Julia Blackburn
Few jazz singers have become icons like Billie Holiday. In ,With Billie,, we hear the voices of those people who knew Billie best: piano players and dancers, pimps and junkies, lovers and narcs, producers and critics, each recalling intimate stories of the Billie they knew. What emerges is a portrait of a complex, contradictory, enthralling woman, a woman who â€” contrary to myth â€” knew what she wanted and what really mattered to her. Julia Blackburn has pieced together an oral history of this jazz great, creating a unique and fascinating view of an astonishing woman.
Music,Biography,Nonfiction,Cultural,African American,Biography Memoir,History,Music,Jazz,Historical
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