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Billie Holiday | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Eleanora Fagan |
Born | 7 Apryle 1915 Philadelphia, Pennsylvanie, U.S. |
Oreigin | Harlem, New York, U.S. |
Deid | 17 Julie 1959 New York Ceety, New York | (aged 44)
Genres | Vocal jazz, jazz blues, torch sangs, swing, blues, R&B |
Thrift | Sangster |
Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 1933–1959 |
Labels | Brunswick, Vocalion, Okeh, Bluebird, Commodore, Capitol, Decca, Aladdin, Verve, Columbia, MGM |
Associate acts | Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Lena Horne, Carmen McRae, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Artie Shaw, Lester Young, Tony Scott |
Wabsteid | www |
Eleanora Fagan (Aprile 7, 1915 – Julie 17, 1959), professionally kent as Billie Holiday, wis an American jazz muisicker an sangster-sangwriter wi a career spannin nearly thirty years. Nicknamed "Lady Day" bi her friend an muisic pairtner Lester Young, Holiday haed a seminal influence on jazz muisic an pop singin. Her vocal style, strangly inspired bi jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new wey o manipulatin phrasin an tempo. She wis kent for her vocal delivery an improvisational skills, which made up for her leemitit range an lack o formal muisic eddication. Thare war ither jazz sangsters wi equal talent, but Holiday haed a vyce that capturt the attention o her audience.[2]
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Spencer, Neil. Billie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth Review – A Celebration of a True Original. Guardian. May 3, 2015.
- ↑ Ostendorf, Berndt (1993-01-01). "Review of Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday". Popular Music. 12 (2): 201–202. doi:10.1017/s0261143000005602. JSTOR 931303.
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