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The Dutch Jazz Orchestra / Jerry Van Rooijen: You Go To My Head

by C. Michael Bailey
May 1, 2002

His mother called him Bill...the arranger   Dayton, Ohio-native William Thomas Strayhorn tooled around forever in the shadow of Duke Ellington. But is that so bad? Truly one of the greatest collaborations in jazz, the Strayhorn/Ellington alliance produced a mountain of standards for the jazz repertoire. Strayhorn alone was credited with composing Ellington's theme ("Take the ...