Word: strayhorn
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Duke Ellington Plays the Blues (Victor, 8 sides). Some good, but not the best, Ellington, with the Duke and Arranger Billy Strayhorn taking turns at the piano in Drawing Room Blues. Also Memphis Blues, Transblucency, Beale Street Blues and St. Louis Blues. Recording: fair...
Elizabeth Strayhorn was assistant to the commandant at the Fort Oglethorpe WAC training center until the commandant got another job and she took over...
...high point of the program, for me, was the duo compositions by Duke's talented protege, Billy Strayhorn, "Dirge" and "Stomp." They are considerably far ahead of anything this young man has done so far, and come close to overshadowing much of Duke's work, on this program at least. The third composition, "Nocturne," was omitted from the Boston concert, but if it's anywhere near as good as the others, it should be reinstated immediately...
Chelsea Bridge ("Duke" Ellington; Victor). Sound Ellington treatment of an original by Billy Strayhorn (Take the "A" Train...
...Last week he turned out Five O'clock Drag and Clementine, two original riff numbers arranged in the Ellington tradition of unexpected effects and frequent dissonance's, particularly in the brass section. Clementine is not the "Oh My Darling" ditty, but just another Ellington vehicle by his arranger, Billy Strayhorn. On both sides Ben Webster and Rex Stewart are presented with several grooves of wax, which they use to excellent advantage. On Clementine Rex blows a fine solo, exploiting the valves on his trumpet in the style he set in his Boy Meets Horn exhibition of a few years...