Did Duke Ellington really used to say: “He does all the work and I take all the bows?” One thing’s for sure—neither man would have had the career he did without the other.

Starring Fat Tony as Billy Strayhorn and Open Mike Eagle as Duke Ellington

Also featuring: Sasheer Zamata, Sam Sanders, JaRon Ferguson, Miles Gross, Chris Hayes, and Tavis Doucette

Source List:

JUST JAZZ No. 4, Ed. Sinclair Traill and The Hon. Gerald Lascelles, ©1960, Pub. Souvenir Press Ltd, London, WC1 and Canada, The Ryerson Press, Toronto, Printed GB by Clarke, Doble & Brendon, Ltd, Oakfield Press

JazzProfiles, Billy Strayhorn - The Bill Coss Interview

National Jazz Archive, Duke Ellington

CBC News, Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington’s ‘right arm’, to be paid tribute to at Capilano University concert

The New Yorker, The Hot Bach - I

The New Yorker, The Hot Bach II

YouTube, Duke Ellington Interview by Jack Cullen 1962

Colburn, Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington’s Collaboration

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