. Duke was impressed enough to invite other band members hear Strayhorn. At the end of the visit he arranged for Strayhorn to meet him when the band returned to New York. Strayhorn worked for Ellington for the next quarter century until his death from cancer. Strayhorn's relationship with Ellington was always difficult to pin down: he was a gifted composer and arranger who seemed to flourish in Duke's shadow. Ellington may have taken advantage of him, but not in the mercenary way that others had taken advantage of Ellington; instead, he used Strayhorn to complete his thoughts, while giving Strayhorn the freedom to write on his own and at least some of the credit he deserved. Strayhorn, for his part, may have preferred to stay out of the limelight, since that also allowed him to be out of the closet in an era and a community that did not tolerate gay artists.

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    Extractions: Dictionaries: General Computing Medical Legal Encyclopedia Word: Word Starts with Ends with Definition Billy Strayhorn (November 29, 1915 - May 31, 1967) was an American composer and pianist, perhaps most famous for having written "Take the A Train" and for his collaboration with Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (Born: April 29, 1899 in Washington, DC - Died: May 24, 1974 in New York City) was an American jazz composer, pianist and bandleader. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 and in 1973, the Legion of Honor by France. Both are the highest civilian honors of each country. He was known as "The Duke" (see: Jazz royalty). Duke Ellington was a major force in jazz from the 1920s through the 1960s and his work continues to be influential today. He is considered by many to be the greatest American composer. He had many hits including Click the link for more information. Strayhorn began his musical career in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh , the county seat of Allegheny County in the western part of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, had a total population of 334,563 (metropolitan area 2,358,695) as of the 2000 census. The first European settlements in the Pittsburgh area were French forts and trading posts. During the French and Indian War, the British colonies captured Fort Duquesne, which sat at the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers, at the part of downtown Pittsburgh now known as "the Point". The British built a larger fort on the same site and named it Fort Pitt in honor of the British statesman William Pitt the Elder.

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    Extractions: USA He continued to live in Boston and travelled to New York at weekends playing with such musicians as Bobby Sawyer (1925), Lloyd Scott (1926), then from late 1926 with the great Chick Webb at The Paddock Club and The Savoy Ballroom, etc. followed by a short stint with Luckey Roberts. In May 1928 Johnny joined Duke Ellington's orchestra and he remained a mainstay of the group for the next 40 years. From his first recording in 1928 he revealed his authority and technical mastery of the saxophone, playing with a broad, sweeping tone and producing impressive, cascading runs. In the opinion of many people, he soon became Duke's most valuable soloist. He made hundreds of recordings with Duke and from 1937 led his own small studio group drawn from the orchestra which made many successful series of recordings for Victor and other labels. Titles included 'Jeep's Blues', 'Hodge Podge', 'The Jeep is Jumpin' all of which were co-written with Duke. Also in this period of great creativity he played in many other small groups with musicians such as Lionel Hampton, Teddy Wilson, etc., producing classics of the period.

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19. Duke Ellington: Billy Strayhorn
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    Extractions: Billy Strayhorn wrote "Lush Life" when he was not more than 22 and had yet to be exposed to cultures more high-falutin' than those he encountered in North Carolina and Pittsburgh. Yet he could only have created the lyric because of, rather than in spite of, his youth and preciousness. Only a naif would lay his feelings so totally on the line, to walk around with his soul so completely exposed that any passerby could take a shot at it. When Chris Connor sings "Lush Life," you're almost embarrassed to look - you feel like she's revealing something so personal she has no business doing it up on a stage. If you were to take all the major ballads of any of the great songwriters and boil them into a single composition, you might get a song as good as "Lush Life." Which, as it happens, pretty much sums up Billy Strayhorn's career as a writer of love songs. Apart from "Something to Live For," also presented to Ellington in '38, "Lush Life" remains the sole Strayhorn ballad to have entered the standard singer's repertory. And even "Lush Life" sneaked in through the back door, after being left by its father in the trunk for ten years. Ten years ago, "Lush Life" was so overdone in every loft in Manhattan it became the last thing anybody wanted to hear. Your average jazz singer would stick the mike in her face and scat for a half-hour, following which, she would then maul "Lush Life" in an attempt to prove she could remember a lyric. And if they didn't smother both the life and the lushness out of the song, Linda Ronstadt did.

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