Views & Brews: Duke Ellington and the Art of Invisibility

Billy Strayhorn, a long time muse and collaborator for the great bandleader Duke Ellington, brought depth and a languid power to the already sophisticated sound of Ellington’s orchestra. Aching for love and significance, Strayhorn was openly gay in a time of repression and bias, composing ballads filled with longing and disarming vulnerability, which demanded the full attention of both the listener and the performer.

How do we strive when circumstances are stacked against us? How do we make the… Show more best of our situation as we continue to dream? How do we continue to hold out hope for consequential love, as we smolder? Sometimes what we need most, is hidden, right in front of us, in plain sight.

Join us as KUT’s Views and Brews explores both a spirited discussion about Strayhorn and his relationship to Ellington, and enjoys superlative live music!

Featuring:
Rabbi Neil Blumofe in discussion with KUT’s Rebecca McInroy

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