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Billy Strayhorn

November 29, 1915 (Dayton, OH) – May 31, 1967 (New York, NY)

Grew up in Hillsboro, NC and Pittsburgh, PA. Composer and arranger with Duke Ellington’s orchestra. His compositions include “Take the A Train, Lush Life, Lotus Flowers, Chelsea Bridge, among many others. He was a founding member of the Copasetics and the President of the club from 1951 until his death in 1967.

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