Billie Holiday is widely considered jazz’s pre-eminent singer. Frank Sinatra once said that “with few exceptions, every major pop singer in the U.S. during her generation has been touched in ...

Jazz singer Billie Holiday vs the US Government?! Her song Strange Fruit written by Abel Meeropol about the treatment of ...

CD1: Strange Fruit; Yesterdays; Fine and Mellow; I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues; How Am I to Know; My Old Flame; I'll Get By; I Cover the Waterfront; I'll Be Seeing You; I'm Yours; Embraceable You; ...

Jazz At The Philharmonic Concerts 1945-1947; Body And Soul; Strange Fruit; I Cried For You; Fine And Mellow; He's Funny That Way; The Man I Love; Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You?; All Of Me; Billie's ...

Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you including music from John Coltrane, Billie Holiday, Marian McPartland and more. Get in touch: jrr@bbc.co.uk Alyn Shipton ...

Neranenah, a word that means “to come together and sing,” is the rebranded name for the Atlanta Jewish Music Festival. Neranenah will kick off its 2025 season Sunday at Studio Theatre at the Sandy ...

Film critic Hanna Flint on why this new biopic doesn’t do justice to the iconic singer. Billie Holiday was a musical ... by embracing the jazz she loved to listen to and performing at local ...