Strayhorn et al. in Los Angeles - mid 20th Century
from Duke Ellington: Music is my Mistress, page 170:
One night in Los Angeles, some friends from San Francisco and I were roaming around, and we wound up in an after-hours joint on Adams Boulevard called Brother's. Who do you think had stopped by after his job and seated himself at the piano? Nobody but my man Tatum. He was in his usual rare form, and doing all of the most impossible high and harmonic changes. Strays [Billy Strayhorn] was with us, and our friends from San Francisco, Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Holmes. After meeting Art and conversing with him, she hit on the subject of Bach, because she had been studying his music. Something in … more >>
Duke Ellington, Duke Ellington: Music is my Mistress (New Jersey, 1973), p. 170. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1429446917212 accessed: 1 September, 2024
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classical music
written by Delius, Bach, Mozart |
performed by Art Tatum |
Experience Information
Date/Time | mid 20th Century |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |