Dallas Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology
Arts Committee
presents

"Billy Strayhorn:  Portrait of  a Jazz Composer"

Sunday 
May 20, at 4:00-6:00 p.m.

DSPP Arts Committee is delighted to present bassist James Gilyard and pianist Kelly Durbin in a lecture/concert, “Billy Strayhorn:  Portrait of  a Jazz Composer." The presentation will take place on Sunday, May 20, 4:00-6:00 p.m., at the home of Sarah and Robert Aberg. 

Billy Strayhorn was one of the world’s finest and most influential jazz composers. He wrote or co-wrote many of Duke Ellington’s most noted hits--including, “Take the A Train,” and “Lush Life.” A great artist and composer, Strayhorn is a very interesting but under-appreciated figure in the jazz world of his time, choosing to live his life always a bit outside the pop spotlight.  Strayhorn was one of the first openly gay public figures in jazz history and is an interesting psychological study of the life of an artist amidst pop culture. 

James Gilyard and Kelly Durbin have long been in the top rank of jazz musicians in the North Texas area. Gilyard is artistic director of the Sammons Center for the Arts' Jazz Concert Series and Sammons Jazz Festival.  Durbin, a faculty member at the University of Texas at Dallas, teaches an ongoing course in the history of jazz. 

Dr. Aberg, a distinguished past-president of DSPP, is a clinical psychologist in private practice and clinical faculty member at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.  He and his wife, Sarah, a musician/singer and psychotherapist, are original and ongoing members of DSPP's Arts Committee. 

The jazz afternoon at the Abergs' will be followed by a cocktail buffet reception.