The fruitful collaboration between Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington is widely known to have brought us such classics as "Take The 'A' Train," "Chelsea Bridge" and "Isfahan." But behind the music ...

This movement was one of many compositions in the Ellington canon that had actually been written by Billy Strayhorn, who had been what Ellington described as his “composing and arranging partner ...

And they got after me to have someone else hear them." Composer and arranger Billy Strayhorn would go on to create some of the most popular American music of the 20th century: songs like "Lush ...

Fortunately, as Billy Strayhorn’s Nov. 29 centennial approaches, the world slowly is beginning to acknowledge his importance as man and musician, with Chicago to take on a prominent role in ...

On this morning’s episode of Live with Kelly and Mark, Porter told co-hosts Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos about his new musical Billy Strayhorn: Something To Live For, which follows “one of ...

EXCLUSIVE: Billy Porter has joined the producing team of the Broadway-aimed Billy Strayhorn: Something to Live For, a new musical about jazz great Strayhorn set to make its world debut next month ...

Holding/Audition room information: The maximum capacity in the holding room is: 16 The maximum capacity in the audition room is: 9 BILLY STRAYHORN– Black. A superb, star level singer.

"He took a backseat to Duke Ellington back in the day because he was queer," the Pose star said of Billy Strayhorn, the subject of a new musical he produced about the jazz artist's life.