Harris at AM 1 comment:. Harris at AM No comments:. Friday, March 23, More Sun Ra. Thursday, March 22, Frank Sinatra. Tuesday, March 20, Chet Baker. Monday, March 19, Hareton Salvanini. Caetano Veloso. Quincy Jones and Bill Cosby. Sunday, March 18, Incognito. More Mingus. Saturday, March 17, Cameo. Harris at AM.
Friday, March 16, The Supremes. Billie Holiday put. Thursday, March 15, Requests. Dont forget you can leave any requests in the shoutbox to the right and ill try my best to find it. Jeff Cascaro. Gladys Knight and the Pips. Once released, "Strange Fruit" was banned by many radio outlets, though the growing jukebox industry and the inclusion of the excellent "Fine and Mellow" on the flip made it a rather large, though controversial, hit. She continued recording for Columbia labels until , and hit big again with her most famous composition, 's "God Bless the Child.
Neatly side-stepping the musician's union ban that afflicted her former label, Holiday soon became a priority at Decca, earning the right to top-quality material and lavish string sections for her sessions. Already heavily into alcohol and marijuana, she began smoking opium early in the decade with her first husband, Johnnie Monroe.
The marriage didn't last, but hot on its heels came a second marriage to trumpeter Joe Guy and a move to heroin. Despite her triumphant concert at New York's Town Hall and a small film role -- as a maid! Her mother's death soon after affected her deeply, and in she was arrested for possession of heroin and sentenced to eight months in prison. Unfortunately, Holiday's troubles only continued after her release.
The drug charge made it impossible for her to get a cabaret card, so nightclub performances were out of the question. Plagued by various celebrity hawks from all portions of the underworld jazz, drugs, song publishing, etc. Two years later, she began recording for jazz entrepreneur Norman Granz, owner of the excellent labels Clef, Norgran, and by , Verve. The recordings returned her to the small-group intimacy of her Columbia work, and reunited her with Ben Webster as well as other top-flight musicians such as Oscar Peterson, Harry "Sweets" Edison, and Charlie Shavers.
Though the ravages of a hard life were beginning to take their toll on her voice, many of Holiday's mid-'50s recordings are just as intense and beautiful as her classic work. During , Holiday toured Europe to great acclaim, and her autobiography brought her even more fame or notoriety. One year later, the Lady in Satin LP clothed her naked, increasingly hoarse voice with the overwrought strings of Ray Ellis. During her final year, she made two more appearances in Europe before collapsing in May of heart and liver disease.
Still procuring heroin while on her death bed, Holiday was arrested for possession in her private room and died on July 17, her system completely unable to fight both withdrawal and heart disease at the same time. Her cult of influence spread quickly after her death and gave her more fame than she'd enjoyed in life. The biopic Lady Sings the Blues featured Diana Ross struggling to overcome the conflicting myths of Holiday's life, but the film also illuminated her tragic life and introduced many future fans.
Vocal Jazz - Released by Verve on 1 Jan Although her voic Although many of Billie Holiday's recordings for Commodore and Decca are often overlooked -- at least in comparison to the songs that bookend her care Taken from a pair of sessions taped during , Lady Sings the Blues finds Holiday in top form and backed by the sympathetic likes of tenor saxo Vocal Jazz - Released by Okeh on 1 Jun Vocal Jazz - Released by Saga on 11 Mar Billie Holiday is known best for the depth of feeling in her singing, especially as it relates to melancholy and despair.
The Saga compilation Blue Bi Vocal Jazz - Released by Saga on 27 Jan Billie Holiday is known for the depth of feeling in her singing, especially as it relates to melancholy and despair. Such a landmark vocalist can't be Categories: All Back.
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