[Dixielandjazz] Meeting Billie Holiday

[Robert Ringwald]

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Meeting Billie Holiday

Gordon Spencer of KIOS-FM in Omaha writes about how he met and interviewed Billie in 1955 for WFLN in Philadelphia while she was appearing at the Blue Note.  At the end of the article, you can hear this warm and engaging interview in which she talks about her storied career, the artists who inspired her, and the "battle of the bands" between Count Basie and Chick Webb.



http://kios.org/post/meeting-billie-holiday

http://kios.org/post/meeting-billie-holiday



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