Quick: Who penned Duke Ellington’s familiar theme “Take the A Train”? Nope, it wasn’t the flamboyant Ellington. Instead, it was BILLY STRAYHORN (1915-1967), the mild-mannered dude who often seemed to ...
Artists sometimes step out of character and produce a work that's not in the style for which they have come to be associated. The results are often intriguing if not always successful, and are a ...