Billie Holiday : the musician and the myth / John Szwed.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, New York: Viking, [2015]Description: 230 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0670014729
  • 9780670014729
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 782.42165092 B 23
LOC classification:
  • ML420.H58 S99 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
The book I : Lady sings the blues -- The book II : the rest of the story -- The image : film, television, photography -- The pre-history of a singer -- The singer I -- The singer II -- The songs I -- The songs II.
Summary: "Drawing on a vast amount of new material that has surfaced in the last decade, ... jazz writer John Szwed considers how [Holiday's] life inflected her art, her influences, her uncanny voice and rhythmic genius, a number of her signature songs, and her legacy"--Amazon.com.
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Book Book Stonewall Biography B Holiday SZW 2015 1 Available 219411

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-219) and index.

The book I : Lady sings the blues -- The book II : the rest of the story -- The image : film, television, photography -- The pre-history of a singer -- The singer I -- The singer II -- The songs I -- The songs II.

"Drawing on a vast amount of new material that has surfaced in the last decade, ... jazz writer John Szwed considers how [Holiday's] life inflected her art, her influences, her uncanny voice and rhythmic genius, a number of her signature songs, and her legacy"--Amazon.com.

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