Esquire Second Annual Jazz Concert at the Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles. January 17, 1945. Guest star Billie Holiday! BILLY STRAYHORN at the piano. Announcement by the foamous composer Jerome Kern.Duke Ellington and his Orchestra: Shelton Hemphill, Rex Stewart, Cat Anderson, Taft Jordan, Ray Nance (t); Lawrence Brown, Joe Nanton, Claude Jones (tb); Jimmy Hamilton (cl,ts); Otto Hardwicke (cl,as); Johnny Hodges (as); Al Sears (ts); Harry Carney (cl,as,bar); Billy Strayhorn (p); Fred Guy (g); Junior Raglin (b); Sonny Greer (d)Pictures from that concert of Billie Holiday with Duke Ellington and jazz critic Leonard Feather.