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Hace 3 días · Billie Holiday. 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. Her vocal style, strongly influenced by jazz instrumentalists, inspired a ...
19 de may. de 2024 · Discover 13 fascinating facts about the iconic jazz singer, Billie Holiday. Learn about her troubled life, groundbreaking career, and enduring influence.
22 de may. de 2024 · Other Holiday versions have been praised by critics and writers alike. For instance, Elizabeth Wurzel wrote in Prozac Nation: ‘the sorrow of certain works of art – of Picasso’s Guernica , of Billie Holiday’s “Good Morning Heartache” at the 1957 Monterey Jazz Festival, Sylvia Plath’s “Tulips,” Fellini’s La Strada – never seem mitigated by exposure.
22 de may. de 2024 · Song of the Day: Billie Holiday, “You Go To My Head”. “You Go My Head” was originally composer in 1938 by J. Fred Coots. The lyrics by Haven Gillespie compare the effects of drink with the effects of love. Billie Holiday’s recordings of this jazz standard are among the most famous. She recorded “You Go To My Head” at least twice ...
2 de may. de 2024 · May 2, 2024 7:59 PM EDT. Billie Holiday released "Strange Fruit" in 1939, but performed the song for the remainder of her career, and always as the last song of her set. wikimedia commons. The Origin of "Strange Fruit". "Strange Fruit" was written by Abel Meeropol, a Jewish schoolteacher and activist from the Bronx, New York, who was deeply ...
3 de may. de 2024 · Yet her timing, her nuanced inflections, and above all, the intense emotion conveyed in her uniquely styled manipulation of melody and lyrics remained as sharp as ever. On this album Billie sounds relaxed and fully engaged. The backing is a vocalist’s dream team, Oscar Peterson at the helm in a superb rhythm section.
23 de may. de 2024 · Join Untapped New York Insiders for a walk through Central Harlem to see spots where the Jazz Age thrived with a focus on Billie Holiday.
