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Billie Holiday : the musician and the myth / John Szwed.

Author/creator Szwed, John F., 1936- author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info New York, New York : Viking, [2015]
Copyright Notice ©2015
Description230 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Contents The book I : Lady sings the blues -- The book II : the rest of the story -- The image : film, television, photography -- The pre-history of a singer -- The singer I -- The singer II -- The songs I -- The songs II.
Abstract "Drawing on a vast amount of new material that has surfaced in the last decade ... jazz writer John Szwed considers how [Holiday's] life inflected her art, her influences, her uncanny voice and rhythmic genius, a number of her signature songs, and her legacy"--Amazon.com.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 203-219) and index.
LCCN 2015001092
ISBN9780670014729 (hardback)
ISBN0670014729 (hardback)

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