Lush Life

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"Lush Life" is a jazz standard composed by Billy Strayhorn, renowned for its sophisticated harmonies and melancholic, introspective lyrics about loneliness and disillusionment.

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Lush Life canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz standard ⓘ
composer Billy Strayhorn ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
describes a world-weary narrator reflecting on failed romance ⓘ
firstPerformanceBy Billy Strayhorn ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
vocal jazz ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn modern jazz ballad repertoire ⓘ
hasQuality introspective lyrics ⓘ
sophisticated harmonies ⓘ
hasTheme disillusionment ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ
melancholy ⓘ
nightlife ⓘ
romantic disappointment ⓘ
isConsidered jazz standard of the Great American Songbook ⓘ
isKnownFor challenging melody for singers ⓘ
complex harmonic structure ⓘ
evocative, poetic lyrics ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Billy Strayhorn ⓘ
notablePerformer Art Farmer ⓘ
Billy Eckstine ⓘ
Billy Strayhorn ⓘ
Carmen McRae ⓘ
Cassandra Wilson ⓘ
Dianne Reeves ⓘ
Donna Summer ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
Eric Dolphy ⓘ
Joe Henderson ⓘ
John Coltrane ⓘ
Johnny Hartman ⓘ
Kurt Elling ⓘ
Lady Gaga ⓘ
Linda Ronstadt ⓘ
McCoy Tyner ⓘ
Nancy Wilson ⓘ
Nat King Cole ⓘ
Queen Latifah ⓘ
Sarah Vaughan ⓘ
Stan Getz ⓘ
Tony Bennett ⓘ
partOfRepertoireOf jazz pianists ⓘ
jazz saxophonists ⓘ
jazz vocalists ⓘ
setIn sophisticated urban nightlife settings ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Billy Strayhorn → notableWork → Lush Life ⓘ
Billy Strayhorn → wroteStandard → Lush Life ⓘ
Nancy Wilson → notableAlbum → Lush Life ⓘ
Mort Nathan → notableWork → Lush Life ⓘ
Mort Nathan → writerOf → Lush Life ⓘ
Richard Price → notableWork → Lush Life ⓘ
Out Front! → hasTrack → Lush Life ⓘ
For Sentimental Reasons → follows → Lush Life ⓘ
Take Love Easy → hasTrack → Lush Life ⓘ