With dust in her hair, Or bits of dust in eyes. And the sadness? What can purge my heart. Billie Holiday - The Complete Decca Recordings (2-Disc Set). Many have tried, of course, and literally hundreds of options of varying quality and legitimacy. Billie Holiday's story is so huge, her artistry so vast, and her impact so incalculable, that even attempting to corral a representative sampling of it within a single collection of recordings is an overwhelming, perhaps foolhardy task. First release long play records from Verve label, in the background on the left side the extremely rare record 'The Mellow Side of.' From that point of view her late recordings are some of the most extraordinary songs in all jazz music history. The emotion with which she imbued each song remained not only intact but also profound.
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Her voice lacked range and was somewhat thin, plus years of excessive drug use eventually altered its texture and gave it a prepossessing fragility.
Her distinctive delivery made Billie Holiday's performances instantly recognizable throughout her career.Ī master of improvisation, Billie's well-trained ear more than compensated for her lack of music education. She was one of the first black stars in the media business and the first foremost female jazz singer known to a wider even white skinned audience. Billie Holiday (born as Eleanora Fagan at 7th of April 1915 died at the 17th of July 1959) was an african american jazz singer and songwriter. Billie Holiday was one of the most extraordinary singers of the 20th century.
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