Arguably the most recognizable voice in vocal jazz history, Billie Holiday is the epitome of style. Born in the poor part of Baltimore to two teenage parents, Billie turned to music as a way to ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Billie Holiday’s music has stood the test ... “The Very Thought of You” offers a moment of serenity. It’s a song best enjoyed on a quiet evening with a loved one, or ...

takes Armstrong's and Holiday's versions of the same song, recorded in the same year, 1937. Then he adjusts the turntable pitch controls to speed up Armstrong's vocals and slow down Billie's ...

He called on the latter when he introduced “White Gardenias,” a new song inspired ... The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944” box set captures her in her best voice and at her ...

Billie Holiday': Andra Day tapped into jazz ... The song was named "best song of the century" by Time magazine in 1999 and added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry in ...

Most artists belong to their times, but Billie Holiday ... and some thrive best when they're not in competition with a living person. This is especially true of Holiday. There was something ...

With this song, Billie takes her place among ... 1948 recording on Decca Records — is one of the best demonstrations of all that Billie Holiday is capable of. It highlights her vocal range ...

Billie Holiday did not want to record it ... to an arrangement she created in the stuidio. The song quickly became a hit, and one of the best selling records of her career, climbing to number ...

Yet Holiday’s talent as a songwriter is often overlooked, even though she co-authored at least 15 songs, five of which have become jazz and blues classics: “Billie’s Blues,” “Fine and ...

On Oct. 5, 1958, Billie Holiday took the stage at the inaugural Monterey Jazz Festival. Then America’s preeminent jazz singer, she closed the event with an effortlessly sophisticated 11-song set ...

In 1959, during what would be the final months of her life, Billie ... Holiday the vocalist would be better served by those books. (The title of Mr. Alexander’s book is in poor taste. In the ...