By the leading of the swing era was not instrumentalist, but a talented musician by the name of Billie holiday. This lady was not only a true jazz star and idol of a wide audience – it was a symbol of American blacks and was the epitome of great hope. If you do not pay attention to the Blues singers, you'll soon find that jazz artists quite a bit.
It's very strange: after all, singing is the music of Africans, spiritual musical direction of Europeans , as well as multi-faceted new music. Instrumentalists from the jazz, probably, Teagarden, Waller, Armstrong and some others could send in their own vocal jazz feeling. Women in jazz was a little.
One of the best was the singer Mildred Bailey – along with your spouse by the name of Red Norvo she played in the legendary orchestra of Paul Whiteman. Her jazz records could appear before the holiday songs and probably in some way influenced her. In most cases, the singer gained popularity playing with big bands.
However, the real jazz was only a minor part of their work. One of the main problems was the fact that the jazz musician is completely dependent on the melody. He must play the motive as to preserve the integrity of the lyrics. If the melody is in some way constrained, to breathe life into it again is almost impossible. Only holiday could solve this problem.
Mother Billie holiday went in search of work in new York, leaving her daughter in the care of their relatives. In 1927, the year she took Billy to himself, and after a few years, the holiday began to perform in one of the small clubs in Brooklyn. One day they wanted to evict from the apartment. In the hope of finding new work holiday went 132 on the street where there were several clubs.
The owner of one of them she said that is good to dance. However, it turned out badly. When a local pianist asked her about vocal talent. Billy then played a few popular songs. All visitors were very satisfied with the performance. It was a real triumph, and Billy was instantly able to get your money.
It is very difficult to say how truthful this story. In any case, we know that the holiday started working there and found her in a club famous John Hammond.
