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Vintagevinyl.com review 'Portrait of a Silk Thread'
Tonight At Noon - by Lawson Primm ROARING THUNDER
The Resurgance of the swinging Big Band
The Dutch Jazz Orchestra Portrait of a Silk Thread Newly Discovered Works of Billy Strayhorn (Kokopelli 1310)
Portrait of a Silk Thread is a revelation. Billy Strayhorn, Duke’s alter ego and long under appreciated composer-orchestrator, was in Duke’s words “a great, distinguished and rather eminent personage”.The Dutch Jazz Orchestra, under the leadership of Jerry Van Rooljen, introduces us to eight world premiere Strayhorn compositions, each performed precisely as he would have done. The title track stands as a metaphor for Billy Strayhorn- a silk thread is invisible but strong, and capable of weaving beautiful and intricate patterns. . . .
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