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Entertainment
 
Entertainment
  
==Notable Achievements==
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==Description==
  
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Jazz pianist and composer, collaborated with Duke Ellington.  Close friend of jazz singer Lena Horne.  Notable for the composition 'Take the A Train'.  Participated in civil rights actions.
  
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==Further Reading/Research==
  
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* http://www.billystrayhorn.com/
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* http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_strayhorn_billy.htm
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* http://jazz.about.com/od/classicjazzartists/p/Artist-Profile-Composer-And-Arranger-Billy-Strayhorn.htm
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* http://www.biography.com/people/billy-strayhorn-9497226
  
Jazz pianist and composer, collaborated with Duke Ellington. Close friend of jazz singer Lena Horne.  Notable for the composition 'Take the A Train'. Participated in civil rights actions.
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Revision as of 23:52, 5 May 2014

Billy Strayhorn

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1915 - 1967

Occupation

Entertainment

Description

Jazz pianist and composer, collaborated with Duke Ellington. Close friend of jazz singer Lena Horne. Notable for the composition 'Take the A Train'. Participated in civil rights actions.

Further Reading/Research


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