- jazz
- 62 min
- 10 tracks
- Verve
Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn is an album by the jazz saxophonist Joe Henderson. Composed of songs written by Billy Strayhorn, the album was a critical and commercial success, leading to the first of three Grammy Awards Henderson would receive while under contract with Verve Records.
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Character-led, grave, spare and classical in form.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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Tracks
- 1Isfahan5:58
- 2Johnny Come Lately6:29
- 3Blood Count7:20
- 4Rain Check5:50
- 5Lotus Blossom4:31
- 6A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing6:58
- 7Take the “A” Train7:12
- 8Drawing Room Blues7:33
- 9U.M.M.G. (Upper Manhattan Medical Group)5:00
- 10Lush Life4:57
10 tracks, 62 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Joe Henderson
- Label
- Verve
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- AR
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