Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn

Name: Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
Start: 2025-04-26T19:30:00-07:00
Location: Jacobs Music Center

Schedule

Sat, 26 Apr, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Jacobs Music Center | San Diego, CA

Johnaye Kendrick - Voice
Bill Pierce -Tenor Sax
Joshua White - Piano
Corcoran Holt -Bass
Lewis Nash - Drums
Gilbert Castellanos - Trumpet
Jazz @ The Jacobs! Jacobs Music Center. April 26! Pre-show concert (6:30pm):
Young Lions Jazz Conservatory All Stars.
The artistic collaboration between Duke Ellington and composer/ arranger Billy Strayhorn is one of the most important in the history of American music. Duke Ellington trusted Billy Strayhorn’s artistic gifts from the moment he joined the band in 1939, until Strayhorn’s death in 1967. Strayhorn wrote many of the songs we associate with the Duke Ellington Band today, including their theme song “Take the A Train”, “Satin Doll”, “Something to Live For” and many more.