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Johnny Come Lately

Composer:  Billy Strayhorn    (click to list other tunes)
Submitted by:  David Luebbert
Posted:  12/3/2001; 5:34:10 PM
Msg#:  2295 (top msg in thread)
Prev/Next:  2294/2296
Reads:  4869

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Chord changes for Billy Strayhorn's Johnny Come Lately. This tune became a standard for the Duke Ellington Orchestra.

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Listen to a "Johnny Come Lately", Track #18, Disc 3 from Duke Ellington's "The Blanton Webster Band" album in Windows Media Viewer format (courtesy of Amazon.com)

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