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Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday

by StuartNicholson (Author)

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    Paperback 1996

    $3.27
Synopsis

Billie Holiday was one of the most inspiringly talented singers of the 20th century, appreciated not just in the world of jazz, but by music lovers across the whole musical spectrum. Stuart Nicholson successfully describes the complexities of Holiday's personality, her art and her times in this well-written and original biography. Acclaimed as 'Notable Book of the Year' by the New York Times it is a gripping insight in to the life and music of Billie Holiday, who was without doubt a phenomenon of American culture.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 320
 Edition: New
 Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 25 Jul 1996
ISBN 10: 0575400161
ISBN 13: 9780575400160
Book Overview: A must-have - the best biography on the jazz legend Billie Holiday Includes an authoritative discography by noted jazz historian Phil Schaap 'Some of the most trenchant splicings of musical analysis and anecdote ever applied to Holiday ... at times it is inspired in its insights into just how and why Lady Day pulls those strings in your heart' Q 'Anyone who does not already know the outline of Billie's story will find it ... compulsive reading, but even for those familiar with it there are quite a few surprises' Observer 'At long, long last we now have a biography of that incomparable, inimitable jazzlady Billie Holiday that is totally worthy of the subject, and a magnificent, gripping read at that' Crescendo and Jazz Music

Author Bio
Reissued in stunning new cover, to match the new edition of Nicholson's Billie Holiday 'This biography is a model not only of research, but of musical insight' Observer 'Just to state that this book is a full account of this splendid lady's life and times barely hints at the depth and detail which the indefatigable Nicholson has unearthed ... A triumph' Crescendo & Jazz Music 'When it comes to the music Nicholson is right on' Washington Post Nicholson is a shrewd critic, handling the roll-call of names from bebop and beyond with care and judgement ... his discography is exemplary' The Times 'Knocks spots off earlier attempts at Ella's biography' The Wire