With Billie: A New Look at the Unforgettable Lady Day

Few jazz singers have become icons like Billie Holiday. In With Billie, we hear the voices of those people who knew Billie best: piano players and dancers, pimps and junkies, lovers and narcs, producers and critics, each recalling intimate stories of the Billie they knew. What emerges is a portrait of a complex, contradictory, enthralling woman, a woman who -- contrary to myth -- knew what she wanted and what really mattered to her. Julia Blackburn has pieced together an oral history of this jazz great, creating a unique and fascinating view of an astonishing woman.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 04/11/2006
ISBN: 9780375705809
Pages: 368
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.26w x 0.81d

Review Citations: Women's Review of Books 01/01/2006 pg. 8
New York Times 06/11/2006 pg. 32
Kliatt 09/01/2006 pg. 40