Strayhorn
Subtitle: an illustrated life
By: produced by Billy Strayhorn Songs, Inc. ; contributions by David Hajdu, Walter van de Leur, Robert Levi, Bruce Mayhall Rastrelli, and Gregory A. Morris ; edited by A. Alyce Claerbaut and David Schlesinger
Publisher: Agate Bolden
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9781932841985
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Composers; Pictorial works; Biography; Jazz musicians
Description: Collection of essays, photographs, and ephemera celebrating Billy Strayhorn and released in commemoration of his centennial, this coffee-table book offers details of the composer's life from musicians, scholars, and Strayhorn's closest relatives.
Notes: Includes bibliographical and discographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by Ramsey Lewis; title: Musical orbits / by A. Alyce Claerbaut; title: Moral freedoms / by Bruce Mayhall Rastrelli; title: Afterword. Cherish the legacy / by Gregory A. Morris.