num_pages: 250
description: The ideal companion to shed light on Lady DayOne of the most troubling, and troubled, artists in the history of jazz, Billie Holiday remains an enigma despite numerous attempts to eulogize, analyze, and criticize her life and career. This fifth entry in the Schirmer Books Companion Series draws on 26 diverse writers, and on Holidays own interviews and recordings, to provide an objective assessment of Lady Days life, her talent, and of her place among the legends of jazz.
language: English
title: Billie Holiday Companion: Seven Decades of Commentary
titlecomplete: Billie Holiday Companion: Seven Decades of Commentary
genres: Biography, Music
ratings_count: 9
publisher: Schirmer Trade Books