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Greenwood Biographies Billie Holiday: A Biography, (Hardcover)
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This biography conveys her hard-luck youth, career triumphs, and then decline and early death.
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This biography provides an insightful exploration of Billie Holiday’s life, capturing her struggles and triumphs, making it perfect for readers wanting to understand her musical legacy and personal challenges.
Engaging Narrative
Written with a captivating storytelling style, this book appeals to both music enthusiasts and general readers, ensuring that Holiday’s remarkable journey resonates deeply with a wide audience.
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The durable hardcover format not only ensures longevity but also makes it an ideal gift for fans of jazz and biography, enhancing its value as a collectible edition.
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- Billie Holiday (1915-1959), the legendary jazz singer whose vocal stylings were deeply affecting, continues to enthrall. This biography conveys her hard-luck youth, career triumphs, and then decline and early death. At age 14, despite growing up with an absentee musician father, little schooling, a rape at 10, and jail time for prostitution, this extraordinary girl moved to New York City to find work as a dancer or singer. She soon became the toast of Harlem and went on to tour and record with the biggest names in jazz. Holiday's career took off in the 1930s, during the Depression, and the biography evokes the era and atmosphere of the jazz club scene. The state of race relations in the country is discussed as Holiday tours with white bandleaders such as Artie Shaw and even as she sings about lynching in the controversial Strange Fruit. The narrative further chronicles Holiday's relationships, descent into drug addiction, the subsequent diminishment of her talent, and tragic early death. Readers today will then want to seek out Holiday's recordings to more fully appreciate her interpretations of the songs of that classic era.
| Book format | Hardcover |
| Fiction/nonfiction | Non-Fiction |
| Genre | Biography & Memoirs |
| Publication date | October, 2006 |
| Pages | 144 |
| Reading level | 14-18 |
| Subgenre | Cultural & Regional |
| Series title | Greenwood Biographies |
| Edition | 1 |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Original languages | English |
| Language | English |
| Edu focus | Music |
| Educational level | High School |
| Is collectible | N |
| Character | Billie Holiday |
| Binding type | Case Binding |
| Retail packaging | Single Piece |
| Assembled product dimensions (l x w x h) | 6.48 x 0.61 x 9.26 Inches (16.5 x 1.5 x 23.5 cm) |
| Assembled product weight | 0.81 lb (370 grams) |
| Bisac subject heading | Biography & Autobiography |
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Jazz Enthusiasts
Individuals passionate about jazz music will appreciate the in-depth exploration of Billie Holiday's contributions to the genre.
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History Students
Students studying music history or American culture can benefit from the rich context and historical significance presented in this biography.
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Biographical Readers
Readers who enjoy in-depth biographies that cover complex personalities will find Holiday's life story both compelling and informative.
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Casual Readers
Those looking for light reading may find the detailed exploration of Holiday's life and struggles too dense or heavy.
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- Explore the extraordinary life of Billie Holiday, a legendary jazz singer.
- Dive into her hard-luck youth, overcoming adversity from an early age.
- Discover her rise to fame in the jazz scene of the 1930s.
- Understand the impact of race relations as she collaborated with white bandleaders.
- Learn about her powerful songs, including the controversial 'Strange Fruit.'
- Reflect on her tragic decline due to addiction and early death, and the legacy she left behind.
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