In their program Orchestrated Ellington, Berlin-based British pianist Declan Forde, fellow countryman James Banner (bass), and German Jazz Prize winner Fabina Striffler (violin) perform the graceful American Standards of the openly gay composer Billy Strayhorn (1915–1967), which—like Lush Life and Take the A Trane—were often popularized by bandleader Duke Ellington.

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