1997 Simon & Schuster Macmillan
The Billie Holiday Companion: Seven Decades of Commentary
Pages 212

One of the most troubling, and troubled, artists in the history of jazz, Billie Holiday remains an enigma despite numerous attempts to eulogize, analyze, and criticize her life and career.

This new addition to Schirmer's Companion Series provides an objective assessment of "Lady Day's" life, talent, and of her place among the legends of jazz.

Including rare interviews, contemporary reviews and previously unpublished material.

Index:
Part One: God Bless the Child: Memoirs
Part Two: What a Little Moonlight Can Do: Billie Holiday in Perfomance
Part Three: Me, Myseld and I: Billie Holiday on Record and in Print
Part Four: Don't ExplainBillie Holiday and Her Contemporaries
Part Five: Strange Fruit: Legacie
Part Six: Heart and Soul: Billie Holiday Remembered