When Jazz Had the Blues
When Jazz Had the Blues Reviewed by Neal Weaver Matrix Theatre Through December 18 RECOMMENDED Pianist/composer/arranger Billy Strayhorn (Frank Lawson) grew up in a family dominated by his alcoholic, abusive and homophobic father.  His first love was classical music, but he was gay and black, and in the 1930s and 40s gay was emphatically frowned upon, and the classical […] The post When Jazz Had …
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