Lady Sings the Blues The 50thAnniversay Edition with a Revised Discography by Billie Holiday & William Dufty & Foreword by David Ritz
Brand: Three Rivers Press (CA)
Product Description
Perfect for fans of The United States vs. Billie Holiday this is the fiercely honest noholdsbarred memoir of the legendary jazz swing and standards singing sensationa fiftiethanniversary edition updated with stunning new photos a revised discography and an insightful foreword by music writer David Ritz Taking the reader on a fastmoving journey from Billie Holidays roughandtumble Baltimore childhood where she ran errands at a whorehouse in exchange for the chance to listen to Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith albums to her emergence on Harlems club scene to soldout performances with the Count Basie Orchestra and with Artie Shaw and his band this revelatory memoir is notable for its trenchant observations on the racism that darkened Billies life and the heroin addiction that ended it too soon. We are with her during the mesmerizing debut of Strange Fruit with her as she rubs shoulders with the biggest movie stars and musicians of the day Bob Hope Lana Turner Clark Gable Benny Goodman Lester Young Coleman Hawkins and more and with her through the scrapes with Jim Crow spats with Sarah Vaughan ignominious jailings and tragic decline. All of this is told in Holidays tart streetwise style and hip patois that makes it read as if it were written yesterday. show more
Condition : New
Author : Billie Holiday William Dufty Foreword By David Ritz
Weight : 387.62
Publisher : Three Rivers Press CA
Language : English
EAN : 9780767923866
ISBN10 : 0767923863
Format : Paperback
Date of Publication : 20060926
Place of Publication : United States
Pagination : NA
Dimensions : 138 X 209 X 17mm