The Billy Strayhorn Collection

Wise Publications
For Piano, voice & guitar

The Billy Strayhorn Collection brings together 17 memorable pieces written, arranged or made famous by the man of whom Duke Ellington said ‘(He) was my right arm, my left arm, all the eyes in the back of my head’.
The music presented here reflects the full range of Strayhorn’s talent and contains his most famous compositions, who  would have granted Strayhorn immortality in jazz’s hall of fame.
Ellington, a cultured man, was the smiling guy in the spotlight. Strayhorn remained in the shadows and lived a life of quiet courage, working in the civil rights movement, living openly as a homosexual and using his abundant musical talent mainly for the good of the Ellington orchestra.

A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing     
Balcony Serenade (from Perfume Suite)     
Chelsea Bridge     
Creole Love Call     
Dance Of The Floreadores (from The Nutcracker Suite)     
Johnny Come Lately     
Lotus Blossom Days     
Love Came     
Lush Life     
Multi-Colored Blue     
Paris Blues     
Passion Flower     
Peanut Brittle Brigade (from The Nutcracker Suite)     
Satin Doll     
Something To Live For     
Take The 'A' Train     
Your Love Has Faded