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He stripped the singer of almost every dollar before leaving her in 1959 to die a heroin addict in a . [4], She was a Jewish feminist[5] and a fan of Billie Holiday. if ('' == 'left')
They were all gathered by Linda Lipnack Kuehl, the late journalist who spent a decade in the Sixties and Seventies talking to those who knew Holiday best, conducting more than 125 interviews and . [2] Various other writers' biographies on Holiday have drawn upon Kuehl's material, as did the film Billie (2019), which is narrated by Kuehl's recorded interviews. Pigmeat Marham and white record producer John Hammond (instrumental in the lives of Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Benny Goodman and more) both claim to have discovered her. However, Linda's book was never finished and the tapes never heard . The documentary includes stories of people witnessing McKay (whos been described as a mafia enforcer) being physically abusive to Holiday. John Fagan, a cousin of Holidays, says in the documentary of their upbringing in East Baltimore: It was a nice community to live. Read the latest opinions on key events by our acclaimed critics today Kuehl was an experienced arts journalist who wrote for The Paris Review and The New York Times Sunday magazine. Holiday was accustomed to being the only woman in a band, but with Artie Shaw and His Orchestra, she felt the pain of racial segregation, since she couldnt she wasnt allowed in whites only public places with the rest of the band, such as restaurants and hotels. Function: view, "Billie documentary review an oral history of Billie Holiday", "Singer, activist, sex machine, addict: the troubled brilliance of Billie Holiday", "Billie is a fanatical yet fascinating portrait of an immortal talent", "Billie a powerful documentary about the life of the singer", "Documentary Billie squanders its incendiary premise review", "Biography covers range of a vocalist (Published 2005)", "Billie review a double tragedy of destruction and obsession", "One Scats, the Other Doesn't (Published 1994)", "Observer review: With Billie by Julia Blackburn", "Billie review a truer, historical spin on the great Billie Holiday", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Linda_Lipnack_Kuehl&oldid=1111802271. 05 January 2023. Billie stands in magnificent glory in a dark long-sleeved dress with a portrait collar that shows off her face. }
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Holiday grew up in Baltimore, poor and lonely her father had abandoned her and her mother was often absent due to work. The testimonies of those who knew Holiday before she became famous help make up for that deficiency. Like the singer she idolized and identified with, Linda Lipnack Kuehl had her own bad habits, failed relationships and dreams unfulfilled. Like all documentaries there is never enough music and with a woman such as Billie who lived an expansive life in 44 years it would be impossible for one feature length film to cover everything. Kuehls only objective was to understand Holiday better, which she does better than any other biographer of Billie Holiday. [3] In 1978 she was found dead on a Washington, D.C. sidewalk,[3][8][10] after attending a Count Basie concert. She sang and recorded till the end of her life. Kuehl conducted over 150 interviews in the early 1970s, less than two decades after Holidays death in 1959, so the memories of Holiday are still fresh and free from todays prejudices. This documentary offers viewers the rare opportunity to see Billie Holiday through the eyes of those who knew her best. resize77260563c877fb82c45(wrapper);
Then there's the story of journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl, who had been working on a biography of Holiday for nearly a decade before she met her own untimely death in 1978. During the famous 1957 Sound of Jazz television recording of Fine & Mellow others have described Holidays face as smacked out on drugs or liquor; instead, this film makes it clear that the ecstasy on Holidays face is from hearing the sounds of her musical soulmate saxophonist Lester Young play. if (document.getElementById('captainform_js_global_vars') == null) {
The proof existed as early as Symphony in Black, the 1935 rhapsody of black American life in which she sang the broken-hearted "Saddest Tale". She wasnt making enough money. That archive is where director James Erskine first began pulling . Then, in the late 1960s journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl set out to write the definitive biography of Billie. A frail-looking Holiday is shown holding a glass of alcohol. Its hard to know much trust to put in his words, though Erskine builds a picture of a life carved out by desires. [13] Some of Kuehl's material was used in Donald Clarke's 1994 biography, Wishing on the Moon[14] and her interviews were used in Julia Blackburn's 2005 biography With Billie: a New Look at the Unforgettable Lady Day. elementType: "script",
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But the time she was 13, she was a prostitute. Although it may seem counterintuitive to have more audio only interviews for a film documentary instead of videos, we quickly hear the ease and genuineness in the interviewees voices. Billie certainly encompassed both requirements. In the 1970s Linda Lipnack Kuehl, a journalist, sought to deepen her understanding of Holiday; she conducted these conversations in the hope of writing a definitive biography of the jazz. When she was released from jail at age 14, she left prostitution for good and set her sights on singing for a living. type: "text/javascript",
The film highlights a review that scathingly derides Billie for being heavy reminding us that draconian female standards of beauty have been around for a long time. In the 1970s, journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl embarked on a deep dive into Billie Holiday's history with an eye towards writing a more comprehensive and truthful biography than that which was available. }, 10);
Her name is eponymous with the phrase jazz singer. There is no jazz figure so well-known, yet shrouded in mystery, as Lady Day. Holidays eyes plead, her lips sneer and her single eyebrow rises suggestively and reproachfully. Basies saxophonist Lester Young is credited with giving Holiday the nickname Lady Day. Her death was ruled as a suicide. (document.removeEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",d),window.removeEventListener("load",d)):(document.detachEvent("onreadystatechange",d),window.detachEvent("onload",d))},d=function(){t||!document.addEventListener&&"load"!==event.type&&"complete"!==document.readyState||(t=!0,n(),e())};if("complete"===document.readyState)e();else if(document.addEventListener)document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",d),window.addEventListener("load",d);else{document.attachEvent("onreadystatechange",d),window.attachEvent("onload",d);var o=!1;try{o=null==window.frameElement&&document.documentElement}catch(a){}o&&o.doScroll&&!function c(){if(!t){try{o.doScroll("left")}catch(d){return setTimeout(c,50)}t=!0,n(),e()}}()}};
There are great archival photos of East Baltimore and of the reform school and the jail she was sent to. Sarah Julia Sadie Fagan (a maid) was 13 when she gave birth to Eleanora, and Clarence Halliday (a musician) was 15. Are you sure you want to cancel your membership with us? Detroit Red, a dancer work worked with Holiday at The Hot Cha, remembers: At that particular time, the only vice she had was smoking [marijuana] reefers. Later, Holiday became an alcoholic and addicted to cocaine and heroin. Over 8 years, she tracked down and tape-recorded over 200 hours of interviews with the extraordinary characters that populated the iconic singer's short, tumultuous life. But, for the most part, hes squandered it. Josephson sums up the usual complaint that he got was: We came to your nightclub to be entertained. else if ('' == 'right')
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Erskine at least benefits from the basic volume of his source material. [1], Last edited on 23 September 2022, at 00:47, "Billie documentary review an oral history of Billie Holiday", "Singer, activist, sex machine, addict: the troubled brilliance of Billie Holiday", "Billie is a fanatical yet fascinating portrait of an immortal talent", "Billie a powerful documentary about the life of the singer", "Documentary Billie squanders its incendiary premise review", "Biography covers range of a vocalist (Published 2005)", "Billie review a double tragedy of destruction and obsession", "One Scats, the Other Doesn't (Published 1994)", "Observer review: With Billie by Julia Blackburn", "Billie review a truer, historical spin on the great Billie Holiday", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Linda_Lipnack_Kuehl&oldid=1111802271, This page was last edited on 23 September 2022, at 00:47. When they reach the top, something tragic happens.. At the time of her death, she and McKay were separated and not divorced. (document.removeEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",d),window.removeEventListener("load",d)):(document.detachEvent("onreadystatechange",d),window.detachEvent("onload",d))},d=function(){t||!document.addEventListener&&"load"!==event.type&&"complete"!==document.readyState||(t=!0,n(),e())};if("complete"===document.readyState)e();else if(document.addEventListener)document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",d),window.addEventListener("load",d);else{document.attachEvent("onreadystatechange",d),window.attachEvent("onload",d);var o=!1;try{o=null==window.frameElement&&document.documentElement}catch(a){}o&&o.doScroll&&!function c(){if(!t){try{o.doScroll("left")}catch(d){return setTimeout(c,50)}t=!0,n(),e()}}()}};
She lost her cabaret license to perform in New York City nightclubs, thereby limiting her income options. [3] She worked as a high school teacher and free lance writer. The film opens with footage of Holiday that I had not seen before. Over 8 years, she tracked down and tape-recorded over 200 hours of interviews with the extraordinary characters that populated the iconic singer's short, tumultuous life. A la fin des annes 1960, la journaliste Linda Lipnack Kuehl commence une biographie officielle de l'artiste. A psychiatrist, at one point, weighs in with a diagnosis. It is similar to how the documentary The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill is as much about Mark Bittner as the parrots. Kuehl's parents were Sol and Ida Lipnack and she had a sister, Myra Luftman. Midgett says that Holiday would talk for hours about how she started in prostitution when she was 13 years old. She tells us of her hopes and dreams in her own voice. How Kuehl managed to construct Billies life and Kuehls life is just as interesting as Holidays life in my opinion. In the documentary interview, Hammond says, There was a real problem between Billie and Basie. captainformThemeStyle['772605'] = '';
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[3] She worked as a high school teacher and free lance writer. Billie Holiday is the subject of the documentary, and theres expected archival footage of her in her film. Billie Holiday, Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins in The Sound of Jazz.. Theres plenty of performance footage, too, some of it needlessly colourised. They had an instantaneous and passionate romance, married, and in 1963, Linda gave birth to their first child, Heather Louise. As for Holidays love life, several people in the documentary say that Holiday was openly bisexual. Her stillness is fantastic for the camera. Be the first to contribute! (document.removeEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",d),window.removeEventListener("load",d)):(document.detachEvent("onreadystatechange",d),window.detachEvent("onload",d))},d=function(){t||!document.addEventListener&&"load"!==event.type&&"complete"!==document.readyState||(t=!0,n(),e())};if("complete"===document.readyState)e();else if(document.addEventListener)document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",d),window.addEventListener("load",d);else{document.attachEvent("onreadystatechange",d),window.attachEvent("onload",d);var o=!1;try{o=null==window.frameElement&&document.documentElement}catch(a){}o&&o.doScroll&&!function c(){if(!t){try{o.doScroll("left")}catch(d){return setTimeout(c,50)}t=!0,n(),e()}}()}};
gallery of images and videos of both singers. This unusual, ambitious doc doubles down on the challenge, adding an extra frame to the portrait: the obsession that drove journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl to toil for years on an epic biography of . Billie is playing in selected cinemas and various streaming services. Intending to write a biography of Billie Holiday, she interviewed friends, fellow performers, and key figures in Holiday's life, but died before its completion. According to Luftman, her sister Kuehl was threatened by people close to Count Basie, who became close to Kuehl when she interviewed him for the book. Kuehl was a journalist and high school teacher that interviewed close to 200 people that knew Ms. Holliday. Jo Jones says bitterly and vehemently, Holiday was persecuted less for the song Strange Fruit or drugs and more for being an uppity Negress who lived large wearing furs, diamonds, driving a Cadillac and spending money freely. Linda Lipnack Kuehl spent eight years trying to write the definitive biography of Billie Holiday. captainformThemeStyle['772606'] = '';
Not everyone wanted to share their memories with her. [3], Interviews that Kuehl conducted with writers were published in The Paris Review in 1972 and 1978. Tarkoituksena oli kirjoittaa Billie Holidayn elmkerta , hn haastatteli ystvi, muita esiintyji ja Holidayn elmn avainhenkilit, mutta kuoli ennen sen valmistumista. Her scholarly papers on Billie Holiday include: Two Gardenias for Civil Rights: Robin Carsons photo of Billie Holiday (read it here), This Bitter Earth: Infertility for Billie, Ella and Sarah. Over the next decade, she tracked down and tape-recorded interviews with the extraordinary characters that populated the iconic singer's short, tumultuous life. Song list and samples here.She portrayed Holiday on stage in C.J.Verburgs play Lady Day in Love. Before her mysterious death in 1978, Lipnack Kuehl had taped over 200 hours of interviews. Detractors from the film will likely say there is too much emphasis on Linda Kuehl. captainformCustomVars['772606'] = '';
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In the late 60s, journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl set out to write the definitive biography of Holiday's life, interviewing everyone from jazz greats such as Charles Mingus, Tony Bennett and. Theres also a clip of her role as Endie in the 1947 film New Orleans., Because Billie is told in chronological order of her life, the documentary has a very easy narrative to follow. Other people interviewed in the documentary include trombonist Melba Liston and singer Carmen McCrae. captainform_create_form_popup(popupParams);
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For eight years in the 1970s, a journalist named Linda Lipnack Kuehl researched a biography of Billie Holiday, interviewing as many of the great jazz chanteuse's friends, relatives and . "[9] However, Kuehl did not complete the book. Shaw, bassist Sid Weiss, guitarist Al Arola, guitarist Les Robinson and friend Mae Weiss all mention in their documentary interviews that many racist people back then refused to accept a black female singer performing with a group of white musicians. She was the victim of repeated sexual abuse. Kim Nalley, a PHD Candidate in History at University of California Berkeley, is a historian, playwright, and actress and is most known as jazz & blues singer with a powerful, 3 1/2 octave range that can go from operatic to gritty blues on a dime, projection that can whisper a ballad yet is capable of filling a room with no microphone, and the ability to scat blistering solos without ever losing the crowds interest or the intense swing. var append_element = append_element || function(e){if(void 0==e)return!1;if(! On 6 February 1978, journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl fell from the balcony of a Washington DC hotel. }
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It turned me on., Although Holiday had several male and female lovers, only one woman is mentioned in the documentary as being one of her paramours: actress Tallulah Bankhead. Maria Bryant, a singer and friend of Holidays, calls Levy a dirty, rotten, stinking bastard., In 1945, Holiday moved on to Louis McKay, who would become her manager and then her second husband. captainform_preload_form_popup(popupParams);
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The Official Billie Holiday website maintained by the Estate of Billie Holiday and hosted by Concord Jazz. [13] Some of Kuehl's material was used in Donald Clarke's 1994 biography, Wishing on the Moon[14] and her interviews were used in Julia Blackburn's 2005 biography With Billie: a New Look at the Unforgettable Lady Day. Raw and brutally honest, incredible testimonies from Charles Mingus, Sarah . Unearthing a trove of audio recordings from the journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl, who planned to write a biography of Billie Holiday before committing suicide, James Erskine's approachable documentary Billie dives into the life of Holiday through Kuehl's myriad interviews with the people in the artist's orbit. For news, music (including some previously unreleased live recordings), complete discography, videos and much more visitKims websiteand many more performances can be found on herYouTube channel. 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