Billie Holiday is widely considered jazz’s pre-eminent singer. Frank Sinatra once said that “with few exceptions, every major pop singer in the U.S. during her generation has been touched in ...

Jazz singer Billie Holiday vs the US Government?! Her song Strange Fruit written by Abel Meeropol about the treatment of ...

A four-alarm fire on Wednesday evening severely damaged a building in Harlem where the jazz legend Billie Holiday once lived.

CD1: Strange Fruit; Yesterdays; Fine and Mellow; I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues; How Am I to Know; My Old Flame; I'll Get By; I Cover the Waterfront; I'll Be Seeing You; I'm Yours; Embraceable You; ...

Jazz At The Philharmonic Concerts 1945-1947; Body And Soul; Strange Fruit; I Cried For You; Fine And Mellow; He's Funny That Way; The Man I Love; Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You?; All Of Me; Billie's ...

Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you including music from John Coltrane, Billie Holiday, Marian McPartland and more. Get in touch: jrr@bbc.co.uk Alyn Shipton ...

Two actresses have been nominated for best actress for portraying legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday. Diana Ross was nominated for the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues; Andra Day for the 2020 film ...

Film critic Hanna Flint on why this new biopic doesn’t do justice to the iconic singer. Billie Holiday was a musical ... by embracing the jazz she loved to listen to and performing at local ...

Brooklyn poet Shanelle Gabriel will host a star-studded evening featuring R&B singer Lydia Caesar. The Billie Holiday Theatre ...

His remarkable playing on this chamber jazz record is a perfect example of his seamless integration of improvisation and forward planning. Billie Holiday ... charged singer, and an improvising ...

The independent label, founded in 1938 in mid-Manhattan, made its mark on music history by recording Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit” and other songs by jazz legends such as Lester Young ...

True story of legendary black jazz singer Billie Holiday, whose rise to success was accompanied by drug addiction and racial discrimination. Ross proves herself as an actress!