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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 made a significant contribution to jazz music and pop singing.
The United States vs. Billie Holiday received mixed reviews from critics; while Day's performance was praised, the direction and screenplay were criticized as unfocused. For her performance, Day was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama .
The Sound of Jazz features performances by musicians from the swing era, including Count Basie, Lester Young, Ben Webster, Billie Holiday, Jo Jones, and Coleman Hawkins; Chicago-style players of the same era, such as Henry "Red" Allen, Vic Dickenson, and Pee Wee Russell; and modern jazz musicians such as Gerry Mulligan, Thelonious Monk, and ...
The “Billie Holiday at Sugar Hill: Photographs by Jerry Dantzic” exhibit comprises largely unseen images of the singer by the photojournalist in 1957 during her weeklong run at Newark’s ...
The author of a new biography on coming to understand the truth behind the legendary singer's public persona.
“Strange Fruit” is the Holiday classic at the center of “The United States Vs. Billie Holiday,” the biopic from director Lee Daniels (“Precious,” “Empire”) that will debut on Hulu ...
Linda Lipnack Kuehl (January 24, 1940 – February 6, 1978) [1] was an American arts journalist, based in New York City. Intending to write a biography of Billie Holiday, she interviewed friends, fellow performers, and key figures in Holiday's life, but died before its completion. [2]
Capturing the right musical ambiance for Billie Holiday in “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” was the product of a year-and-a-half of research and planning, even before shooting began in ...