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Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn: Jazz Composers
Presentation about "two of the greatest composers of jazz ... Duke Ellington (1899-1974) and Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967), ... [who] collaborated on hundreds of works." Find biographies of Ellington and Strayhorn, and an examination of two jazz standards: "'Caravan,' written in 1936 by Duke Ellington and Juan Tizol, and 'Take the "A" Train,' composed in 1941 by Billy Strayhorn." Includes audio and video clips. From the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
http://americanhistory.si.edu/documentsgallery/exhibitions/ellington_strayhorn_1.html
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