Question of the Day: Billie Holiday
Today is the centennial of the birth of Billie Holiday. Yesterday she was honored with a star on the Apollo Theater's Walk of Fame. Let us know what you'd like to hear by or about Lady Day and we'll spin a set after 9am.
Here are other celebrations collected by The New York Times for the centennial:
Cassandra Wilson at The Apollo Theater, Friday.
Cécile McLorin Salvant at Appel Room, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Friday & Saturday.
"Queen Esther Sings Billie Holiday: The Rare Sides" at Minton's, April 14, 21 and 28.
'When the Moon Turns Green: The Myth & Music of Billie Holiday" A discussion with writers John Szwed, Farah Jasmine Griffin & Robert G. O'Meally at Harlem Stage Gatehouse, April 28.
José James at Harlem Stage Gatehouse, May 7 and 8.
Here's what we played:
Madeleine Peyroux "(Getting Some) Fun Out of Life"
Billie Holiday "What a Little Moonlight Can Do"
Billie Holiday "God Bless the Child"
U2 "Angel of Harlem"