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Billie Holiday - Velvet Mood
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60 years ago today in 1958 #LadyDay played L'Olympia Music Hall in #Paris and gave this sumptuous performance of "Trav'lin' Light" for eternity to cherish. At one point she looks into the camera and you feel as though you know her as a friend. We look back now and delight in the wisdom of her aging voice and the poignancy of her phrasing. Today we honor and adore those qualities in our elder musical heroes such as Aretha Franklin, Leonard Cohen, Mavis Staples or Tony Bennett. Hard to believe the rest of her French dates were viciously cancelled by the promoter. Despite this she would stay on in Paris and play a small club for a percentage of the door. Billie never backed down.
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Billie Holiday Solitude Featurette
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