append_element({ James Erskine's documentary, built around lengthy interviews conducted in the 1970s by journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl, demonstrates how dangerous it can be to mesh with one's subject matter. The project is centered around 200 hours of previously. captainForm772605PreloadInterval63c877fb83722 = setInterval(function(){ } Like all documentaries there is never enough music and with a woman such as Billie who lived an expansive life in 44 years it would be impossible for one feature length film to cover everything. Line: 478 Some of the best moments of the documentary are hearing Billie talk about herself in her slight drawl infused with vocal fry. } Kuehl was twice-divorced with no children, while Basie was married with children. var captainformDomReady = captainformDomReady || function(e){var t=!1,n=function(){document.addEventListener? [2] Various other writers' biographies on Holiday have drawn upon Kuehl's material, as did the film Billie (2019), which is narrated by Kuehl's recorded interviews. "[9] However, Kuehl did not complete the book. That voice. The director James Erskine does a great job inserting commentary during relevant moments. At the time of her death, she and McKay were separated and not divorced. Tarkoituksena oli kirjoittaa Billie Holidayn elmkerta , hn haastatteli ystvi, muita esiintyji ja Holidayn elmn avainhenkilit, mutta kuoli ennen sen valmistumista. Intending to write a biography of Billie Holiday, she interviewed friends, fellow performers, and key figures in Holiday's life, but died before its completion. var append_element = append_element || function(e){if(void 0==e)return!1;if(! Kuehl died by suicide in 1978, though her sister appears in the documentary and asserts that she believes her sister was murdered. In an archival radio interview, Holiday says, I always knew I could sing, but I didnt know I could make money out of it, until I was working in a little joint called The Hot Cha. Pigmeat Markham, an entertainer who knew Holiday in her early days as a performer, remembers that Holiday had stagefright.. if(typeof cfJsHost != 'undefined'){ popupTrigger.click(function(){ var wrapper = jQuery('#captainformForm772606EmbedPopup63c877fb829bf'); See also Other Works | Publicity Listings | Official Sites Jones insists: She didnt leave the band. var captainformDomReady = captainformDomReady || function(e){var t=!1,n=function(){document.addEventListener? } }; var append_element = append_element || function(e){if(void 0==e)return!1;if(! Protest songs became more prevalent in the 1960s, but Holiday was a pioneer. Kuehl died in what was deemed. Billie Holiday. captainForm772605PreloadInterval63c877fb82c45 = setInterval(function(){ Function: _error_handler, Message: Invalid argument supplied for foreach(), File: /home/ah0ejbmyowku/public_html/application/views/user/popup_modal.php The project is centered around 200 hours of previously. She was sentenced to one year and one day in prison. Her drug problems led to her multiple arrests at the height of her fame. That Holiday took the bottom of the barrel Tin Pan Alley tunes that no one wanted to record and made them works of art is never covered. The proof existed as early as Symphony in Black, the 1935 rhapsody of black American life in which she sang the broken-hearted "Saddest Tale". Linda Lipnack Kuehl (January 24, 1940 February 6, 1978)[1] was an American arts journalist, based in New York City. }, true); var captainformCustomVars = {}; var popupTrigger = jQuery("#captainformForm772606EmbedPopup63c877fb834ac"); Her parents split up not long after getting married, and Halliday became an absentee father who remained out of his daughters life. Contact Us formId: '772606' Before her mysterious death in 1978, Lipnack Kuehl had taped over 200 hours of interviews. Kuehl was white, born in the Bronx and relatively prosperous. Contact Us A snippet plays in the new documentary Billie, a . }, 10); Holidays mother Sadie (who took an interested in her daughters career) was nicknamed Duchess. Function: require_once. }); clearInterval(captainForm772606PreloadInterval63c877fb829bf); Line: 68 The film opens with footage of Holiday that I had not seen before. if (document.getElementById('captainform_js_global_vars') == null) { } This documentary offers viewers the rare opportunity to see Billie Holiday through the eyes of those who knew her best. Holiday can only be fairly described as oscillating from pleasingly plump to svelte for much of her career. An epilogue at the end of the documentary mentions that because of the destruction of police records, investigations into Lindas death made during the film proved inconclusive., In the documentary, Luftman explains why her sister wanted to write a Billie Holiday biography: Even thought they came from totally different backgrounds, I think she really identified with Billie. However, drummer Jo Jones has a entirely different recollection of why Holiday parted ways with Basie. }); }, 50); if (document.getElementById('captainform_js_global_vars') == null) { Watching the footage of her face singing with no sound could reduce the watcher to tears alone without hearing a single note. textContent: 'var frmRef=""; try { frmRef=window.top.location.href; } catch(err) {}; var captainform_servicedomain="app.captainform.com";var cfJsHost = "https://";', A new documentary, Billie, will delve into the life of jazz great Billie Holiday with the help of hours of never-before-heard interviews. Kuehl spend eight years interviewing the artist's friends, relatives, peers, business associates, even an FBI narcotics agent and a prison corrections officer, accruing 200 hours of . In 1971, journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl set out to write the definitive biography of Billie Holiday. } var popupTrigger = jQuery("#captainformForm772605EmbedPopup63c877fb83722"); Show more 3 months left to watch 1 hour, 30 minutes Last on. var captainformThemeStyle = {}; Intending to write a biography of Billie Holiday, she interviewed friends, fellow performers, and key figures in Holiday's life, but died before its completion. The song she chose exposed discrimination, [by] putting it on stage., Jazz/swing singer Billy Eckstine says that one of the biggest racial inequality problems that black artists had to deal with was that their music was being controlled and judged by white people. [2] Before completing her work, Kuehl died suddenly in February 1978. Her death was ruled as a suicide. Music producer Marty Gabler says in the documentary that Columbia Records didnt want to release Strange Fruit because of the social content and because of how unusual it was to do a protest song. Strange Fruit is considered historically important because it was one of the first social justice songs released by a mainstream performer prior to the U.S. civil rights movement. Kuehl was a journalist and high school teacher that interviewed close to 200 people that knew Ms. Holliday. gallery of images and videos of both singers. The documentary doesnt uncover any new visual footage of Billie Holiday. The documentary includes stories of people witnessing McKay (whos been described as a mafia enforcer) being physically abusive to Holiday. Her death was ruled a suicide. Linda Lipnack Kuehl (January 24, 1940 - February 6, 1978) was an American arts journalist, based in New York City. It also brings up a few necessary, if rarely confronted questions. jQuery(wrapper).css('top', jQuery(window).height() * 0.4 + wrapper.width() + wrapper.css('padding').replace('px', '') * 2); A side by side comparison of a pop singer singing a Billie Holiday tune compared to Billies version would have illuminated exactly why Holiday is a genius musically. id: "captainform_js_global_vars", type: "text/javascript", In the 1970s Linda Lipnack Kuehl, a journalist, sought to deepen her understanding of Holiday; she conducted these conversations in the hope of writing a definitive biography of the jazz. She was a highly talented and unique star, but she also complicated and deeply troubled. She tells us of her hopes and dreams in her own voice. var readyStateOverflowInterval; As much as Holiday was the first master of microphone singing, she is also a master of the camera. She did not see [Billie Holiday] as the victim, which is the way she had been portrayed.. Her family, however, believed otherwise. In the documentary interview, Hammond says, There was a real problem between Billie and Basie. id: "captainform_js_global_vars", elementType: "script", Milt Hilton, a bass player who worked with Holiday during her last music recording sessions, remembers: She was in pretty bad shape. He took many of the widely published photos of her during these last sessions. But, for the most part, hes squandered it. For news, music (including some previously unreleased live recordings), complete discography, videos and much more visitKims websiteand many more performances can be found on herYouTube channel. var wrapper = jQuery('#captainformForm772606EmbedPopup63c877fb834ac'); jQuery(wrapper).css('top', jQuery(window).height() * 0.4 - wrapper.outerHeight()); Over the next decade, she tracked down and tape-recorded interviews with the extraordinary characters that populated the iconic singer's short, tumultuous life. Kuehl is remarkable for interviewing lesser known people who had a lot of contact with Lady Day. A more pertinent flaw would be the ending montage which shows images of current racism against African Americans over Drummer Papa Jo Jones voice. The film highlights a review that scathingly derides Billie for being heavy reminding us that draconian female standards of beauty have been around for a long time. She just looked fast., However, Holidays former pianist Memry Midgett says in the documentary that Holidays prostitution past haunted her throughout her life. He was like a visitor, but she was too.. var captainformDomReady = captainformDomReady || function(e){var t=!1,n=function(){document.addEventListener? resize77260563c877fb82c45(wrapper); Not everyone wanted to share their memories with her. 05 January 2023. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Biography submission guide. Kuehl, in that period of eight years, began to see parts of herself in Holiday. Her career of 30 years has no breaks, stops or retreats into obscurity. Detractors from the film will likely say there is too much emphasis on Linda Kuehl. She was high profile, successful, and the opposite of small. Although she was a heavy user of marijuana, alcohol and cocaine, Holiday was most associated with her use of heroin and other opiates. There were reports that McKay was very controlling and unscrupulous when it came to Holidays finances. I was one of the people who didnt. Holiday was the first black singer to work with Goodman in those racially segregated times. Her second drug bust came in San Francisco in 1949, but she didnt get any prison time for that arrest. var captainformThemeStyle = {}; Looking for Linda Kuehl online? Find out about all the best exhibitions, theatre, books and music based on full reviews. They are particularly pertinent, showing what kind of child she was and what the neighborhood was like for poor African Americans. Then, before she could finish her biography, Kuehl died: In 1978, her body was found on a Washington, D.C. street. type: "text/javascript", Kim Nalley is on faculty at the California Jazz Conservatory and is writing her Doctoral dissertation on the Globalization of Jazz and Black Cultural Politics.. ("elementType"in e))return!1;var n=null;if(n=e.following?e.following.parentElement:e.inside?e.inside:e.replacing?e.replacing.parentElement:"script"==e.elementType?document.head:document.body,null==n)return!1;var l=document.createElement(e.elementType);delete e.elementType,l=jQuery.extend(l,e),e.replacing?n.replaceChild(l,e.replacing):n.appendChild(l)}; She was the victim of repeated sexual abuse. There was a rebellious engine inside both of them. In his estimation, Holiday was a psychopath strictly in the sense that she was ruled by impulse. Skinny Davenport, a pimp who knew Holiday in her prostitution days, describes how the hookers in the neighborhood were treated: Knock em down, kick em in the ass. To find your favorite venue check here. Tony Bennett, who says he briefly knew Holiday, sums up the way a lot of people feel about Holiday: She told her own story, just by being herself. 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[3] The interviews were a major source for the text in Robert O'Meally's book of photographs Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday (1991)[12] and around the same were used for the script for a Masters of American Music series documentary of the same name. var wrapper = jQuery('#captainformForm772605EmbedPopup63c877fb82c45'); resize77260663c877fb829bf(wrapper); if (document.getElementById('captainform_js_global_vars') == null) { The book was left unfinished, Kuehls tapes buried away until now. jQuery(wrapper).find('a').removeAttr('href'); Her stillness is fantastic for the camera. Cafe Society owner Barney Josephson says that it wasnt unusual for white customers to walk out of the club and complain if Holiday performed the song. Kuehl was and still is, posthumously, THE preeminent biographer of Billie Holiday, despite never having completed Holidays biography before she died in 1978. } Then in the late 1960's journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl set out to write the definitive biography of Billie. captainformCustomVars['772606'] = ''; Linda Lipnack Kuehl spent eight years trying to write the definitive biography of Billie Holiday. I would expect that at least they could have found a child with the same coloring as Holiday. clearInterval(captainForm772605PreloadInterval63c877fb82c45); Dr. James Hamilton, a psychiatrist who interviewed Holiday when she was in prison, had this diagnosis of her. The first of the two films - "Billie" is a documentary built around some previously unheard audio interviews conducted by Linda Lipnack Kuehl, who was working on a comprehensive biography on Billie Holiday before her untimely death in 1978.Ms. Considering the documentary is made almost exclusively of one persons previously unheard interviews, I cannot agree. Kuehl spoke to musicians, obviously, like Shaw and Tony Bennett, but also to more obscure figures those involved in her drug busts and the man who acted as her pimp when she was a teen. An avid fan of Holiday, she planned to write a biography of the hero with whom she, perhaps to an unhealthy degree, self-identified. Even though she performed a historic sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall after she was let out of prison in 1948 (at the time, Carnegie Hall was a venue for classical and opera music, not jazz), the damage to her reputation was done. Add a bio, trivia, and more. Holidays light brown skin contrasts dramaticallywith her dark dresses, and smooth-straightened glossy dark hair and the white gardenias (or lily or orchid.) captainformCustomVars['772606'] = ''; She had not performed with nor seen him in years and her delight is plain. Add or change photo on IMDbPro Add to list More at IMDbPro Contact info Agent info Credits Edit IMDbPro Archive Footage Previous 1 Billie Self (archive footage) 2019 Contribute to this page Suggest an edit or add missing content Before her death in 1978, Linda Lipnack Kuehl spent eight years trying to write the definitive biography of Billie Holiday. Various biographies on Holiday have drawn upon Kuehl's material. She was discovered by Michael Tilson Thomas while singing to packed audiences live with no amplification at San Franciscos Alta Plaza. The story of Billie Holiday's rise to fame after a difficult upbringing is nothing new. popupTrigger.click(function(){ elementType: "script", A talented journalist who wrote a biography about the songstress 20 years after her gradual death, Kuehl dedicated a decade to interviewing the friends and artists who knew Holiday best. }); function resize77260663c877fb834ac(wrapper){ Strange Fruit was banned from radio airplay in certain areas, and many venues forbid Holiday from performing the song. }); (document.removeEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",d),window.removeEventListener("load",d)):(document.detachEvent("onreadystatechange",d),window.detachEvent("onload",d))},d=function(){t||!document.addEventListener&&"load"!==event.type&&"complete"!==document.readyState||(t=!0,n(),e())};if("complete"===document.readyState)e();else if(document.addEventListener)document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",d),window.addEventListener("load",d);else{document.attachEvent("onreadystatechange",d),window.attachEvent("onload",d);var o=!1;try{o=null==window.frameElement&&document.documentElement}catch(a){}o&&o.doScroll&&!function c(){if(!t){try{o.doScroll("left")}catch(d){return setTimeout(c,50)}t=!0,n(),e()}}()}}; Read jazz pianist Richard Fregulias review of Billie. elementType: "script", Elle recueille 200 heures de tmoignages incroyables : Charles . Her scholarly papers on Billie Holiday include: Two Gardenias for Civil Rights: Robin Carsons photo of Billie Holiday (read it here), This Bitter Earth: Infertility for Billie, Ella and Sarah. resize77260663c877fb829bf(wrapper); Intending to write a biography of Billie Holiday, she interviewed friends, fellow performers, and key figures in Holiday's life, but died before its completion. captainformThemeStyle['772605'] = ''; clearInterval(captainForm772606PreloadInterval63c877fb834ac); Holiday can only be fairly described as oscillating from pleasingly plump to svelte for much of her career. The documentary Billie, now showing, does not start at Billies birth or death, but rather the date of Linda Kuehls death. Several people in the documentary literally say in one way or another, She loved to get high. And they talk about how she had an unusually high physical tolerance for drugs that was stronger than men who were physically a lot bigger than she was. Function: view, File: /home/ah0ejbmyowku/public_html/application/controllers/Main.php [3] She interviewed almost 200 peoplefriends, family members, band members, peers from 1930s Harlem, piano players, psychiatrists and a pimpand was still finding people in 1978. }, 10); Theres also a clip of her role as Endie in the 1947 film New Orleans., Because Billie is told in chronological order of her life, the documentary has a very easy narrative to follow. Detroit Red, a dancer work worked with Holiday at The Hot Cha, remembers: At that particular time, the only vice she had was smoking [marijuana] reefers. Later, Holiday became an alcoholic and addicted to cocaine and heroin. John Levy became her manager and lover, even though he was married at the time. [11] "Police deemed it suicide, Kuehl having supposedly jumped from her hotel room, although there was no proof of this",[3] and her family believes she may have been murdered. Her make-up is minimal. Maria Bryant, a singer and friend of Holidays, calls Levy a dirty, rotten, stinking bastard., In 1945, Holiday moved on to Louis McKay, who would become her manager and then her second husband. [3] She interviewed almost 200 peoplefriends, family members, band members, peers from 1930s Harlem, piano players, psychiatrists and a pimpand was still finding people in 1978. } Her make-up is minimal. John Fagan, a cousin of Holidays, says in the documentary of their upbringing in East Baltimore: It was a nice community to live. The film includes rare photos of Billie Holiday taken by Hugh Bell, licensed to the production by Gartenberg Media, the exclusive representative of . jQuery(wrapper).css('top', jQuery(window).height() * 0.4 - wrapper.outerHeight()); Billie Holiday is the subject of the documentary, and theres expected archival footage of her in her film. A la fin des annes 1960, la journaliste Linda Lipnack Kuehl commence une biographie officielle de l'artiste. Here, Erskine has been given the opportunity to illuminate the lives of two women by seeing where they intertwine. Shaw, bassist Sid Weiss, guitarist Al Arola, guitarist Les Robinson and friend Mae Weiss all mention in their documentary interviews that many racist people back then refused to accept a black female singer performing with a group of white musicians. var popupParams = { These incredible testimonies reveal Holiday's . type: "text/javascript", [3]. I do not see the same attention given to Miles Daviss or Charlie Parkers drug use or their abusive relationships. Kuehls only objective was to understand Holiday better, which she does better than any other biographer of Billie Holiday. Over 8 years, she tracked down and tape-recorded over 200 hours of interviews with the extraordinary characters that populated the iconic singer's short, tumultuous life. She wanted to have sex, mostly with women. In prison john Levy became her manager and lover, even though was! 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