April 06, 2007
BILLIE'S BIRTHDAY
"There's two kind of blues. There's happy blues and there's sad blues."--Billie Holiday
She did both kinds to perfection.
As Dhimmitude becomes politically correct and Liberalism becomes synonymous with appeasement, let us turn away from the dimwitted eyesore, Nancy Pelosi, to remember the greatest female jazz vocalist, Billie Holiday, on the eve of her 92nd birthday. We wrote an appreciation of her two years ago-BY, Before Youtube- titled Happy Birthday Eleanora Fagan. (Read it here) Now we can offer a glimpse of her greatness, accompanied by Lester Young. The year was 1957, her body and voice ravaged by drugs, but still surpassingly beautiful. She died less than two years later.
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Someone ought to write an essay on the similarities in the artistry and careers of three remarkable women - Edith Piaf, Billie Holiday and Judy Garland. The similarities are to my mind so remarkable that they must have something to tell about our recent cultural history.
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at April 9, 2007 04:33 PM
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