Billy Strayhorn Composer , Arranger and JAZZ Pianist -unknown Writer for Duke Ellington

The Jcoolin’s Podcast

Podcast is about Billy Strayhorn AKA Sweet Pea AKA Strays -Arranger , Composer Lyricist , Pianist and Innovator of the Modern Music Also Civil Rights supporter Of Dr King. Still DON’T know he is KNOW MORE OF HIS COLLABORATION WITH DuKe Ellington Orchestra of where Strayhorn began and Duke Ended or did he ? He is virtually unknown in Jazz music or received the notoriety and Royalties for music he composed and Arranged such as : Lush Life , Take the A Train , Something To Live For , PASSION Flower and Satin Doll just to name a few. STAYHORN is BORN September 29th 1915 in Dayton, Ohio and raised in Pittsburgh, Pa . Also Strayhorn was the first Openly Gay Blackman in Jazz .