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"Billie Holiday is kind of like a poster child for all of the Baltimore stories we haven't told yet." Gabrielle Dean Curator of rare books and Manuscripts, Sheridan Libraries Jackson, a fourth ...
Gabrielle Dean is the William Kurrelmeyer curator of rare books and manuscripts at ... a police report about something that happened to Billie Holiday, a letter, a postcard, a birthday card ...
Roston stars as Billie Holiday in “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar ... rendering her alluring stage presence a rare experience indeed. “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill,” which debuted ...
Early on in Billie Holiday’s 1956 memoir Lady Sings the Blues ... glowing with the anticipation of breezy pleasures ahead. It’s a rare portrait of a smiley, unposed, off-duty Billie. There are ...
That is Jimmy Dorsey’s "So Rare". It’s on YouTube today ... In the New York studio, the aged instrumentalists were grouped in a semi-circle around Billie Holiday who sat on a wooden stool. This was a ...
July 17 marks the anniversary of death of the incomparable singer, Ms. Billie Holiday. Few vocalists before or since have been able to spin such emotional depth through such a lovely yet fragile ...
“God Bless the Child.” “I’ll Be Seeing You.” And of course, “Strange Fruit.” Ten writers and musicians share what they love about the artistry of Lady Day. Credit...Dante Zaballa ...
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