Exhibit: Strayhorn: An Illustrated Life

This original exhibit of photographs, artifacts, art work and personal items tracing the extraordinary career of musician Billy Strayhorn is based on a recently-released book of the same title. Strayhorn: An Illustrated Life, written by A. Alyce Claerbaut and David Schlesinger, and the exhibit, curated by Leslie Demus, Theresa Kump Leghorn, and designed by Jesse Sanchez, celebrates the centennial of the birth of the American jazz composer, pianist, lyricist, and arranger.