(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's Biz-ness If I Do * You Go to My Head * and more.
Through a sequence of raw and poignant poems, New York Times best-selling and award-winning poet Carole Boston Weatherford chronicles the singer's young life, her fight for survival, and the dream she pursued with passion.
The life and times of Billie Holiday.
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.
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, ...
(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). Two dozen songs are presented in this centenniel edition saluting jazz musician and singer/songwriter Billie Holiday.
One of the most troubling, and troubled, artists in the history of jazz, Billie Holiday remains an enigma despite numerous attempts to eulogize, analyze, and criticize her life and career....
... , where she again worked as a maid for well - off families and waited for the day when her daughter would be released . Billie loathed the institution , which was basically a reform school for girls who were mainly truants 32 BILLIE ...
Religion Around Billie Holiday illuminates the power and durability of religion in the making of an American musical icon.
Through a sequence of raw and poignant poems, New York Times best-selling and award-winning poet Carole Boston Weatherford chronicles the singer's young life, her fight for survival, and the dream she pursued with passion.
She soared to stardom on the wings of a unique voice and songs sung sad. As Billie Holiday, she overcame personal crises and racial bigotry to become what many consider to be America’s premier jazz vocalist of the twentieth century.