#lady day
Billie Holiday - I’ll Be Seeing You (1944)
Happy birthday, Lady Day.
Billie Holiday. Photographed by Phil Stern. (1955)
This Day in Jazz: Vocalist Billie Holiday records “I’ll Never Be The Same” on June 1, 1937 with a band led by pianist Teddy Wilson, including tenor saxophonist Lester Young.
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Lady Writes The Blues: Billie Holiday’s Singing and Songwriting Artistry (LISTEN)
Lady Writes The Blues: Billie Holiday’s Singing and Songwriting Artistry (LISTEN)
[Billie Holiday, from March 23, 1949. Photographer: Carl Van Vechten. from the Yale University Archives at Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library]
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson)
In continued celebration of #JazzAppreciationMonth, today we drop in on Billie Holiday, the singer and artist who not only influenced peers and progeny alike with her innovative interpretation of and…
“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.”
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