Lush life: a biography of Billy Strayhorn
Biography, Music biography
Human-narrated audio
Summary
A portrait of Billy Strayhorn, a prolific composer of American jazz. Recounts his youth as a musical prodigy, when he joined the Duke Ellington Orchestra and wrote the band's theme song, "Take the 'A' Train." Strayhorn, who was openly gay,… spent his career largely in Ellington's shadow. Strayhorn died prematurely in 1967. 1996.
Title Details
ISBN
9780374194383
Publisher
Farrar
Copyright Date
1996
Book number
2405436
Audio details for CELA title
Narrator
Christopher Hurt
Duration
11 hours 3 minutes 28 seconds
Audio producer
Library of Congress, NLS/BPH 1997.