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A Rare Live Recording Of Billie Holiday
''A Rare Live Recording Of Billie Holiday'' is a live album by jazz singer Billie Holiday, compiling material recorded over two nights at Boston's Storyville (nightclub), Storyville Club in 1951, and released by the small Recording Industries Corporation label in 1964. The material was originally broadcast on the radio station WMEX (AM), WMEX. The album documents one of the few recordings of Holiday performing her live set at a nightclub. Content The recordings on the album were posthumously released by a small label in the 1960s, sourced from a series of radio broadcasts made on Boston's WMEX (AM), WMEX, live from city's Storyville (nightclub), Storyville Club in 1951. Late that year, Holiday had performed for a week in the club, accompanied by the pianist and arranger Buster Harding and a rhythm section. She was interviewed at the time by Nat Hentoff, a local jazz critic and historian working for WMEX as well as Down Beat, who described her as being at the time joyful, respons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday had an innovative influence on jazz music and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. She was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills. After a turbulent childhood, Holiday began singing in nightclubs in Harlem, where she was heard by producer John Hammond, who liked her voice. She signed a recording contract with Brunswick in 1935. Collaborations with Teddy Wilson produced the hit "What a Little Moonlight Can Do", which became a jazz standard. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Holiday had mainstream success on labels such as Columbia and Decca. By the late 1940s, however, she was beset with legal troubles and drug abuse. After a short prison sentence, she performed at a sold-out conce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
