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Passion Flower - The Music of Billy Strayhorn

by John DiMartino

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1.	Johnny Come Lately 05:16	info	buy track
2.	Lush Life 04:20	info	buy track
3.	Rain Check 04:19	info	buy track
4.	Star-Crossed Lovers 04:38	info	buy track
5.	Isfahan 06:56	info	buy track
6.	Chelsea Bridge 05:59	info	buy track
7.	Daydream 06:33	info	buy track
8.	Passion Flower 04:50	info	buy track
9.	UMMG 03:33	info	buy track
10.	Blood Count 03:36	info	buy track
11.	Take The A Train 04:15	info	buy track
12.	A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing 04:44	info	buy track
13.	Absinthe 04:09	info	buy track
14.	Lotus Blossom 02:33	info	buy track

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Billy Strayhorn's music has been an essential part of DiMartin's repertoire since the beginning of his forty-five year professional music career. He recalls, "My first encounter with Strayhorn's music was through an older cousin who gave me a recording of Chet Baker and Russ Freeman's version of Lush Life and requested that I learn the tune." DiMartino was just 15 years old at the time (ironically, Strayhorn's age when he wrote the piece0> John has been entranced with the composer's music ever since.

The next exposure to Strayhorn's music was hearing Grover Washington's recording of Passion flower. John notes: "It's a beautiful Bob James arrangement and probably the most infrequently played track on Grover's Mr. Magic CD. Pianist Bobby Tucker (accompanist to Billie Holiday & Billy Eckstine) was a mentor to me. He gave me th music to A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing. In recent years I have been performing Strayhorn's music with Paquito D;'Rivera. Executive producer Neville Grusd heard a concert we did at Flushing New York Town Hall which led to his interest in producing this recording.

Joining DiMartino are three of his fellow first call instrumentalists on the New York City jazz scene. The quartet kicks things off charging straight ahead on Johnny Come Lately. DiMartino Says, " I often play this as an opening tune on gigs. "Boris Kozlov's walking bass ushers in the song making way for extended soloing by DiMartino and Eric Alexander who then engage in a series of eight bar exchanges with Lewis Nash, whose solo takes things out. Vocalist Raul Midon is featured on Strayhorn's poignant Lush Life.

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released April 10, 2020

John Di Martino - piano
Eric Alexander - tenor saxophone
Boris Kozlov - bass
Lewis Nash - drums
Raul Midón - vocal (Lush Life)

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