The International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers (ISJAC) announced Billy Strayhorn has been named one of the 2021 inductees to ISJAC’s Jazz Composers/Arrangers Hall of Fame today. According to the ISJAC, Strayhorn’s induction was chosen for his “collaborating seamlessly with Duke Ellington for almost 3 decades, his work is not only evidence of a master arranger but a composer of numerous jazz classics and forward-looking compositions.”

The Hall of Fame induction award ceremony will be virtually on Thursday, March 18th at 8pm.