Billie Holiday was born on this day back in 1915. I’ve heard it said that a candle which burns twice as bright lasts half as long. This is a befitting analogy to apply when trying to reconcile her tremendous talent and the impact she had on the course of American Jazz with her rather short life. The Austin Public Library has a multitude of resources readily available in trying to decipher the mystery of perhaps this country’s greatest Jazz singer and the personal demons that led to her premature demise.
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