A bleaker 20 minutes of music would be hard to find.Side 2 of Closer.
Beautiful record, love Blood Count on that as well, kills me every time.Duke Ellington's solo piano version of Billy Strayhorn's "Lotus Blossom" on the "...and his mother called him Bill" album. The whole album is a tribute to Strayhorn, who died a few months prior to the recording, and loved hearing Duke play this song. The tape was left running at the end of the session. You can hear the rest of the band packing up in the background as Duke plays to the memory of his dead friend.