2011, ISBN: 9780307786166

eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), Originally released by Doubleday in 1956, Harlem Moon Classics celebrates the publication with the fiftieth-anniversary edition of Billie Holiday’… Más…

eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), Originally released by Doubleday in 1956, Harlem Moon Classics celebrates the publication with the fiftieth-anniversary edition of Billie Holiday&rsquo;s unforgettable and timeless memoir, updated with an insightful introduction and a revised discography, both written by celebrated music writer David Ritz.Lady Sings the Blues is the fiercely honest, no-holds-barred autobiography of Billie Holiday, the legendary jazz, swing, and standards singing sensation. Taking the reader on a fast-moving journey from Holiday&rsquo;s rough-and-tumble Baltimore childhood (where she ran errands at a whorehouse in exchange for the chance to listen to Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith albums), to her emergence on Harlem&rsquo;s club scene, to sold-out performances with the Count Basie Orchestra and with Artie Shaw and his band, this revelatory memoir is notable for its trenchant observations on the racism that darkened Billie&rsquo;s life and the heroin addiction that ended it too soon. We are with her during the mesmerizing debut of &ldquo;Strange Fruit&rdquo;; with her as she rubs shoulders with the biggest movie stars and musicians of the day (Bob Hope, Lana Turner, Clark Gable, Benny Goodman, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, and more); and with her through the scrapes with Jim Crow, spats with Sarah Vaughan, ignominious jailings, and tragic decline. All of this is told in Holiday&rsquo;s tart, streetwise style and hip patois that makes it read as if it were written yesterday. [PU: Crown/Archetype], Seiten: 256, Crown/Archetype, 2011<

ISBN: 9780307786166

Perfect for fans of The United States vs. Billie Holiday, this is the fiercely honest, no-holds-barred memoir of the legendary jazz, swing, and standards singing sensation&mdash… Más…

Perfect for fans of The United States vs. Billie Holiday, this is the fiercely honest, no-holds-barred memoir of the legendary jazz, swing, and standards singing sensation—a fiftieth-anniversary edition updated with stunning new photos, a revised discography, and an insightful foreword by music writer David RitzTaking the reader on a fast-moving journey from Billie Holiday’s rough-and-tumble Baltimore childhood (where she ran errands at a whorehouse in exchange for the chance to listen to Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith albums), to her emergence on Harlem’s club scene, to sold-out performances with the Count Basie Orchestra and with Artie Shaw and his band, this revelatory memoir is notable for its trenchant observations on the racism that darkened Billie’s life and the heroin addiction that ended it too soon.  We are with her during the mesmerizing debut of “Strange Fruit”; with her as she rubs shoulders with the biggest movie stars and musicians of the day (Bob Hope, Lana Turner, Clark Gable, Benny Goodman, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, and more); and with her through the scrapes with Jim Crow, spats with Sarah Vaughan, ignominious jailings, and tragic decline. All of this is told in Holiday’s tart, streetwise style and hip patois that makes it read as if it were written yesterday. Digital Content>E-books>Music>Music Biographies>Music Bio, Crown Publishing Group Digital >16<

ISBN: 9780307786166

*Lady Sings the Blues* - The 50th-Anniversay Edition with a Revised Discography / epub eBook für 16.49 € / Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Fachthemen & Wissenschaft, Sozialwissenschaften Medien … Más…

*Lady Sings the Blues* - The 50th-Anniversay Edition with a Revised Discography / epub eBook für 16.49 € / Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Fachthemen & Wissenschaft, Sozialwissenschaften Medien > Bücher nein eBook als epub eBooks > Fachthemen & Wissenschaft > Sozialwissenschaften, Crown<

ISBN: 9780307786166

Lady Sings the Blues - The 50th-Anniversay Edition with a Revised Discography: ab 16.49 € eBooks > Fachthemen & Wissenschaft > Sozialwissenschaften Crown eBook als epub, Crown

ISBN: 9780307786166

Lady Sings the Blues - The 50th-Anniversay Edition with a Revised Discography: ab 16.99 € eBooks > Fachthemen & Wissenschaft > Sozialwissenschaften Crown eBook als epub, Crown