Black Music Sunday: A jazzy bouquet for May, starring Billy Strayhorn
by Daily Kos
Daily Kos— April showers are behind us, according to the famous song. Keeping those flowers that bloom in May in mind, it’s time to play a musical bouquet—brought to us by instrumental and vocal jazz artists. You might think there would be an almost endless list of jazz tunes about flowers, but the list is a fairly short one—thought there are lots of tunes about the spring season. Duke Ellington’s alter ego and co-composer, Billy Strayhorn, nicknamed “Sweetpea,” wrote some lovely compositions that fit...
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