Strayhorn, Billy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...1915 67, African-American jazz composer, arranger, lyricist...Classically trained, he was drawn to jazz, and early in his career composed...written just before he met Duke Ellington , with whom he became a lifelong...sometimes playing piano for the Ellington orchestra. Strayhorns compositions...