
Finally, Donald charts the ups and many downs of Strayhorn's final years, which he spent in Riverside Drive, New York. We also hear of Strayhorn’s love affair with Paris, the city where he found the night-life and the artistic independence he craved, and where he was given the chance to record his first album under his own name. Work took him to Hollywood - Donald explores the reasons why this turned out to be both an opportunity and a source of disillusionment. He was quick to discover an exciting new world of opportunity, playing and writing for Ellington’s famous band – a complex relationship that continued for almost thirty years. Strayhorn cut free and moved to New York, where his path crossed with Duke Ellington.

Husin Shihab, yang belakangan juga sebagai lawan Bahar Smith mengatakan bahwa orang yang meyakini bahwa Tuhan itu lemah sudah pasti tidak beriman.


Over six years of toil as a “soda jerk and delivery boy” he saved up for music college, but an Art Tatum record showed him that everything he loved about classical music was there in one form or another in jazz. Terkini.id, Jakarta Ketua Cyber Indonesia, Husin Shihab pasang badan membela Ferdinand Hutahaean yang saat ini menjadi hujatan banyak pihak atas cuitannya yang mengatakan ‘Allahmu Lemah‘. Donald Macleod looks at five key environments that shaped Billy Strayhorn's personal and musical trajectory.ĭonald starts the journey in Homewood, Pittsburgh, where Billy Strayhorn’s early life was over-shadowed by poverty and a violent father.
