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:

Lush Life by David Hajdu, ©1996, North Point Press, 18 West 18 Street, NY NY 10011

Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn, by Walter van de Leur, ©2002, Oxford University Press

Beyond Category; The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington by John Edward Hasse, ©1993, Da Capo Press

Music is my Mistress by Duke Ellington, ©1973, Da Capo Press

JUST JAZZ No. 3, Ed. Sinclair Traill and The Hon. Gerald Lascelles, ©1959, Four Square Books, Landsborough Publications Ltd, 173 New Bond Street, London, W.1

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