September 13, 2024 3 min Roz White as Billie Holiday in Mosaic Theater Company’s production of “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill.” (Chris Banks) Review by Naveen Kumar ...

A • I knew about Billie Holiday, but we didn't have Billie Holiday albums in our house growing up. The only singer we had who was out around that time was Ella Fitzgerald. My father liked big bands.

Billie Holiday rose to prominence in 1939 headlining at Manhattan’s Café Society, America’s first integrated nightclub. The price of that fame was to be stalked by law enforcement and the media.

Most artists belong to their times, but Billie Holiday, born 100 years ago Tuesday, fits in the present. In a way, she died before her time, just as the country was beginning to talk about race ...

Billie Holiday is one of the foremost vocalists in jazz, whose emotional depth and unique phrasing inspired generations of singers to experiment with form and pitch fluctuation. Nicknamed “Lady ...