Billie Holiday
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Billie Holiday, born Eleanora Fagan, was an American jazz singer with a career spanning nearly thirty years. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz music and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. She was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills. Billie Holiday appeared in four feature films and many television shows.
Filmografi
- Billie (2020)
- It's Black Entertainment (2002)
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
- The Apollo (2019)
- New Orleans (1947)
- Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got (1985)
- Emperor Jones (1933)
- The Long Night of Lady Day (1984)
- Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas (2005)
- Die magischen Stimmen des Pop (2021)
- Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas (2013)
- Strange Fruit (2002)
- Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life (1935)
- Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection (2005)
- Strange Fruit (2020)
- Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1 (2006)
- Billie on Billie (2002)
- Billie Holiday: A Sensation (2015)
- 'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet (1951)
- Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday (1990)