Billy Strayhorn
American musician, composer, lyricist and arranger
William Thomas Strayhorn (November 29, 1915 – May 31, 1967) was an American jazz composer, pianist, lyricist, and arranger who collaborated with bandleader and composer Duke Ellington for nearly three decades. His compositions include "Take the 'A' Train", "Chelsea Bridge", "A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing", and "Lush Life".
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Works
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- 3:10 Blues
- A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing
- After All
- Agra
- All Day Long
- All Heart
- Amad
- B D B
- Balcony Serenade
- Ballad for Very Tired and Very Sad Lotus Eaters
- Blood Count
- Blue Pepper (Far East of the Blues)
- Bluebird of Delhi (Mynah)
- Blues in Orbit
- Brown Betty
- Bugle Breaks
- Chalmeau
- Chelsea Bridge
- Circle of Fourths
- Clementine
- Day Dream
- Depk
- Dirge
- Dra med Krøderbanen
- Drawing Room Blues
- Festival Suite
- Festival Suite: Part I. Festival Junction
- Festival Suite: Part II. Blues to Be There
- Festival Suite: Part III. Newport Up
- Half the Fun (a.k.a. Lately)
- Happy Go Lucky Local
- Imagine My Frustration
- Intimacy of the Blues
- Isfahan
- Island Virgin
- Just A‐Sittin’ and A‐Rockin’
- Lady Mac
- Lament for Javanette
- Lay-By
- Lotus Blossom
- Love Like This Can’t Last
- Lush Life
- Lush Life (Intro)
- Madness in Great Ones
- Maybe
- Medley: From A to Z (Take the “A” Train / Make the Road by Walking)
- Midriff
- Misfit Blues
- Mount Harissa
- Multi‐Colored Blue
- My Leopard (Isfahan)
- My Little Brown Book
- Overture to a Jam Session, Parts 1 & 2
- Passion Flower
- Pretty Girl
- Rain Check
- Raincheck
- Rock Skippin' at the Blue Note
- SNIBOR
- Satin Doll
- Schwiphti
- Self Portrait (of the Bean)
- Smada
- Something to Live For
- Sonnet for Caesar
- Sonnet for Sister Kate
- Sonnet in Search of a Moor
- Sonnet to Hank Cinq
- Stomp (Johnny Come Lately)
- Strange Feeling
- Such Sweet Thunder
- Suite Strayhorn
- Suite Strayhorn: I. Chelsea Bridge
- Suite Strayhorn: II. A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing
- Sweet and Pungent
- Take the “A” Train
- The Eighth Veil
- The New Look (Snibor)
- The Perfume Suite
- The Star-Crossed Lovers
- The Telecasters
- Tonk
- Tourist Point of View
- Up and Down, Up and Down (I Will Lead Them Up and Down)
- Upper Manhattan Medical Group
- Violet Blue
- What Else Can You Do With a Drum
- You’re the One
- Zweet Zurzday