The Billie Holiday companion : seven decades of commentary / edited by Leslie Gourse
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TextPublication details: New York : London : Schirmer Books ; Prentice Hall International, c1997Description: xxii, 210 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 0028646134 (alk. paper); 9780028646138 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 -- Criticism and interpretation | African American women jazz singers -- Biography | Women jazz singers -- BiographyAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Billie Holiday companion.DDC classification: 782.42165/092 LOC classification: ML420.H58 | B45 1997
Contents:
Lady Day / Whitney Balliett -- Part one, God bless the child : memoirs. Lady Day / Leonard Feather ; Remembering Billie / Buck Clayton ; Billie at Cafe Society / John Chilton ; A crucial engagement / Bud Kliment ; Billie Holiday in England : 1953 / Max Jones -- Part two, What a little moonlight can do : Billie Holiday in performance and in her own words. Billie Holiday : Storyville, Boston / Dom Cerulli ; Jazz singing : pure and simple / John S. Wilson ; Lady Day has her say / Leonard Feather ; The Willis Conover interview -- Part three, Me, myself, and I : Billie Holiday on record and in print. Early recordings / John Hammond and Dan Morganstern ; The golden years / Ralph J. Gleason ; A lady named Billie and I / Milt Gabler ; Lady gets her due/The complete lady / Gary Giddins ; Miss Holiday / Whitney Balliett ; Lady in satin and Holiday's last recordings / Glenn Coulter ; Indigenous music / Nat Hentoff ; Lady sings the blues / Orrin Keepnews -- Part four, Don't explain : Billie Holiday and her contemporaries. The female singers / Joachim E. Berendt ; Lady day-- Billie Holiday / Will Friedwald ; The great American popular singers / Henry Pleasants ; There was no middle ground with Billie Holiday / Leslie Gourse -- Part five, Strange fruit : legacies. The real Lady Day / Nat Hentoff ; Billie Holiday : sleepless nights / Elizabeth Hardwick ; The man who danced with Billie Holiday / Francis Davis ; Turning back the clock for Lady Day / Melvin Maddocks ; Knowing when to stop / Ned Rorem -- Part six, Heart and soul : Billie Holiday remembered. Billie Holiday remembered / the New York Jazz Museum ; Queen of the blues is dead at 44 / James Donahue ; Memories / Jimmy Rowles
| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | 921/HOL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844100127782 |
Includes discography (p. 195-196) and index
Lady Day / Whitney Balliett -- Part one, God bless the child : memoirs. Lady Day / Leonard Feather ; Remembering Billie / Buck Clayton ; Billie at Cafe Society / John Chilton ; A crucial engagement / Bud Kliment ; Billie Holiday in England : 1953 / Max Jones -- Part two, What a little moonlight can do : Billie Holiday in performance and in her own words. Billie Holiday : Storyville, Boston / Dom Cerulli ; Jazz singing : pure and simple / John S. Wilson ; Lady Day has her say / Leonard Feather ; The Willis Conover interview -- Part three, Me, myself, and I : Billie Holiday on record and in print. Early recordings / John Hammond and Dan Morganstern ; The golden years / Ralph J. Gleason ; A lady named Billie and I / Milt Gabler ; Lady gets her due/The complete lady / Gary Giddins ; Miss Holiday / Whitney Balliett ; Lady in satin and Holiday's last recordings / Glenn Coulter ; Indigenous music / Nat Hentoff ; Lady sings the blues / Orrin Keepnews -- Part four, Don't explain : Billie Holiday and her contemporaries. The female singers / Joachim E. Berendt ; Lady day-- Billie Holiday / Will Friedwald ; The great American popular singers / Henry Pleasants ; There was no middle ground with Billie Holiday / Leslie Gourse -- Part five, Strange fruit : legacies. The real Lady Day / Nat Hentoff ; Billie Holiday : sleepless nights / Elizabeth Hardwick ; The man who danced with Billie Holiday / Francis Davis ; Turning back the clock for Lady Day / Melvin Maddocks ; Knowing when to stop / Ned Rorem -- Part six, Heart and soul : Billie Holiday remembered. Billie Holiday remembered / the New York Jazz Museum ; Queen of the blues is dead at 44 / James Donahue ; Memories / Jimmy Rowles
John Platt Collection; Gift: Mary Lou Capes; LA.2007.11.002. OhClRRL
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