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Author:

Szwed, John F., 1936- author.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Viking,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

230 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Holiday, Billie,--1915-1959.
Singers--United States--Biography.
African American women singers--United States--Biography.
Holiday, Billie,--1915-1959.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-219) and index.

Contents:

The book I : Lady sings the blues -- The book II : the rest of the story -- The image : film, television, photography -- The prehistory of a singer -- The singer I -- The singer II -- The songs I -- The songs II.

Summary:

"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.

ISBN:

0670014729 (hbk.)
9780670014729 (hbk.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)900333018

LCCN:

2015001092

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

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XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)