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Billie Holiday – Billie Holiday at Jazz at the Philharmonic

Billie Holiday at Jazz at the Philharmonic (MG C-169) is a live album by jazz singer Billie Holiday, originally recorded on February 12, 1945 and October 3, 1946 at the Jazz at the Philharmonic concert at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, and at Carnegie Hall on June 3, 1946.

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BILLIE HOLIDAY

BILLIE HOLIDAY

1915-1959

            Billie Holiday (Eleanora Fagan) was an American jazz and swing music artist who started singing in nightclubs in Harlem and signed a record contract in 1935. She had a hit with ‘What a Little Moonlight Can Do” and continued to have a successful career during the 1930s and 1940s.

            Holiday was born in Philadelphia and was the daughter of an unwed teenage couple; her mother was thrown out of her home due to becoming pregnant and her father left her mother to pursue a career in jazz. In 1926, her mother came home to discover the neighbour attempting to rape Holiday, Holiday successfully fought back and the man was arrested.

             Holiday gained a drug problem during the early 1940s. She married trombonist Jimmy Monroe in 1941, she had an affair with trumpeter Joe Guy her drug dealer. Holiday divorced Monroe in 1947 and broke up with Guy. She had a short prison sentence in 1947 for possession of narcotics and was sent to prison. She was released and returned to Newark where her pianist Bobby Tucker and her dog Mister was waiting, Mister leaped at Holiday with excitement, it knocked off her hat and “loved me like crazy”.

            In 1959, Holiday was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver. She started losing weight and her friends persuaded her to go to the hospital which she did on 31 May, for treatment of liver and heart disease.

            The Feds went to the hospital claiming they found heroin in her bedroom and she was arrested and handcuffed to her bed and placed under police guard. Whilst she lay dying the police raided her hospital room looking for drugs. She died on 17 July 1959, aged 44 of pulmonary edema and heart failure caused by cirrhosis.

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"Billie Holiday was unquestionably a game changer - not only for her impact on the American musical landscape but also for her immense courage in singing truth to power."

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Billie Holiday: La voz inolvidable del jazz y símbolo de lucha

Billie Holiday, conocida mundialmente como "Lady Day", es una de las figuras más icónicas y conmovedoras en la historia del jazz. Nacida en 1915 en un entorno de pobreza y segregación, Holiday superó innumerables obstáculos para convertirse en una de las cantantes más influyentes del siglo XX. Su voz, cargada de matices y emociones, no solo transmitía belleza, sino también las profundas heridas y esperanzas de toda una generación.

A lo largo de su carrera, Billie Holiday colaboró con músicos legendarios y dejó un legado de grabaciones inolvidables, pero su valentía al interpretar "Strange Fruit" la consagró como una voz de protesta. Esta canción, un retrato devastador de los linchamientos raciales en el sur de Estados Unidos, resonó con fuerza en una época marcada por la desigualdad y el miedo. A pesar de las amenazas y la censura, Billie interpretaba la pieza con un coraje que electrizaba al público y daba voz a quienes no la tenían.

Sin embargo, detrás de su éxito, la vida de Holiday estuvo marcada por dolor personal, adicciones y persecuciones legales, impulsadas por figuras que buscaban silenciar su influencia. Luchó contra la adversidad hasta sus últimos días, falleciendo en 1959 a los 44 años. Pero su legado trasciende la música: es un recordatorio de la resiliencia y la capacidad de transformar el sufrimiento en arte.

Hoy, Billie Holiday sigue siendo una fuente de inspiración para artistas y defensores de los derechos humanos, una mujer que usó su voz para mucho más que cantar. Nos dejó una lección sobre el poder del arte como herramienta de cambio y resistencia.

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All or Nothing At All-Billie Holiday

1-Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me

2-Cheek To Cheek

3-Ill Wind

4-Speak Low

5-We'll Be Together Again

6-All or Nothing At All

7-Sophisticated Lady

8-April In Paris

9-I Wished On The Moon

10-But Not For Me

11-Say It Isn't So

12-Our Love Is Here To Stay

1958

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Billie’s Birthday

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Andra Day is everything to us! 🫶🏾 From her performance last night at the Super Bowl, to her portrayal as icon Billie Holiday, she embodies all that is a woman who is unapologetic. Shoutout to these amazing costumes for coming through and pushing the performance even further 👑

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Billie Holiday – Billie Holiday Sings

Billie Holiday Sings is a 10-inch LP album made by jazz singer Billie Holiday, released in the United States by Clef Records in 1952.

Billie Holiday – vocals Charlie Shavers – trumpet Flip Phillips – tenor saxophone Oscar Peterson – piano Ray Brown – double bass Barney Kessel – guitar Alvin Stoller – drums

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“Champions keep playing until they get it right.” 🏆🏆🏆

- Billie Jean King

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✨1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die Series ✨ Album: Lady in Satin Artist: Billie Holiday Genre: #Jazz ℹ️About The Album : Lady in Satin is an album by the jazz singer Billie Holiday released in 1958 on Columbia Records. It is the penultimate album completed by the singer and last released in her lifetime. 🍸Goes Best With : We’re going to make a Whiskey Highball, and I bet you’ve had it all your life without knowing what’s it called. Ready? Mix equal parts whiskey and sparkling water and you’ve got a classic 1920s drink, The Whiskey Highball ! Favourite Tracks: 🔥 I’m a Fool to Want You, 🔥For Heaven’s Sake, 🔥I Get Along without You Very Well, 🔥 I’ll be Around. Featured Tracks: ✨I’m a Fool to Want You. #BillieHoliday #LadyInSatin #WhiskeyHighball #Whiskey #Music #MusicReview #KANSASreviews #Musik_Co_ #TasteYourMusic #PsyNok #Psyn0k #FavouriteTracks #1001AlbumsToHearBeforeYouDie https://www.instagram.com/p/CqBeo8RycKC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=