Mitchell - Ruff Duo celebrates 50th Anniversary of Musical Partnership
The Mitchell - Ruff Duo celebrated its golden jubilee in 2005 with a CD Re-issue of Billy Strayhorn's Seminal Last Work, The Suite for the Duo. The Duo has reissued its historic Billy Strayhorn recording, "Strayhorn: A Mitchell-Ruff Interpretation." The master tape from this landmark recording was rediscovered last year by Willie Ruff in his own Alabama library. Jazz afficianados for years have been clamoring for a reissue of the Strayhorn Suite, and through a stroke of luck, the Duo has made this the cornerstorne of their 50th Anniversary offerings.
