The life of JAZZ Composer, Arranger and Pianist Billy Strayhorn

Billy Strayhorn AKA Sweet Pea AKA Strays  -Arranger , Composer Lyricist , Pianist and Innovator of the Modern Music Also Civil Rights supporter Of Dr King.  Still DON’T know he is KNOW MORE OF HIS COLLABORATION WITH DuKe Ellington Orchestra of where Strayhorn  began and Duke Ended or  did he ? He is virtually  unknown in Jazz music nor received the notoriety and Royalties for music he composed and Arranged : Lush Life, TAKE the A Train ,  Something To Live For , PASSION Flower and Satin Doll just to name a few.  STAYHORN  BORN September 29^th 1915 in Dayton, Ohio and raised in Pittsburgh, Pa.  Billy Strayhorn also Broadway musicals  with Orson Wells and helped develop Be Bop at Minton's Playhouse. Why you don't know Billy Strayhorn...Maybe was because he was Gay .