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24 juin 2024 · Released as part of the album “Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia (1933-1944),” the impact of “Sugar” extends beyond the confines of a single track. It represents a significant chapter in Billie Holiday’s illustrious career and continues to be cherished by fans all over the world.
28 juin 2024 · In 1937, Billie played at the Clark Monroe Uptown House for three months and had brief stints as a big band vocalist with Count Basie and Artie Shaw. This made her among the first black women to work with a white orchestra which was a rarity at that time.
Il y a 1 jour · Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday made a significant contribution to jazz music and pop singing.
18 juin 2024 · Billie Holiday’s heartbreaking tale is a familiar one for jazz lovers. Born Eleanora Fagan in 1915, Holiday survived a hardscrabble, harrowing childhood and adolescence to become one of the most celebrated jazz singers of all time.
14 juin 2024 · New Canon Theatre Co. has outdone itself once again with its production of Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill, a performative memoir of the jazz and swing legend Billie Holiday, written by Lanie Robertson and directed by Lisa Gaye Dixon.
13 juin 2024 · The bewitching timbre of Billie Holiday’s voice loses its fluidity, however, and develops a dusky tone. A fact confirmed with the moving “Lady In Satin,” a disc of unfathomable sadness and a swan song of the woman who, in his time, Lester Young nicknamed Lady Day.
Il y a 5 jours · Holiday met saxophonist Lester Young, who gave her the "Lady Day" nickname, and in 1937 joined Count Bassie's Orchestra. In 1938 she worked with Artie Shaw's orchestra, marking Holiday as the first African-American vocalist to perform with a white band.
