Lush life: a biography of Billy Strayhorn
Biography, Music biography
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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.