Carolus wrote:No. Ellington died in 1974 and will not be eligible for posting until 2025. That's without even getting into the dates of who wrote the words. Under copyright worldwide, basically. (Unless you're in Afghanistan).
How about if a friend is in China, and I have a DBA with an address there?
I so very appreciate both of your energies and ideas.
As I am eternally skeptical, I googled and found (
http://www.jazzstandards.com/compositio ... indoll.htm):
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Although Ellington originally wrote the melody for “Satin Doll,” in his biography of Billy Strayhorn, Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn, David Hajdu says, “Strayhorn fleshed out an Ellington riff sketch with harmony and lyrics ...” and titled it “Satin Doll,” Strayhorn’s pet name for his mother. Strayhorn’s lyrics were not considered commercially viable, and five years later, lyricist and cofounder of Capitol Records, Johnny Mercer wrote new lyrics, resulting in the song we know today.
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And because I wish to champion the hard working musician/composer like Billy Strayhorn, I would rename the song in my book: "Strayhorn's arrangement dedicated to his mother" and never say Satin Doll, and since Strayhorn died in 1967 I'm thinking 2018 I could do it without needing to ask anyone! But.. the families can extend the © I think, and Mercer's lyrics are too much part of the song so I've decided on My Successes Are Here my own song that uses lots of 7th chords with roots in the bass (later in that same book) but..
Coulonnus you have inspired me with your encouragement! I'll take maybe a few bars of just the chords, with a particular reason, like: "Here is 1-3-5-7 for the chords... and then Here is 5-7-1-3 inversion.."