DAY OF TRIBUTE ARTISTS READY AN EVENING AT THE BOWL TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF BILLIE HOLIDAY.(U)

From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: July 16, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: Fred Shuster Music Writer

HER EMOTIONAL HONESTY was as authentic as the gardenias she wore in her hair.

Artists asked to ruminate on the intersection of life and art in the music of Billie Holiday point to the sense of truth imparted in highly personal interpretations of sometimes unremarkable material. ``Anything I sing, it's a part of my life,'' Holiday once declared.

The greatest blues singer in jazz history was a keen observer of peop...

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