Billie Holiday was just 44 when she died in 1959. Yet she continues to rank among America’s greatest jazz singers while her notoriously — and well publicized — troubled life of a… ...

Billie Holiday was many things — songwriter, vocalist, poet, a woman whose jazz-influenced vocals forever changed the way singers interpret the American songbook. But for the actress Alexis J ...

Intimate portrait of Billie Holiday emerges in Mercury Theater’s multifaceted ‘Lady Day’ Running at the snug Mercury Theater’s Venus Cabaret space, “Lady Day” stands as a showcase for ...

H-125, Billie Holiday, publicity portrait. Billie Holiday singing : black-and-white photoprint. Billie Holiday in a white dress singing with a band which includes a drummer. Billy sic Holiday at Club ...

Jazz singer Billie Holiday poses for a portrait circa 1948 in New York City, New York. (Photo by Friedman-Engeler/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Jazz singer Billie Holiday poses for a ...

Billie Holiday," federal agents wage a vigorous campaign for years to make her stop singing "Strange Fruit," that scathing portrait of lynching as a Southern tradition. There's more anecdotal than ...

Billie Holiday Flashback Friday 260 Jpg By Essence · Updated October 29, 2020 July 17 marks the anniversary of death of the incomparable singer, Ms. Billie Holiday.

Billie Holiday builds herself up, then melts down. Story by Naveen Kumar • 5mo. A jazz trio grooves onstage, swapping solos like small talk as patrons settle in at cafe tables.

Becoming Billie: How Andra Day found the soul (and voice) of Lady Day. For her first acting role, The United States vs. Billie Holiday's Andra Day is a Best Actress Oscar contender.

That Billie Holiday is one of the greatest singers in the history of American music is beyond dispute. However, any discussion of her greatness is usually overshadowed by a laundry list of her ...

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 ...