Lady Sings the Blues

Billie Holiday - Collection Penguin classics

192 pages, parution le 29/11/2018

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Résumé

'A masterpiece, as fresh and shocking as if it were written yesterday' Craig Brown

"I've been told that no one sings the word 'hunger' like I do. Or the word 'love'."

Lady Sings the Blues is the inimitable autobiography of one of the greatest icons of the twentieth century. Born to a single mother in 1915 Baltimore, Billie Holiday had her first run-in with the law at aged 13. But Billie Holiday is no victim. Her memoir tells the story of her life spent in jazz, smoky Harlem clubs and packed-out concert halls, her love affairs, her wildly creative friends, her struggles with addiction and her adventures in love. Billie Holiday is a wise and aphoristic guide to the story of her unforgettable life.

Billie Holiday was born in 1915. She began singing in jazz clubs in Harlem while still a teenager, never undergoing technical training or even learning to read music. Mainstream success followed with hits like Summertime, Autumn in New York and Strange Fruit . To this day she is still considered by many to be the greatest jazz singer of all time. She died in 1959, aged 44.

L'auteur - Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday [7 avril 1915 - 17 juillet 1959] est considérée comme la voix emblématique de la musique noire américaine. Après ses débuts avec Benny Goodman, elle chante avec les plus grands musiciens du jazz et signe ses plages les plus émouvantes avec Lester Young avant de rejoindre Count Basie. C'est après une tournée triomphale en Europe qu'elle signe son autobiographie en 1956 avant de succomber à l'abus d'alcool et de stupéfiant.

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Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Penguin
Auteur(s)	Billie Holiday
Collection	Penguin classics
Parution	29/11/2018
Nb. de pages	192
Format	12 x 19
Couverture	Broché
Poids	145g
EAN13	9780241351291