Jazz on the Move: The Life and Music of Billy Strayhorn

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From the Nashville Jazz Workshop archives, a video of a concert performed in 2015 as part of the Nashville Jazz Workshop's Jazz on the Move series. "The Life and Music of Billy Strayhorn" featured vocalist Kevin Whalum with an all-star band and narration by Don O. Henry. Audio recording by Lauren Vessio. Video shot and edited by Graham Gerdeman
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Presented live at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville, TN.
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[@martinosullivan5169]

This is a great performance on every level. Congrats to all involved and thanks for making it accessible to the public!

[@michelerichards233]

Thank you so much! I live in Pittsburgh now and every day I have to stop myself from walking into the Strayhorn theater and singing this tune to his spirit. It's anoiinted.

[@fabianvanderknaap2102]

Thanks for making this! It was my history teacher (Walter vd Leur, who you mentioned wrote a book on Strayhorn) who made me conscious of the depth of Billy Strayhorn as a character and musician. I'm now reading David Hajdu's book on him and I want to learn more about this crazy and beautiful guy whose mother called him Billy hahaha!

[@greenleopard]

The pianist is exceptional.

[@Paul71H]

This is a wonderful performance with a stellar line-up of musicians! For me, no performance of "Lush Life" will ever touch the John Coltrane / Johnny Hartman version, but this one comes a lot closer than I thought possible. Thank you very much for posting this video.

[@Annc212]

“Something to Live For”. Wow thx all involved for all of this! And Leslie Bonnell for sharing it w our vocalists in Austin Tx at Austin Shakespeare!

[@dancelli714]

This dvd should be for sale. In the price would also be the donation.

[@leslieelizabeth219]

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[@jiyujizai]

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