Billie Holiday
Born in Philadelphua in 1915, and dead too early in New York in 1959, Billie Holiday became a legendary jazz singer, even mythical. With her voice even now managing to touch so many people, we follow a reporter on the trail of the artist on behalf of a New York daily. Beyond the public scandals that marred the life of the star (alcohol, drugs, violence...), he seeks to restore the truth, revisiting the memory of Billie. Through this investigation, Munoz and Sampayo trace, through the undertones…
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- Full title :Billie Holiday / Muñoz & Sampayo ; translated by Katy MacRae, Robert Boyd, and Kim Thompson.
Summary
Born in Philadelphua in 1915, and dead too early in New York in 1959, Billie Holiday became a legendary jazz singer, even mythical. With her voice even now managing to touch so many people, we follow a reporter on the trail of the artist on behalf of a New York daily. Beyond the public scandals that marred the life of the star (alcohol, drugs, violence...), he seeks to restore the truth, revisiting the memory of Billie. Through this investigation, Munoz and Sampayo trace, through the undertones of racism, and in the wake of the blues, the slow drift of a singer who expressed the deepest emotions in jazz. By internationally renowned Argentine artists, featuring Munoz' strikingly raw heavy blacks, this is not just a biography but a spell-binding art book tribute. --Provided by publisher.
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- Publication Date:2017.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):NBM Publishing
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2017.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781681120942, 1681120941, 9781681120959, 168112095X
- oclc:ocn980347925
- LC Classification:PN6728
- Dewey Decimal:741.5/973
Table of Contents
Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Half Title; Billie Holiday; Chapter.
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