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the book shows how the band synthesized influences from the modern artists displayed at the University of Georgia art museum

ces immenses orgues criblés de fils électriques ou ces claviers surréalistes aux notes futuristes

and reminding everyone how fresh that cultural experience was when the interviews for the book were done

musicale et spirituelle de la musique de John Coltrane

Houston Press

Lush Life: A Biography Of Billy Strayhorn talking heads the book shows how theAuthor: David Hajdu A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award Billy Strayhorn (1915 67) was one of the greatest composers in the history of American music, the creator of a body of work that includes such standards as "Take the 'A' Train." Yet all his life Strayhorn was overshadowed by his friend and collaborator Duke Ellington, with whom he worked for three decades as the Ellington Orchestra's ace songwriter and arranger. A "definitive"