Something to live for : the music of Billy Strayhorn / by Leur, Walter van de

Table of Contents: “…Fantastic rhythm : the Pittsburgh years -- The renaissance of arranging : first works for and with Duke Ellington -- The Strayhorn effect : a new way of writing for jazz orchestra -- Thinking with the ear : Strayhorn's musical fingerprints -- Writing and arranging companion : credited and uncredited collaborations -- "He is he and I am me" : the Ellington-Strayhorn collaboration -- Wounded love : away from the Ellington organization -- Masterpieces by Strayhord : writing for albums -- The whodunit game : the mature style of Billy Strayhorn -- North by southwest : the final years.…”
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Something to live for : the music of Billy Strayhorn / by Leur, Walter van de

Table of Contents: “…Fantastic rhythm : the Pittsburgh years -- The renaissance of arranging : first works for and with Duke Ellington -- The Strayhorn effect : a new way of writing for jazz orchestra -- Thinking with the ear : Strayhorn's musical fingerprints -- Writing and arranging companion : credited and uncredited collaborations -- "He is he and I am me" : the Ellington-Strayhorn collaboration -- Wounded love : away from the Ellington organization -- Masterpieces by Strayhord : writing for albums -- The whodunit game : the mature style of Billy Strayhorn -- North by southwest : the final years.…”

QuaDRUMvirate : Ronnie Bedford and friends /

Table of Contents: “…Now's the time / Charlie Parker (8:33) -- Out of Nowhere / John Green and Edward Hayman (9:17) -- Oleo / Sonny Rollins (8:22) -- Jitterbug waltz / Thomas "Fats" Waller (6:09) -- I love you / Cole Porter (9:51) -- Stardust / Hoagy Carmichael and Mitchell Parish (6:02) -- All blues / Miles Davis (11:24) -- It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing / Duke Ellington and Irving Mills (4:59).…”
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Horizons /

Table of Contents: “…My heart stood still / Richard Rodgers ; Lorenz Hart (6: 24) -- Moon and sand / Bill Engvick ; Morty Palitz ; Alec Wilder (7:43) -- The star crossed lovers / Duke Ellington ; Billy Strayhorn (5:00) -- One finger snap / Herbie Hancock (3:22) -- Surrey with the fringe on top (Richard Rodgers ; Oscar Hammerstein II (5:00) -- Miyako / Wayne Shorter (7:43) -- Cloudless sky / Fred Hersch (8:04).…”
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When lights are low / by Burrell, Kenny

Table of Contents: “…[et al.] (6:25) -- Li'l darlin' / Neal Hefti (5:28) -- Blue muse / Kenny Burrell (5:15) -- Ain't misbehavin' / Thomas "Fats Waller, Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf (4:58) -- It shouldn't happen to a dream / Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges (6:25) -- Blues for Basie / Kenny Burrell (6:28).…”
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Merry olde soul / by Feldman, Victor, 1934-1987

Table of Contents: “…For dancers only / Sy Oliver (4:40) -- Lisa / Zito, Feldman (4:04) -- Serenity / Victor Feldman (4:35) -- You make me feel so young / Myrow, Gordon (5:15) -- Come Sunday / Duke Ellington (2:15) -- The man I love / Gershwin, Gershwin (6:25) -- Bloke's blues / Feldman (5:32) -- I want to be wanted / Gannon, Testa, Spotti (3:42) -- Mosey on down / Feldman (3:57).…”
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The best of Zoot Sims.

Table of Contents: “…Willow weep for me / Ann Ronell (6:32) -- Bloos for Louise / Zoot Sims (7:58) -- Someday sweetheart / Spikes, Spikes (6:00) -- Wrap up / Sims (3:43) -- The girl from Ipanema / Jobim, DeMoraes, Gimbel (4:10) -- More than you know / Youmans, Rose, Eliscu (5:57) -- Main stem / Duke Ellington (5:00) --I got it bad and that ain't good / Ellington, Webster (6:15).…”
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Once upon a time / by Hines, Earl, 1903-1983

Table of Contents: “…Douglas, Thiele (4:10) -- Cottontail / Duke Ellington (3:13) -- The blues in my flat / Lionel Hampton (8:00) -- You can depend on me / E. …”
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Ring dem vibes /

Table of Contents: “…Ring dem bells / Duke Ellington, Irving Mills (7:47) -- Seven come eleven / Benny Goodman (2:15) -- On the sunny side of the street / Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh (4:30) - - Blue Lou / Edgar Sampson, Irving Mills (7:07) -- Psychedelic Sally / Horace Silver (10:32) -- Vibraphone blues / Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa (4:39) - - Hamp's thing / Lionel Hampton (6:26).…”
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In the break : the aesthetics of the Black radical tradition / by Moten, Fred

Table of Contents: “…The sentimental avant-garde. Duke Ellington's sound of love ; Voices/forces ; Sound in florescence (Cecil Taylor Floating Garden) ; Praying with Eric -- 2. …”
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The birth of the cool of Miles Davis and his associates / by Tirro, Frank

Table of Contents: “…Bix Beiderbecke ; Stan Getz and Ralph Burns ; Dave Brubeck and his octet ; Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington ; Lennie Tristano and his students -- The Claude Thornhill Orchestra. …”

Lotus blossom /

Table of Contents: “…Satin doll : (trio) / Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington (4:20) -- Warm valley : (solo) / Duke Ellington (4:22) -- There will never be another you : (duo) / Harry Warren, Mack Gordon (4:02) -- Lotus blossom : (solo) / Billy Strayhorn (3:44) -- If you could see me now : (solo) / Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman (5:38) -- The night has a thousand eyes : (trio) / Jerome Brainin, Buddy Bernier (5:00) -- I don't stand a ghost of a chance : (duo) / Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young (4:55) -- Minha = (All mine) : (solo) / Francis Hime, Jay Livingston, Ray Evans (5:27) -- For once in my life : (solo) / Robert Wells, Cy Coleman (4:19) -- Couplet (solo): Once upon a summertime / David Edmund Bacri, ... …”
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The Ellington century / by Schiff, David

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Lift every voice and swing : Black musicians and religious culture in the jazz century / by Booker, Vaughn A.

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The 1954 Los Angeles concert.

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The piano player.

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At the Zanzibar Club.

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Togo bravo suite.

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It's up to you.

Table of Contents: “…Marie -- These foolish things -- Duke Ellington medley. Mood indigo ; Prelude to a kiss ; In a sentimental mood ; Sophisticated lady -- I hear you screamin' -- Baby, won't you please come home -- How high the moon -- Birdhouse -- It's a good day -- You be you -- Dear old Southland.…”
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Contemporary classics : masterpieces of the 20th century.

Table of Contents: “…The Blues from The Black, Brown and Beige (Duke Ellington) -- V. Ragtime (Igor Stravinsky) -- VI. …”
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