{"product_id":"billie-holiday-9780099592624","title":"Billie Holiday","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday, Billie Holiday is an icon  an artist whose voice has weathered countless shifts in public taste, and whose impact on contemporary music is unquestionable. But when eighteen-year-old Billie Holiday stepped into Columbia studios in November of 1933 to record Riffin' the Scotch' and Your Mother's Son-in-Law', no one could predict the sensation that was about to emerge; marking the beginning of what is arguably the most remarkable and important career in twentieth-century popular music. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on revelatory new material, including unpublished memoirs and interviews, \u003ci\u003eBillie Holiday\u003c\/i\u003e is the first account to consider the singer as an artist, her influences, her uncanny voice and rhythmic genius, a number of her signature songs, and her legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Szwed’s\u003cb\u003e swift, conversational and yet detail-rich new biography\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBillie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth\u003c\/i\u003e, communicates its artist-first priorities in the subtitle, and then makes good on them throughout … That’s \u003cb\u003eabout as fine a centenary-year gift as anyone had a right to expect.\u003c\/b\u003e * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eInsightful, investigative… entertaining and illuminating … a wonderfully engaging and revealing look at the great Lady Day. * The Scotsman *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIlluminating\u003c\/b\u003e account restores to the singer the dignity of a true artist. * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eA musicologist’s appreciation of the jazz singer… \u003cb\u003ea marvel\u003c\/b\u003e. * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eSzwed’s book offers a fresh attempt to understand and explain the nature and scope of Holiday’s achievement. * Times Literary Supplement *","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742116675927,"sku":"9780099592624","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099592624.jpg?v=1758380562","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/billie-holiday-9780099592624","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}