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Album An Evening With Billie Holiday (1953)

by Billie Holiday

Label Clef Records

Performer

Alvin Stoller, Barney Kessel, Charlie Shavers, Flip Phillips, J.C. Heard, Joe Newman, Oscar Peterson, Paul Quinichette, Ray Brown

Supervised By

Norman Granz

Artwork

David Stone Martin

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About Billie Holiday

Genre

Swing, Vocal Jazz, Jazz, Blues

Activity years

1933 - 1959

Country

United States

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Eleanora Fagan (April 7, 1915 вЂ” July 17, 1959), better known as Billie Holiday, was an American jazz singer with a career spanning nearly thirty years. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz music and pop singing. Her vocal... more

Eleanora Fagan (April 7, 1915 вЂ” July 17, 1959), better known as Billie Holiday, was an American jazz singer with a career spanning nearly thirty years. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal 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, which made up for her limited range and lack of formal music education.

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Billie Holiday – Yesterdays Lyrics

from album: An Evening With Billie Holiday (1953)

Songwriters: Jerome David Kern, Otto Abels Hauerbach

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