"Born in Philadelphia in 1915, and dead too early in New York in 1959, Billie Holiday became a legendary jazz singer, even mythical. With her voice even now managing to touch so many people, we follow a reporter on the trail of the artist on behalf of a New York daily. Beyond the public scandals that marred the life of the star (alcohol, drugs, violence), he seeks to restore the truth, revisiting the memory of Billie. Through this investigation, Mu???noz and Sampayo trace, through the undertones of racism, and in the wake ...
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"Born in Philadelphia in 1915, and dead too early in New York in 1959, Billie Holiday became a legendary jazz singer, even mythical. With her voice even now managing to touch so many people, we follow a reporter on the trail of the artist on behalf of a New York daily. Beyond the public scandals that marred the life of the star (alcohol, drugs, violence), he seeks to restore the truth, revisiting the memory of Billie. Through this investigation, Mu???noz and Sampayo trace, through the undertones of racism, and in the wake of the blues, the slow drift of a singer who expressed the deepest emotions in jazz"--Amazon.com.
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Add this copy of Billie Holiday to cart. $13.61, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Salamandra.
Add this copy of Billie Holiday (Spanish Edition) to cart. $22.95, good condition, Sold by CorgiPack rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fulton, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Salamandra.
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Good. Size: 9.2 x 0.8 x 12.5 inches; Dust jacket condition: No Jacket. Hardcover edition. Spanish language text. Solid retired library book with usual library treatments; else VG. Text free of underlining, writing and highlighting. Overall, a very nice clean copy. This book contains images from Billie's life, mostly about being a black woman in a racist country and her drug addiction. She often finds herself abused by sadistic whites. Meanwhile, Sinner, the modern-day protagonist detective, reminisces about the few times that he actually met this legendary jazz singer. 80 pages.
Add this copy of Billie Holiday to cart. $33.25, very good condition, Sold by Books on the Boulevard rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sherman Oaks, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Fantagraphics Books.
Add this copy of Billie Holiday to cart. $44.88, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2018 by Sur.
