Books
by David Hajdu
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Lush Life - A Biography of Billy Strayhorn |
Billy Strayhorn was a very gifted gay black pianist, jazz composer and arranger, born in Ohio in 1915 into a poor family with a doting mother and drunk, abusive father. Music was the great love of his life, and he pursued it to work closely with, among others, Duke Ellington. Lush Life is one of the finest love songs I know, and the book is well worth reading to discover a fascinating life and time.
(Julie Higgins - bwl 17 February 2003) |
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