Gouache of Billy Holliday from the 50ies/
Billie Holliday , Portret in Gouache van Billie Holiday in het jazztijdschrift Down Beat, ca. februari 1947!; op de bank van studio Jan Vis ! Het geschilderde optreden is van de hand van onze kunstenaar Louis Nagelkerke hij zag ook meteen dat het Billy was! Ook vond ik de foto van dit portret nog in kleur . De gouache bevindt zich nu in mijn Jazz and Blues musiccollection! M
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Eleanora Fagan (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), professionally known as Billie Holiday, was an American jazz and swing music singer with a career spanning 26 years. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner Lester Young, Holiday had an innovative 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.[1]
After a turbulent childhood, Holiday began singing in nightclubs in Harlem, where she was heard by producer John Hammond, who commended her voice. She signed a recording contract with Brunswick in 1935. Collaborations with Teddy Wilson yielded the hit "What a Little Moonlight Can Do", which became a jazz standard. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Holiday had mainstream success on labels such as Columbia and Decca. By the late 1940s, however, she was beset with legal troubles and drug abuse. After a short prison sentence, she performed at a sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall, but her reputation deteriorated because of her drug and alcohol problems.
She was a successful concert performer throughout the 1950s with two further sold-out shows at Carnegie Hall. Because of personal struggles and an altered voice, her final recordings were met with mixed reaction but were mild commercial successes. Her final album, Lady in Satin, was released in 1958. Holiday died of cirrhosis on July 17, 1959. She won four Grammy Awards, all of them posthumously, for Best Historical Album. She was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1973. Lady Sings the Blues, a film about her life, starring Diana Ross, was released in 1972. She is the primary character in the play (later made into a film) Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill; the role was originated by Reenie Upchurch in 1986 and was played by Audra McDonald on Broadway and in the film. In 2017 Holiday was inducted into the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame.
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Jazz-magazine Down Beat, ca. februari 1947!
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I got junior Vis his permission to place Billy on their starcouch!
Seeing her actually sing/
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Billy singing with a band, a painting from Louis Nagelkerke from The Netherlands.
Gouache from the 50ies after /jazz-magazine Down Beat, ca. februari 1947!
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