Ellington/Strayhorn Collaboration scene

[Dr. Rat]

Yet another book question:

I am looking for the scene in a book (by Stanley Dance?) where Ellington and Strayhorn collaborate on a score. I beleive it takes place in a train car between dates, and is interestingly informal.

Anyone know where this is.

Thanks,

--eric

[ghost of miles]

Eric,

This sounds to me like a scene described in Richard Boyer's 1944 New Yorker profile of Ellington, "The Hot Bach," which is reprinted in THE ELLINGTON READER.