Something to live for the music of Bil ly Strayhorn - Leur, Walter van de.; American Council of Learned Societies (New York : Oxford University Press, 2002)
Fantastic rhythm : the Pittsburgh years -- The renaissance of arrang ing : first works for and with Duke Ellington -- The Strayhorn effect : a new way of writing for jazz orchestra -- Thinking with the ear : Str ayhorn's musical fingerprints -- Writing and arranging companion : cred ited and uncredited collaborations -- "He is he and I am me" : the Elli ngton-Strayhorn collaboration -- Wounded love : away from the Ellington organization -- Masterpieces by Strayhorn : writing for albums -- The whodunit game : the mature style of Billy Strayhorn -- North by southwe st : the final years.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-314), discography (p. [194]-254), and index.
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Keywords: Strayhorn, Billy -- Criticism and interpretation