03/08/2007
Singer Christine Tobin guides Alyn Shipton through the best work from Billie Holiday's early and late career, in which anguish blended with ecstasy as she sang of unrequited love.
Singer Christine Tobin guides Alyn Shipton through the best work from Billie Holiday's early and late career.
Widely acknowledged as one of the finest singers in jazz history, Billie Holiday's short life produced a remarkable recorded legacy, in which anguish blended with ecstasy as she sang of unrequited love. Her voice changed with age and hard living, and among the highlights are Good Morning Heartache, My Man and the emotional wasteland of Strange Fruit, a song about a Southern lynching.
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Jazz Library - Billie Holiday
Duration: 41:00
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- Sun 26 Oct 2008 00:00成人快手 Radio 3
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Jazz Library
Advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings
