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国内初CD化作品 名義はストレイホーンとなっているが、実際にはデューク・エリントン楽団がシカゴのジャズクラブへの出演時の記録という、ルーレットに残された知られざるライヴ名盤。クラーク・テリー、キャット・アンダーソン、ハロルド・ショーティ・ベイカー、アンドリュー・ファッツ・フォード(tp)、レイ・ナンス(tp,vln,vcl) クェンティン・ジャクソン、ブリット・ウッドマン、ジョン・サンダース(tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl,ts) Russell Procope (as,cl) ジョニー・ホッジス(as,ss) ポール・ゴンザルヴェス(ts)ハリー・カーニー(bs,b-cl,cl) デューク・エリントン(p)ジョニー・ペイト(b)ジミー・ジョンソン(ds) 録音:1959年8月9日シカゴ『ブルーノート』でのライヴ(メーカーインフォより)

これまでにもビリー・ストレイホーンの業績に焦点を当てた企画はいくつか試みられてきましたが、このStoryville7枚組ボックス(CD7枚+ DVD1枚)は、その中でも最もスケールの大きいもの。すべてをじっくりお聴きいただければ、ストレイホーンのコンポジションが持つ洗練された魅力のすべてを味わうことができます。1枚目はストレイホーンが1961年にパリで弦楽四重奏を加えて録音したリーダー・アルバム『The Peaceful Side Of Billy Strayhorn』(United Artists)の全曲と、3度にわたるデューク・エリントンとのピアノ・デュエット録音を収録。ピアニストとしてもデュークとは異なるスタイルを持ち、そのコンポジションにも通じる洗練されたスタイルを十分楽しむことができます。2枚目はエリントン・バンドによるストレイホーン作品集で、1939年の録音から、ブラントン~ウェブスター・バンドを経て1967年のストレイホーン追悼作まで20曲を収録。エリントン楽団はストレイホーン作品の魅力を最も本質的に伝えてくれる器だったことを証明する録音が並んでいます。3枚目は、モダン・ジャズ・ミュージシャンを含めてさまざまなアーティストによる演奏を収めたCD。アート・テイタム、デューク・ジョーダン、ホレス・パーランなどさまざまなスタイルのピアニストの演奏を聴き比べるのも楽しい1枚です。4枚目はザ・ダッチ・ジャズ・オーケストラ、そして5枚目は北欧のミュージシャンたちによる演奏を収録。さらにケン・ペプロウスキの6枚目、ハリー・アレンの7枚目と続き、最後には、エリントン・バンドやデューク・ジョーダンなどが演奏した映像を見ることができます。(新譜案内より)■CD 1 BILLY STRAYHORN-The Pianist and Composer1.Lush Life 3:28 (Billy Strayhorn) 2.Just-A-Sittin’ And-A-Rockin’ 2:53 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn-Lee Gaines) 3.Passion Flower 3:43 (Billy Strayhorn-Milton Raskin) 4.Take The “A” Train 3:17 (Billy Strayhorn) 5.Strange Feeling 3:41 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn) 6.Day Dream 4:04 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn) 7.Chelsea Bridge 3:18 (Billy Strayhorn) 8.Multi Colored Blue 3:22 (also known as Violet Blue) (Billy Strayhorn) 9.Something To Live For 3:03 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn) 10.A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing 4:48 (Billy Strayhorn) 11.Tonk 2:58 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn) 12.Johnny Come Lately 3:02 (Billy Strayhorn) 13.In A Blue Summer Garden 4:10 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn) 14.Tonk (Pianistically Allied) 3:28 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn) 15.Drawing Room Blues 3:39 (Billy Strayhorn) 16.Tonk 2:50 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn) Total time: 55:46Personnel: Track 1 – 10 Billy Strayhorn (p) Michel Gaudry (b on 2,3,8,9 & 10) Paris String Quartet (strings on 4 & 10) Paris Blue Notes (vo on 1,6 & 8) Recorded in Paris, May 1961 Track 11,12 & 13 Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn (p) Joe Schulman (b) Recorded in New York, November 1950 Track 14 Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn (p) Recorded in Marshfield, Massachusetts, August 25 ,1945 Track 15 & 16 Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn (p) Recorded in New York, January 10, 1946CD 2 Duke Ellington and his Orchestra play Billy Strayhorn compositions1.Something To Live For 3:27 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn) 2.Grievin’ 3:55 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn) 3.Johnny Come Lately 2:41 (Billy Strayhorn) 4.Take The “A” Train 8:10 (Billy Strayhorn) 5.Mid-Riff 4:08 (Billy Strayhorn) 6.My Little Brown Book 3:13 (Billy Strayhorn) 7.Day Dream 3:27 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn) 8.Bugle Breaks 2:40 (Billy Strayhorn-Duke Ellington-Mercer Ellington) 9.Metronome All Out 4:48 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn) 10.I Don’t Mind 3:30 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn) 11.After All 3:38 (Billy Strayhorn) 12.Kissin’ Bug 3:09 (Billy Strayhorn-Rex Stewart-Joya Sherrill) 13.Just A-Sittin’ And A-Rockin’ 3:19 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn-Lee Gaines) 14.Clementine 3:02 (Billy Strayhorn) 15.Paradise 4:33 (Billy Strayhorn) 16.Passion Flower 4:03 (Billy Strayhorn-Milton Raskin) 17.Satin Doll 3:52 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn-Johnny Mercer) 18.Newport Up 5:30 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn) 19.What Else Can You Do With A Drum 2:27 (Billy Strayhorn-Duke Ellington) 20.Blood Count 3:53 (Billy Strayhorn) Total time: 77:10Personnel: Track 1: Cootie Williams,Rex Stewart,Wallace Jones (tp) Joe Nanton,Lawrence Brown,Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl) Otto Hardwick,Johnny Hodges (as) Harry Carney (bs) Duke Ellington (p) Billy Taylor (b) Sonny Greer (dr) Recorded at Ritz Carlton,Boston, July 26,1939 Track 2: Cootie Williams,Rex Stewart,Wallace Jones (tp) Joe Nanton,Lawrence Brown,Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl) Johnny Hodges,Otto Hardwick (as) Harry Carney (bs) Duke Ellington (p) Fred Guy (g) Jimmy Blanton (b) Sonny Greer (dr) Recorded at Southland Café, Boston, January 9, 1940 Track 3: Ray Nance,Rex Stewart,Harold Baker,Wallace Jones (tp) Lawrence Brown,Joe Nanton,Juan Tizol (tb) Johnny Hodges,Sax Mallard (as) Chauncey Haughton (cl) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bs) Duke Ellington (p) Fred Guy (g) Alvin “Junior” Raglin (b) Sonny Greer (dr) Recorded at the Hurricane April 4, 1943 Track 4,13,14,15 & 16 Shelton Hemphill,Al Killian,Francis Williams,Harold Baker,Ray Nance (tp) Lawrence Brown,Tyree Glenn,Quentin Jackson (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (ts & cl) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bs) Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn (p) Wendell Marshall (b) Sonny Greer (dr) Recorded “live” at the Empire Room, Hollywood, Los Angeles, February 1949 Track 5 & 6 Rex Stewart,Taft Jordan,Shelton Hemphill,Cat Anderson,Ray Nance (tp & v) Joe Nanton,Lawrence Brown,Claude Jones (tb) Jimmy Hamilton,Al Sears (ts) Johnny Hodges,Otto Hardwick (as) Harry Carney (bs) Duke Ellington,Billy Strayhorn (p) Fred Guy (g) Alvin “Junior” Raglin (b) Sonny Greer (dr) Al Hibbler (vo) Recorded at 400 Restaurant, NYC, April 28, 1945 Track 7 Same as track 5 & 6 but recorded at Apollo Teatre NYC, June 30, 1945 Track 8 & 9 Same as track 5 & 6 but recorded at RKO Teatre, Boston, July 14, 1945 Track 10 & 11 Same as track 5 & 6 but recorded Fieldston Ballroom, Marshfield,Massachusetts, August 25, 1945, Marie Ellington (vo) Track 12 Same as track 5 & 6 but recorded at the New Zanzibar, NYC, September 26, 1945. Joya Sherrill (vo) Track 17,18 & 19 Ray Nance,Clark Terry,Cat Anderson,Harold Baker (tp) Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman,John Sanders (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (ts) Johnny Hodges, Russel Procope (as) Harry Carney (bs) Duke Ellington (p) Jimmy Woode (b) Sam Woodyard (dr) Ozzie Bailey (vo) Recorded live at Kongressaal, Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany, November 14, 1958 Track 20 Cootie Williams,Cat Anderson,Herbie Jones,Mercer Ellington (tp) Buster Cooper,Lawrence Brown,Chuck Conners (tb) Jimmy Hamilton,Paul Gonsalves (ts) Johnny Hodges,Russel Procope (as) Harry Carney (bs) Duke Ellington (p) John Lamb (b) Recorded at RCA Studios, New York, June 23, 1967CD 3 Various Groups play Billy Strayhorn1.Take The “A” Train 6:19 (Billy Strayhorn) 2.Chelsea Bridge 4:15 (Billy Strayhorn) 3.Just A-Sittin” And A-Rockin’ 2:48 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn-Lee Gaines) 4.Lush Life 3:19 (Billy Strayhorn) 5.Isfahan 12:18 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn) 6.Just A-Sittin’ And A-Rockin’ 2:48 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn-Lee Gaines) 7.Satin Doll 6:08 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn-Johnny Mercer) 8.Take The “A” Train 2:42 (Billy Strayhorn) 9.Blood Count 7:30 (Billy Strayhorn) 10.Take The “A” Train 4:34 (Billy Strayhorn) 11.Johnny Come Lately 4:51 (Billy Strayhorn) 12.Satin Doll 5:16 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn-Johnny Mercer) 13.Chelsea Bridge 7:25 (Billy Strayhorn) 14.Take The “A” Train 4:28 (Billy Strayhorn) Total time: 74:47Personnel: Track 1: Clark Terry (tp) Johnny O’Neal (p) Dewey Sampson (b) James Martin (dr) Live at E.J.’s, Atlanta, Georgia, December 18, 1981 Track 2: Ben Webster (ts) Camille de Ceunynck (p) Tony Vaes (b) Charlie Pauvels (dr) Live at Antwerp Jazz Club,Belgien, June 16,1967 Track 3: Art Tatum (p) Recorded in Los Angeles, c. 1948 Track 4: Duke Jordan (p) Recorded in Copenhagen, October 6, 1993 Track 5: Johnny Griffin (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Jens Melgaard (b) Ole Streenberg (dr) Recorded live at Jazzhus Slukefter,Tivoli, Copenhagen July 15, 1989 Track 6: Delta Rhythm Boys (vo), Recorded in Copenhagen, 1984 Track 7: Roy Eldridge (tp) Vic Dickenson (tb) Budd Johnson (ts) Tommy Flanagan (p) Major Holley (b) Eddie Locke (dr) Recorded at St. Peter’s Church, New York City, May 20, 1978 Track 8: Delta Rhythm Boys (vo), Recorded in Copenhagen, 1984 Track 9: Horace Parlan (p) Recorded in Copenhagen, January 14, 1999 Track 10 James Spaulding (as) Cedar Walton (p) Steve Nelson (vib) Sam Jones (b) Billy Higgins (dr) Recorded in NYC, December 1, 1976 Track 11: Ben Webster (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (b) Al Heath (dr) Recorded at Pori Jazz Festival, Finland, July 14, 1967 Track 12: Mary Lou Williams (p) Milton Suggs (b) Drashear Khalid (dr)Recorded at Rick’s Café Americain, Chicago, November 14, 1979 Track 13: Jesper Thilo (ts) Hank Jones (p) Dough Raney (g) Hugo Rasmussen (b) Svend-Erik Nørregaard (dr) Recorded in Copenhagen, March 17, 1991 Track 14: Teddy Wilson (p) Hugo Rasmussen (b) Ed Thigpen (dr) Recorded live at Jazzhus Slukefter, Copenhagen, May 21, 1979BILLY STRAYHORN CD 41.Everything Is Copasetic 2:07(Billy Strayhorn) 2.Hip 3:37 (Billy Strayhorn) 3.Blue House 4:20 (Billy Strayhorn) 4.Hipper-Bug 3:58 (Billy Strayhorn) 5.Pretty Girl 5:22 (Billy Strayhorn) 6.Anatomy Of A Murder 5:40 (Billy Strayhorn) 7.Swing Dance 2:33 (Billy Strayhorn) 8.Feet On The Beat 3:35 (Billy Strayhorn) 9.Matinee 3:49 (Billy Strayhorn) 10.Jo 3:21 (Billy Strayhorn) 11.Flame Indigo 4:34 (Billy Strayhorn) 12.Fol-De-Rol-Rol 2:35 (Billy Strayhorn) 13.Tiffany 4:34 (Billy Strayhorn) 14.Orson 4:39 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn) 15.Lozit 3:20 (Billy Strayhorn) 16.Pomegranate 3:57 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn) Total time: 62:04Personnel: Track 1 – 5 The Dutch Jazz Orchestra: Jerry van Rooijen (leader) Ack van Rooijen (tp & flgh) Jan Oosthof, Ruud Breuls,Peter van Soest,Erik Veldkamp,Mike Booth (tp) Martijn Sohier, Ilja Reijngoud,Hansjørg Fink (tb) Albert Beltman (as & cl) Hans Meijdam (as) John Ruocco (ts & cl) Toon Roos,Ab Schaap (ts) Nils van Haften (bs) Rob van Bavel (p) Frans van Hoeven (b on track 3 & 5) Jan Voogd (b on track 1,2,4, Erik Ineke (dr) Recorded Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Holland, October 13 – 17,1997; October 28, 1999 and January 31, 2002 Track 6 – 16 The Dutch Jazz Orchestra: Jerry van Rooijen (leader) Ack van Rooijen (tp & flgh) Jan Oosthof, Ruud Breuls,Peter van Soest,Erik Veldkamp,Mike Booth,Jan Hollander (tp) Martjin Sohier,Ilja Reijngoud,Hansjørg Fink,Ben van Dijk (tb) Albert Beltman (as & cl) Hans Meijdam (as) John Ruoccu (ts & cl) Toon Roos, Ab Schaap (ts) Nils van Haften (bs & cl) Rob van Bavel (p) Rob Madna (p on 10 &15) Frans van Hoeven (b on 2,6,8,9,12,13,14 &16) Jan Voogd (b on 10 & 15) Erik Ineke (dr) Recorded Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Holland, October 13 – 17 1997 and October 28, 1999Licensed from Challenge Records B.V.CD 5 BILLY STRAYHORN1.The Intimacy Of The Blues 5:33 (Billy Strayhorn) 2.Paris Blues 5:54 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn) 3.The Star-Crossed Lovers 4:24 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn) 4.Chelsea Bridge 7:06 (Billy Strayhorn) 5.Portrait Of A Silk Thread 4:31 (Billy Strayhorn) 6.Day Dream 5:52 (Duke-Ellington-Billy Strayhorn-John Latouche) 7.Lotus Blossom 5:40 (Billy Strayhorn) 8.Blood Count 3:39 (Billy Strayhorn) 9.Upper Manhattan Medical Group 8:29 (Billy Strayhorn) 10.Chelsea Bridge, Star-Crossed Lovers/Day Dream 8:12 (Billy Strayhorn/Duke Ellington Billy Strayhorn) 11.Passion Flower 7:46 (Billy Strayhorn-Milton Raskin) 12.Three And Six 8:07 (Billy Strayhorn) Total time: 75:15Personnel: Track 1-7: Rolf Ericson (tp & flgh) Lennart Åberg (ts.ss &flute) Bobo Stenson (p) Gøran Klinghagen (el-g track 6) and Max Schultz (g track 6) Rose-Marie Åberg (vo track 6 ) Dan Berglund (b) Egil Johansen (dr) Recorded January 25 & 26, 1995 at Swedish Broadcasting Corporation. Track 8: Hans Ulrik (bs) Kjeld Lauritsen (Hammond org.) Per Gade (g) Esben Bach (dr) Recorded at Sun Studio, Copenhagen, Spring 2007. Track 9-11: Jesper Lundgaard (b) Bob Rockwell (ts & ss) Jacob Fisher (g) Keith Copeland (dr) Recorded: Vestbirk Højskole, November 22, 1997, (track 10) Jazzbar Bent J, November 26, 1997. (track 11) Copenhagen Jazz House November 29, 1997 (track 9) Track 12. Erik Nordström (ts) Jan Zirk (p) Kjell Jansson (b) Magnus Gran (dr) Recorded at studio 12, The Swedish Radio, Gothenburg June 20-21 1999 Track 1 – 7 Licensed from Naxos Denmark ApS Track 8 Licensed from Kjeld Lauritsen Track 9-11 Licensed from Jesper Lundgaard Track 12 Licensed from Dragon Records ABCD 6 BILLY STRAYHORN1.No One Knows 4:39 (Billy Strayhorn) 2.Lotus Blossum 5:03 (Billy Strayhorn) 3.Ballad For Very Tired And Very Sad Lotus Eaters 5:19 (Billy Strayhorn) 4.Rain Check 5:31 (Billy Strayhorn) 5.Snibor 6:17 (Billy Strayhorn) 6.Noir Bleu 2:34 (Billy Strayhorn) 7.The Star-Crossed Lovers 3:14 (Billy Strayhorn) 8.Something To Live For 5:56 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn) 9.After All 4:44 (Billy Strayhorn) 10.Multicolored Blue 8:01 (Billy Strayhorn) 11.Mid-Riff 5:12 (Billy Strayhorn) 12.A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing 7:02 (Billy Strayhorn) Total time: 63:35Personnel: Track 1 – 4 Ken Peplowski (cl) John Horler (p track 3&4) Phil Lee (g track 1&2) Track 5 – 12 Ken Peplowski (ts & cl) John Horler (p) PhilLee (g) Alec Dankworth (b) Recorded in London,September 2006 & May 2007Licensed from Mainstem Productions (MCD0021 & MSTCD0047)CD 7 BILLY STRAYHORN1.Smada 4:02 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn) 2.Depk 2:56 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn) 3.Jazz Festival Jazz 3:55 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn-Dick Vance) 4.Intimacy Of The Blues 3:57 (Billy Strayhorn) 5.All Day Long 5:03 (Billy Strayhorn) 6.Balcony Serenade 2:48 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn) 7.Snibor 5:35 (Billy Strayhorn) 8.Strange Feeling 4:50 (Billy Strayhorn) 9.The Kissing Bug 4:26 (Billy Strayhorn-Rex Stewart-Joya Sherrill) 10.Newport Up 3:59 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn) 11.My Little Brown Book 4:29 (Billy Strayhorn) 12.Mid-Riff 4:54 (Billy Strayhorn) 13.I’m Checking Out, Goom Bye 3:58 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn) 14.Rain Check 3:24 (Billy Strayhorn) Total time: 58:19Personnel: Harry Allen (ts) Chris Flory (g) Keith Ingham (p) Denis Irwin (b) Chuck Riggs(dr) Recorded at Kampo Studio, New York City, March 12 – 14, 1993Licensed from Jazzology RecordsBILLY STRAYHORN DVD1.Take The A Train 2:47 *(Billy Strayhorn) 2.Mid-Riff 4:40 (Billy Strayhorn) 3.Chelsea Bridge 4:45 (Billy Strayhorn) 4.Passion Flower 4:48 (Billy Strayhorn-Milton Raskin) 5.Satin Doll 9:11 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn-Johnny Mercer) 6.Medley:Lush Life/Solitude 5:47 (Billy Strayhorn/Duke Ellington) 7.Take The “A” Train 3:03 (Billy Strayhorn) 8.Satin Doll 3:14 (Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn-Johnny Mercer) 9.Take The A Train 2:46 (Billy Strayhorn) Total time: 42:03Personnel: Track 1 – 4 Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra: Cootie Williams,Herb Jones,Cat Anderson,Mercer Ellington, Ray Nance (tp) Lawrence Brown,Buster Cooper,Chuck Conners (tb) Paul Gonsalves, Jimmy Hamilton (ts),Johnny Hodges,Russell Procope, (as) Harry Carney (bs) Duke Ellington,Billy Strayhorn *(p) John Lamb (b) Sam Woodyard (dr) Recorded at Falkoner Centret, Copenhagen, January 31, 1965 Track 5 Clark Terry (tp) Duke Jordan (p) Jimmy Woode (b) Svend-Erik Nørregaard (dr) Recorded live at Montmartre April 7, 1985 Track 6 Duke Jordan (p) Jesper Lundgaard (b) Aage Tanggaard (dr) Recorded live at Montmartre April 7,1985 Track 7 The Delta Rhythm Boys: Carl Jones,Traverse Crawford, Kelsey Pharr,Lee Gaines (vo) unknown orchestra. Recorded 1951 Track 8 & 9 Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra: Ray Nance,Shorty Baker,Cat Anderson,Bill Berry,Ed Mullens (tp) Lawrence Brown,Leon Cox,Chuck Connors (tb) Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges (as)Paul Gonsalves (ts) Jimmy Hamilton (ts & cl) Harry Carney (bs) Duke Ellington (p) Aaron Bell (b) Sam Woodyard (dr) Recorded in New York,January 9,1962 

【エリントンの片腕となった二人の才人による豪華コラボレーション】1920年代からデューク・エリントン楽団のメイン・ソリストとして活動したアルト・サックスの至宝、ジョニー・ホッジス。30年代後半から約30年間、エリントンの片腕として貢献したピアニスト/作編曲家のビリー・ストレイホーン。ふたりの絶妙なコラボレーションを捉えたCDが登場しました。(1)から(11)までは1961年録音のアルバム「Johnny Hodges, Soloist. Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra」より。(2)を筆頭とするエリントン・ナンバー、そして極めつけのスタンダード曲(11)などを、極上のホッジス節で聞かせてくれます。(12)以降は「Billy Strayhorn Live!!!」という作品から。エリントン抜きのエリントン・オーケストラというべき、実に興味深いパフォーマンスが続きます。(jazzyellより)■Johnny Hodges(as), Billy Strayhorn(arr,cond,p), Cat Anderson(tp), Bill Berry(tp), Ed Mullens(tp), Howard McGhee(tp), Lawrence Brown(tb), Quentin Jackson(tb), Chuck Connors(tb), Russell Procope(cl,as), Jimmy Hamilton(cl,ts), Paul Gonsalves(ts), Harry Carney(bs), Jimmy Jones(p), Aaron Bell(b), Sam Woodyard(ds),Clark Terry(tp), Ray Nance(cor,vln), Britt Woodman(tb), John Sanders(tb), Jimmy Woode(ds) ■Recorded in New York City, December 11 & 12, 1961 / Recorded in Chicago, 1958. ■(1)-(11): 「Johnny Hodges, Soloist. Billy Strayhorn and The Orchestra」(Verve V6-8452) /(12)-(19): 「Billy Strayhorn Live!!!」(Roulette SR52119).24 bit Digitally Remastered Stereo Recording.

エリントン楽団のアレンジャーとして作曲家として、余りにも有名なストレイホーンの1945から1950年までの5つのフォーマットによる録音。そのピアノの音は、強力でエレガント。エリントン楽団の音が、素でありつつ、美しくカッコ良かったように、ここに録音されたストレイホーンの世界も虚飾のない美しさです。特にスロウの曲の優雅な響きには感動。オープニングのLUSH LIFEなど、ソロでずっと聴いていたい極上のサウンドです。 BILLY STRAYHORN(p),PARIS STRING QUARTET(#1-10),WENDELL MARSHALL(b)(#11-14),JOE SHULMAN(b)(#15-18)