After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Adele's "Someone Like You" is the first song with just piano and voice to hit #1 in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, which started in 1958. But not by much -- for the most part, the arrangements stay within formats that would have been recognizable to Strayhorn. Lotus Blossom (1959) Lush Life (1948) More Songfacts: Someone Like YouAdele. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon. Elvis Costello doesn't take a different approach to his guest vocal on the ballad "My Flame Burns Blue (Blood Count)" than he does on the many other jazz vocals he'd recorded by this time, but he's still always a pleasure to hear, his nuanced reading close to perfection and as heartfelt as everything else he does. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Despite his crucial role in 20th century jazz and popular music as a songwriter, musician and arranger, Billy Strayhorn is still too often seen as a postscript to the Duke Ellington story -- the two collaborated for nearly three decades. Y.M.C.A.The Village People. This is a little-known and rather melancholy set, virtually Billy Strayhorn's only recording away from the world of Duke Ellington. Joe Lovano -- accompanied by Jones on piano, George Mraz on bass and Paul Motian on drums -- never strays too far afield in his sax solos, and Dianne Reeves, who provides the bulk of the vocals, similarly plays it straight, her husky tone lending warmth and richness to such Strayhorn compositions as "Day Dream," "My Little Brown Book" (her playful scatting lifts the already enjoyable set up another notch), "Something to Live For" and a stunning "Lush Life," on which she is supported solely by Russell Malone's guitar. Composer and arranger Billy Strayhorn would go on to create some of the most popular American music of the 20th century: songs like "Lush Life" … Complete your Joe Henderson collection. Of the ten songs, only "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'" hints at happiness; otherwise, Strayhorn's melodic and concise playing is quite somber, peaceful in volume but filled with inner tension. Billy Strayhorn Song list. This collection features contemporary jazz musicians and vocalists interpreting 15 of Strayhorn's compositions, some co-written with Ellington or others, some penned only by Strayhorn -- most of the tracks feature one or two quartets, or a piano soloist. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Despite his crucial role in 20th century jazz and popular music as a songwriter, musician and arranger, Billy Strayhorn is still too often seen as a postscript to the Duke Ellington story -- the two collaborated for nearly three decades. Your Amazon Music account is currently associated with a different marketplace. Check out Billy Strayhorn on Amazon Music. "Strange Feeling" and "Chelsea Bridge" are taken as unaccompanied piano solos. Discover releases, reviews, track listings, recommendations, and more about Joe Henderson - Lush Life: The Music Of Billy Strayhorn at Discogs. Three selections have the Paris Blue Notes adding sparse wordless vocals, two other numbers add some quiet playing by the Paris String Quartet, and bassist Michel Goudret is on five of the ten selections (including one apiece with the strings and the voices). Those solo pieces, performed by Bill Charlap ("Fantastic Rhythm," "Valse") or Hank Jones ("Satin Doll"), as well as the two musicians' frisky duet on "Tonk," necessarily hew closely to the Ellington template, while the groups are more willing to chance modernization. This is a little-known and rather melancholy set, virtually Billy Strayhorn's only recording away from the world of Duke Ellington.The focus is totally on Strayhorn's piano throughout his interpretations of ten of his compositions (including "Lush Life," "Take the 'A' Train," and "Something to Live For"). Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. To enjoy Prime Music, go to Your Music Library and transfer your account to Amazon.com (US). Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. If Strayhorn had done nothing else but compose Ellington's theme "Take the 'A' Train" (oddly absent from this tribute session), his place in history would still be fortified, but indeed he gave so much more. The focus is totally on Strayhorn's piano throughout his interpretations of ten of his compositions (including "Lush Life," "Take the 'A' Train," and "Something to Live For"). No results were found for that selection.