Billie Holiday
Portrait from Down Beat magazine, ca. February 1947
I fell in love with Billie Holiday when I first heard her on the radio. I love classical music and one day when I was 15 or 16 I heard her sing "Ain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do"
It still gives me chills every time I hear this song. This song by this woman showed me my love of Jazz, and of the blues. I could feel the rhythm in my very bones, and I can sing the blues. This genre is one that my voice is suited for. I can not sing Pop, or rock, or most popular songs but give me the blues and I can tell you a story. I love how it can be a love story or a sad story the horns are blowing, the bass is thumping, piano is the stage, and it becomes my story.
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