https://youtu.be/NXXSmmZI3DU

Surely the finest reading of Billy Strayhorn’s second most poignant song, the most poignant, of course, being “Blood Count”

#BillyStrayhorn #JohnColtrane #JohnnyHartman #JazzBallads

I'll live a lush life
In some small dive and there I'll be while I rot
With the rest of those whose lives are lonely too

— #BillyStrayhorn, #LushLife (1948?)