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Billie Holiday : the musician and the myth

Szwed, John F.

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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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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2015

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Billie Holiday : the musician and the myth (AUDIOBOOK)

Szwed, John F.

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Summary: Puslished in celebration of Holiday's centenary, the first biography to focus on the singer's extraordinary musical talent. When Billie Holiday stepped into Columbia's studios in November 1933, it marked the beginning of what is arguably the most remarkable and influential career in twentieth-centruy popular music. Her voice weathered countless shifts in public taste, and new reincarnations...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015