Birdland on August 4th! mailchi.mp/e6468687a79e/b…

DownBeat September 2025 archive.maherpublications.com/view/930441059

Visit the Billy Strayhorn store for a nice back to school t shirt, cap, hoodie or coffee cup. Make a purchase at our website: billystrayhorn.com

Ever Up and Onward: A Tribute To Billy Strayhorn, is an in depth and intelligent 8 part series conceived and narrated by LA bassist and orchestrater Marlon Martinez. View the series at our website: billystrayhorn.com.

Billy Strayhorn at the piano, circa 1952.

A “thoughtful” Billy Strayhorn, from the photograph collection of pianist Marian McPartland. She played regularly at New York City’s Hickory House, often times with Strayhorn in attendance.

A great upcoming show… 904TIX | Bowlus & Ricci - The Music of Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn at Blue Jay Listening Room 904tix.com/events/joshua-…

Billy Strayhorn enjoyed a final vacation between Christmas 1966 and New Year’s 1967 on the island of St. Vincent in the Caribbean with friends. Pictured here with the personal physician to him and Duke Ellington, Dr. Arthur Logan.

“All music is beautiful”…Billy Strayhorn.

Samara Joy on Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s “Perfume Suite: Sonata” | A Story in Every Note - YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=Mp8g-Z…

Billy Strayhorn wrote “Passion Flower” in 1939 shortly after starting his new gig with the Ellington orchestra. Johnny Hodges first recorded “Passion Flower” in 1941. It was the first in a string of emotionally involved ballads Strayhorn wrote for Hodges.

Sep 14 | Live Concert! The Music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn | Basking Ridge, NJ Patch patch.com/new-jersey/bas…

Congrats to the 2025 Billy Strayhorn Jazz Education Scholarship Award recipient from the Litchfield Jazz Camp, saxophonist Dontae James. Dontae is a senior at Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven, Connecticut. We applaud Dontae on his stellar achievement!

Jazz Legacy Project: Billy Strayhorn patch.com/georgia/duluth…

⁦Reservoir⁩. Reservoir is also the catalog holder for the music written by Billy Strayhorn… Reservoir Rolls With Miles Davis Prior to Centennial hitsdailydouble.com/news/signing/r…

Juan Tizol and Strayhorn (seated), with Ben Webster and Barney Bigard.

In 1956, 9 members of the Ellington band, including Billy Strayhorn on piano, recorded the album ‘Duke’s in Bed’. “Ballad for Very Tired and Very Sad Lotus Eaters was one of those Strayhorn/Johnny Hodges gems… music.apple.com/us/album/balla…

Billy Strayhorn in his Westinghouse High School yearbook in Pittsburgh: 1934.

The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and guests will have a wonderful musical event October 4th in Los Angeles… CURRENT: REFLECTIONS IN SONG | Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra laco.org/events/reflect…

⁦Reservoir⁩ A wonderful awards ceremony that included honoring Billy Strayhorn… IMPRESSIONS: The American Tap Dance Foundation Tap City Tap Awards 2025 | The Dance Enthusiast dance-enthusiast.com/features/impre…