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"Lush Life" is a jazz standard that was written by Billy Strayhorn from 1933 to 1936. It was performed publicly for the first time by Strayhorn and vocalist Kay Davis with the Duke Ellington Orchestra at Carnegie Hall on November 13, 1948.
Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn is an album by the jazz saxophonist Joe Henderson.Composed of songs written by Billy Strayhorn, the album was a critical and commercial success, leading to the first of three Grammy Awards Henderson would receive while under contract with Verve Records.
Lush Life, a 1978 album by Bill Farrell; Lush Life (The George Golla Orchestra album), 1986; Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn, a 1992 album by Joe Henderson; Lush Life (Rick Kiefer album), by Rick Kiefer (1975) Lush Life, a 1998 album by Peter King; Lush Life - tribute to Billy Strayhorn, album by Gianni Basso 2003; Lush Life (Tete ...
Strayhorn had a major influence on the career of Lena Horne, who wanted to marry Strayhorn and considered him the love of her life. [17] Strayhorn used his classical background to improve Horne's singing technique, and they recorded songs together. In the 1950s, Strayhorn left Duke Ellington for a few years to pursue a solo career of his own.
Lush Life is a studio album by the jazz musician John Coltrane. It was released in early 1961 through Prestige Records. [2] [1] It was assembled from previously unissued tracks from three recording sessions at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey in 1957 and 1958. As Coltrane's profile increased during the 1960s, some years after the end ...
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According to Gaga, "Lush Life" and "Sophisticated Lady" complemented each other; for Bennett, the complement came from the fact that Duke Ellington wrote "Sophisticated Lady" and later collaborated with Strayhorn for "Lush Life". [16] Gaga sang "Lush Life" in her school choir, but it was only later she understood the lyrical interpretation of ...
A fare-dodging passenger on a German high-speed train ended up clinging to the outside when it pulled out of the station before he was ready to get on, police say.