#jazz diva

“I saw the whole world in that face. All of the beauty and all of the misery.” From the documentary Billie(2020). 

Born on this day: tormented but resilient jazz diva Billie Holiday(née Eleanora Fagan, 7 April 1915 – 17 July 1959). All these decades later Lady Day’s hauntingly soulful voice still incites goosebumps. My favourite songs of hers will always be “I’m a Fool to Want You” and “Don’t Explain.”