Billy Strayhorn
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Biography
In the history of jazz, the name Billy Strayhorn will always be inextricably linked with Duke Ellington and his Orchestra. The association with Ellington dated back to 1938 when Stayhorn, a 23-year-old jazz musician from Dayton, Ohio approached Ellington after a gig in Pittsburgh and suggested some improvements to Ellington's arrangements. It was the start of a professional relationship which would last for the next 25 years. Although Ellington was undoubtedly instrumental in helping Strayhorn realise his potential, as the relationship developed Strayhorn began to express some concerns about the level of recognition he was receiving regarding his creative input to Ellington's orchestra. For a period during the 1950s Strayhorn left Ellington's orchestra to develop a solo career and recorded a handful of albums. He returned but whilst still in his forties developed oesophageal cancer and eventually succumbed to the disease in 1967, he was 51 years old.
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Albums
Top Tracks
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- I've Got It Bad And That Ain't Good by Billy Strayhorn
- Multi Colored Blue
- Drawing Room Blues
- Juice A Plenty by Billy Strayhorn
- I'm Just A Lucky So And So by Billy Strayhorn
- Stardust by Johnny Hodges
- Tailor Made by Billy Strayhorn
- Chelsea Bridge
- A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing
- Passion Flower
- Day Dream by Johnny Hodges
- Take The "A" Train by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
- Just a Sittin' and a Rockin'
- C Jam Blues by Billy Strayhorn
- Britt And Butter Blues
- Indian Summer
- Swamp Drum
- Something To Live For
- Caravan by Billy Strayhorn
- She
- The Happening
- Sultry Serenade (How Could You Do A Thing Like That To Me)
- Moonlight Fiesta
- Long Long Journey featuring Johnny Hodges
