In a poignant, dramatic memoir, Billie Holiday tells not only of her rise to fame as a blues singer, but also of the exploitation and racial prejudice she encountered as well as of her struggle with heroin addiction.
Later , when I was a big star at Café Society Downtown , the panicky Ed Fox , manager of the Grand Terrace , came down with Joe Glaser . When he saw what happened there , he began to climb all over Glaser , trying to get me for the ...
Billie Holiday describes her early childhood in an East Baltimore ghetto, her career as an internationally-acclaimed jazz vocalist, and her years spent battling a drug habit.
In frank and open conversations, Billie Holiday proves herself far more articulate, aware, intelligent, and even heroic than the way she's often portrayed. This collection is an essential volume for all who have been moved by her music.
(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). 17 classics recorded by Billie Holiday, including: All of Me * Body and Soul * Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It) * Good Morning Heartache * Moonlight in Vermont * My Man (Mon Homme) * Tain't Nobody ...
(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). Two dozen songs are presented in this centenniel edition saluting jazz musician and singer/songwriter Billie Holiday.
Lady sings the blues: Autobiografie
A swing spiritual based on the proverb "God blessed the child that's got his own."
(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). 18 hits featuring 'The Man I Love, ' 'Lover, Come Back to Me' and 'Body and Soul.'
(Ashley Publications). 39 of her most popular songs, including: All of Me * Beyond the Sea * Darn That Dream * Georgia on My Mind * God Bless the Child * Lady Sings the Blues * Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) * Mood Indigo * Solitude * ...
But Billie Holiday is no victim. Her memoir tells the story of her life spent in jazz, smoky Harlem clubs and packed-out concert halls, her love affairs, her wildly creative friends, her struggles with addiction and her adventures in love.
The Count Basie Orchestra performs The Count's Blues * Wild Man Blues (featuring blues great John Lee Hooker) * Rosetta * Dickie's Dream. With performances by The Thelonius Monk Trio.
Autobiografie van de Amerikaanse jazz-zangeres (1915-1959).
First performed by jazz legend Billie Holiday in 1939, "God Bless the Child" remains one of her enduring masterpieces. In this picture book interpretation, Pinkney depicts a family moving from the South during the Great Migration.
All of this is told in Holiday's tart, streetwise style and hip patois that makes it read as if it were written yesterday.
(Legendary Performers Series, #13) 27 songs.
La signora canta il blues
Mito do jazz entre as décadas de 1930 e 1950, Billie Holiday foi criadora de um modo peculiar de viver e de cantar que marcou a carreira de uma série de cantoras norte-americanas, como Sarah Vaughan e Ella Fitzgerald.
Billie Holiday. ațipesc puțin, mă trezea un polițist mare și bătrân, care mă punea să mai semnez ceva, să mă îmbrac, să mă duc în alt birou. Nici măcar să merg nu mai puteam atunci când a venit vremea să mă duc la tribunal, ...
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