In late May 1947, Billie Holiday was caught with narcotics and sentenced to 10 months in a West Virginia prison. The first month was tough. The American jazz singer was coming off heroin and ...
On July 17, 1958, exactly one year before she died, Billie Holiday performed on the television show “Art Ford’s Jazz Party.” Ford, like most jazz lovers, was a Holiday devotee, and he almost sounds ...
Miss Holiday, who became a singer more out of desperation than desire, was one of the most influential jazz musicians of her time. By The New York Times An appreciation of one of the most innovative ...
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