Join Lezlie Harrison from WBGO - the jazz mecca The New York Times called “arguably the best jazz station in the world” - hosts a listening party focused on some of Billie Holiday’s most influential recordings, along with albums and tracks she influenced. Artists including Dianne Reeves, Bob Dylan, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Norah Jones, Frank Sinatra, Cassandra Wilson and others carry Billie’s influence in their music. Billie’s signature song “Strange Fruit” has been recorded by Tori Amos, Nina Simone, Lou Rawls and Sting, among many others. Her “God Bless the Child” has been covered by artists from Sam Cooke to Aretha Franklin to Stevie Wonder to Annie Lennox. And the influence is wide and deep.
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