[Note: Some of the most interesting Web sites on Strayhorn contain audio clips, usually in RealAudio format.  You may download the RealAudio player for free here. One you have downloaded and installed it, the first time you play a RealAudio clip you may need to use the "Pick app[lication]" dialogue box to navigate to the file "realplay.exe" on your hard drive. After that, RealAudio files should load and play automatically when you click on them.]

"Billy Strayhorn"
Article by Jose Hosaisson from The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.

"Billy Strayhorn"
Dr. Billy Taylor explains aspects of Strayhorn's work and plays Strayhorn compositions at this site sponsored by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

"Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967)"
A short biography at G. Schirmer, Inc., the publisher of his works.

"Ellington's Strayhorn"
RealAudio archival recording (59 min.) of the "Jazz from Lincoln Center" episode devoted to Strayhorn. Narrated by Ed Bradley. Strayhorn himself speaks briefly at one point.

"Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn"
Bart Schneider's review of David Hadju's biography.

"Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn"
Joel Roberts's review of David Hadju's biography.

Momentum
A bi-monthly newsletter devoted to the Strayhorn legacy.

"Photographs from the Golden Age of Jazz"
A Library of Congress digital exhibition by master jazz photographer William P. Gottlieb. The search engine will take you to a Strayhorn portrait.

RealAudio clip
Dr. Billy Taylor talks about the slow, relaxed "Take the ’A’ Train" version that he and Nance played at Strayhorn’s funeral; then Taylor plays the tune.

RealAudio clip
The opening of "Lush Life" performed by Sarah Vaughan.

"Sound Archive"
Jazz from Lincoln Center RealAudio archives; shows on Strayhorn and others.

"TDES: Billy Strayhorn"
The Duke Ellington Society tribute to Strayhorn.

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