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Ultimately, Robert Levi’s documentary portrays Strayhorn as a brilliant composer who was never able to obtain true stardom. That unfulfilled quest to be in the spotl
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The main focus of the film is Billy Strayhorn’s partnership with Duke Ellington, a famous jazz composer and musician. Through interviews with Strayhorn’s friends and colleagues, filmmaker Robert Levi reveals that Strayhorn wrote many popular songs for Ellington but received very little credit.
“With Strayhorn as catalyst, Ellington ushered in what is arguably the greatest period of his career,” says Actor Keith David while narrating one segment of the film. “[The song] Take The ‘A’ Train has always been [Ellington’s] greatest revenue producer, but Billy Strayhorn, its author…received none of the song’s royalties.”
In the film, on-camera interviews are combined with archival footage to show that Strayhorn was gay but was forced to be discreet about his sexual orientation due to public intolerance of homosexuality. The film shows him attending private parties where he socialized with other gay men. It also points out that he participated in the civil rights movement and met with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ultimately, Robert Levi’s documentary portrays Strayhorn as a brilliant composer who was never able to obtain true stardom. That unfulfilled quest to be in the spotli
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The main focus of the film is Billy Strayhorn’s partnership with Duke Ellington, a famous jazz composer and musician. Through interviews with Strayhorn’s friends and colleagues, filmmaker Robert Levi reveals that Strayhorn wrote many popular songs for Ellington but received very little credit.
“With Strayhorn as catalyst, Ellington ushered in what is arguably the greatest period of his career,” says Actor Keith David while narrating one segment of the film. “[The song] Take The ‘A’ Train has always been [Ellington’s] greatest revenue producer, but Billy Strayhorn, its author…received none of the song’s royalties.”
In the film, on-camera interviews are combined with archival footage to show that Strayhorn was gay but was forced to be discreet about his sexual orientation due to public intolerance of homosexuality. The film shows him attending private parties where he socialized with other gay men. It also points out that he participated in the civil rights movement and met with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ultimately, Robert Levi’s documentary portrays Strayhorn as a brilliant composer who was never able to obtain true stardom. That unfulfilled quest to be in the spotl
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“With Strayhorn as catalyst, Ellington ushered in what is arguably the greatest period of his career,” says Actor Keith David while narrating one segment of the film. “[The song] Take The ‘A’ Train has always been [Ellington’s] greatest revenue producer, but Billy Strayhorn, its author…received none of the song’s royalties.”
In the film, on-camera interviews are combined with archival footage to show that Strayhorn was gay but was forced to be discreet about his sexual orientation due to public intolerance of homosexuality. The film shows him attending private parties where he socialized with other gay men. It also points out that he participated in the civil rights movement and met with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ultimately, Robert Levi’s documentary portrays Strayhorn as a brilliant composer who was never able to obtain true stardom. That unfulfilled quest to be in the spotl
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In the film, on-camera interviews are combined with archival footage to show that Strayhorn was gay but was forced to be discreet about his sexual orientation due to public intolerance of homosexuality. The film shows him attending private parties where he socialized with other gay men. It also points out that he participated in the civil rights movement and met with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ultimately, Robert Levi’s documentary portrays Strayhorn as a brilliant composer who was never able to obtain true stardom. That unfulfilled quest to be in the spotl
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Ultimately, Robert Levi’s documentary portrays Strayhorn as a brilliant composer who was never able to obtain true stardom. That unfulfilled quest to be in the spotlight appears to have affected him deeply. In an interview with EDGE New England, a gay news publication, vocalist Dianne Reeves said, “…the majority of Strayhorn’s songs have a kind of sadness. They’re about not being able to find the love you desire.”
Strayhorn’s sadness is vividly detailed in his heart-wrenching song, My Flame Burns Blue, which is performed in Levi’s film by singer Elvis Costello. According to PBS.org, Strayhorn wrote the song while dying of cancer.
In Levi’s film, Dianne Reeves expresses regret that Strayhorn’s life ended at the age of 51. “Had he lived, he would still be writing all of this wonderful music,” she says. “…he would’ve seen a new world because I think that there would be a great community of people that would’ve embraced him.”
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