Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn: Jazz Composers
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Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn: Jazz Composers
Through brief biographies of the composers, primary source documents, and media clips, students will learn about the collaboration of these two great jazz composers and the process involved in writing and recording two of the most celebrated jazz pieces. This website examines two jazz standards, eac…