‘There is no ‘best’ of anything’: Yes, there Is…
DANNY GATTON, hailed by his fellow virtuosos as mastering the guitar in ways beyond those of mere mortals,…
Tag: Billy Strayhorn
The Force is With Them
DAVE STRYKER and arranger-conductor BRENT WALLARAB play it again, Sam, in an album of movie themes.
Tchaikovsky, Straight & Ellingtonized (Or, ‘Let’s Play Two!’)
TCHAIKOVSKY wrote THE NUTCRACKER SUITE, DUKE ELLINGTON and BILLY STRAYHORN reimagined it, and HARMONIE ENSEMBLE NEW YORK offers…
The Ellingtonian ‘Nutcracker’
An appreciation of THE NUTCRACKER SUITE as DUKE ELLINGTON & BILLY STRAYHORN reimagined it in 1960 and of…