Finding Strayhorn: Exploring the Billy Strayhorn Collection of the Library of Congress

This special panel-and-performance event spotlights the personal collection of composer, arranger and pianist Billy Strayhorn. Saxophonist Chris Potter, Strayhorn biographer David Hajdu, and jazz scholar Walter van de Leur, PhD, join the composer’s niece, A. Alyce Claerbaut, President, Strayhorn Songs, Inc., and nephew, Gregory A. Morris, PhD, for an introduction to a recently acquired Library of Congress jazz treasure.
The tribute program also serves as a preview for LC’s upcoming Billy Strayhorn Symposium. www.loc.gov/co...
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