Colors In Rhythm by Mercer Ellington And His Orchestra , released on Coral in 1959.

One of the few full band albums ever recorded by Mercer Ellington – a strong 50s session that features work by Billy Strayhorn, Clark Terry, Cat Anderson, Jimmy Jones, Jimmy Hamilton, and other luminaries from the Duke Ellington group. Arrangements are by Jones, Ellington, Dick Vance, and Luther Henderson – and the tunes have a rich tonal quality that well lives up to the "colors" in the title. Titles include "Coral Rock", "Black & Tan Fantasy", "Aqua Tonic", "Little White Lies", "Golden Cress", "Azure", "Blue Serge", and "Dawn Of A Greenhorn" - Dusty Groove

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The Peaceful Side is an album by pianist and composer Billy Strayhorn recorded in Paris in 1961 and originally released on United Artists Jazz in 1963..

On All About Jazz, Joel Roberts noted, "This is a quiet, spare recording featuring just Strayhorn's piano with occasional accompaniment by bass, string quartet, or vocal chorus. Strayhorn brings out all the passion and melancholy of his own compositions, which are performed in much more relaxed tempos than we are used to hearing. ... It is a shame that Strayhorn did not record more, since he brought the same extraordinary musical intelligence and sophistication to his piano playing that he did to his composing." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALuBvw1_VAc&list=RDALuBvw1_VAc&start_radio=1

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The lush life of gay Black musician Billy Strayhorn
https://www.advocate.com/history/billy-strayhorn-black-gay-musician

Strayhorn wrote many of Ellington's big hits and lived as an out gay man in mid-century America. 🙏

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The lush life of Billy Strayhorn, the gay Black man who was Duke Ellington's 'right arm'

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La finezza più grande di "Lotus Blossom" risiede forse nell'accordo di tonica, suonato per tre volte in posizione di rivolto, prima di essere udito in posizione fondamentale.

Ho provato ad analizzare questo capolavoro di Billy Strayhorn 👉 https://go.leoravera.it/3YKMlAu

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Il tecnico del suono ha ripreso Duke Ellington a sua insaputa, durante una pausa. Si sentono voci e rumori di fondo, sono i musicisti che smontano gli strumenti. Un momento del tutto autentico, nel quale Ellington pensa all'amico Billy Strayhorn.

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Swinging Suites by Edward E. & Edward G. (also known as Peer Gynt Suite/Suite Thursday) is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for the Columbia label in 1960 featuring a jazz interpretation of Peer Gynt by Edvard Grieg and Ellington's tribute to John Steinbeck's Sweet Thursday, co-written by Billy Strayhorn.

In 1992, The New York Times reviewed a live performance of Ellington's Peer Gynt adaption: "The pieces, with their dense and gorgeous harmonies, lend themselves perfectly to live performance" and "the melody kept peeking around creamy harmonies, hurtling up-tempo sections abruptly merged with ballads" - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mne1rQ0rcw&list=PLhi1-l47nJ_UbX2xlrL5u9CKWNXx194xf&index=1

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Blues A-Plenty is an album recorded by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges featuring performances recorded in 1958 and released on the Verve label - Wikipedia

Bink Figgins On Allmusic:

If you're putting on a Johnny Hodges record, you likely know what you're hoping to hear; that Johnny Hodges sound; the cry and the wail and the strut. And here, he is in full command, effortlessly swinging in a laid-back, whiskey-soaked haze, surrounded by giants like Ben Webster, Roy Eldridge, Billy Strayhorn and Jimmy Woode...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sruKEckwR_4&list=PLkP5lX8SHpvBKYkU6f3qBadefkK-9c96k&index=1

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