Such Sweet Thunder
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Such Sweet Thunder is a Duke Ellington album, released in 1957. The record is a twelve-part suite based on the works of William Shakespeare.
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Billy Strayhorn
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William Thomas Strayhorn was an American jazz composer, pianist, lyricist, and arranger who collaborated with bandleader and composer Duke Ellington for nearly three decades. His compositions include
Such Sweet Thunder
…Stratford, Ontario, at the same time that the Stratford Shakespearean Festival was ongoing. Ellington and his longtime composing and arranging partner Billy Strayhorn talked to festival staffers, and Ellington soon announced his next album project would be a suite based on the works of Shakespeare. In addition to the…
Strayhorn c. 1947; by William P. Gottlieb
Strayhorn (seated at piano) and (from left) Duke Ellington, Leonard Feather, and Louis Armstrong in 1947
Strayhorn in 1958; by Carl Van Vechten
A sign in dedication to Strayhorn near his childhood home in Hillsborough, North Carolina (2009)