Posted @withregram • @topcapp321 Lady Day was a brilliant singer, a great lyrical interpreter, she took chances, lived life hard, she could swing, she could swoon, she moaned low, was elegant and she was a soul singer before anyone had coined the phrase. She was one of the greatest jazz vocalists of all time – if not the greatest. “With a few exceptions, every major pop singer in the US during her generation has been touched in some way by her genius.” – Frank Sinatra We know that Billie was born on 7 April 1915, but the facts about her childhood are murky at best, made no clearer by Lady Sings The Blues, Billie’s autobiography, which confused things further. Billie’s birth certificate named her father as DeViese whereas she insisted he was Clarence Holiday – Billie’s mother, Sadie’s childhood sweetheart, who later played guitar. #singer #swing #scatvocal #jazz #amustfollowaccount #amustfollow❤️ig #geraldalbright #supersaxophonist #najee #lennywhite #returntoforever #chiccorea #vicfirth #vicfirthsticks #billycobham #harveymason_jr #harveymasonsr #davewecklband #leeritenour #earlklugh #superstars #jeanlucponty #smoothjazzmusic #officialdavewackl #official_aldimeola https://www.instagram.com/p/CKZ0aU0AlXK/?igshid=peecr1tz0b72
