All of this is told in Holiday's tart, streetwise style and hip patois that makes it read as if it were written yesterday.
Lady Sings the Blues
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.
But now, Billie Holiday stays close to the music, to her performance style, and to the self she created and put into print, on record and on stage.
Lady sings the blues
Religion Around Billie Holiday illuminates the power and durability of religion in the making of an American musical icon.
The time is 1959.
Unravels the myths surrounding Billie Holiday and presents her as a dedicated artist who struggled with her own addictions and suffering to succeed as a singer.
From Julia Blackburn, an author whose ability to conjure lives from other times and places is so vivid that one suspects she sees ghosts, here is a portrait of a woman whose voice continues to haunt anyone who hears it.
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.