Billy Strayhorn

About this episode

Did Duke Ellington really used to say: “He does all the work and I take all the bows?” One thing’s for sure—neither man would have had the career he did without the other. Starring Fat Tony as Billy Strayhorn and Open Mike Eagle as Duke Ellington Also featuring: Sasheer Zamata, Sam Sanders, JaRon Ferguson, Miles Gross, Chris Hayes, and Tavis Doucette   Source List: Lush Life by David Hajdu, ©1996, North Point Press, 18 West 18 Street, NY NY 10011 Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn, by Walter van de Leur, ©2002, Oxford University Press Beyond Category; The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington by John Edward Hasse, ©1993, Da Capo Press Music is my Mistress by Duke Ellington, ©1973, Da Capo Press JUST JAZZ No. 3, Ed. Sinclair Traill and The Hon. Gerald Lascelles, ©1959, Four Square Books, Landsborough Publications Ltd, 173 New Bond Street, London, W.1 JUST JAZZ No. 4, Ed. Sinclair Traill and The Hon. Gerald Lascelles, ©1960, Pub. Souvenir Press Ltd, London, WC1 and Canada, The Ryerson Press, Toronto, Printed GB by Clarke, Doble & Brendon, Ltd, Oakfield Press JazzProfiles, Billy Strayhorn - The Bill Coss Interview National Jazz Archive, Duke Ellington CBC New