Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn by David Hajdu

Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn

David Hajdu

306 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction biography lgbtqia+ music emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
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Billy Strayhorn was a black, gay man who wrote and arranged much of the music played by the Duke Ellington Orchestra. This biography gives a picture of a vanished culture.

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emotional: 100%

informative: 100%

inspiring: 100%

reflective: 75%

dark: 50%

hopeful: 25%


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75% of readers chose medium
25% of readers chose slow
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