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Chris Ingham & Harry Greene: The Life & Music Of Billy Strayhorn at Crazy Coqs
Courtesy of Denise McDonagh | Posted on December 16, 2021
When
Tue, January 25, 2022
19:00
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Musicians
Chris Ingham
pianoHarry Greene
saxophoneAbout
Probably the greatest composer of popular music many have never heard of, Billy Strayhorn, played an essential role in changing the sound of American popular music, at a time when jazz was American popular music, in the 1940s. Strayhorn wrote or co-wrote more than 100 tunes for the great Duke Ellington .
His compositions including “Take The A Train”, “Chelsea Bridge”, “Lush Life”, “Daydream” “Lotus Blossom”, “Something To Live For” and many more, have all become standard, must play numbers for all musicians.
If you want something hard enough, it just gets done” – Billy Strayhorn...