ʻO Billie Holiday he mele mele jazz a me nā blues kaulana. Ua ʻike ʻia kahi uʻi kālena ma ke kahua me ka lauoho o nā pua keʻokeʻo.
Ua lilo kēia hiʻohiʻona i mea pilikino o ka mea mele. Mai nā kekona mua o ka hana, ua hoʻopio ʻo ia i ka lehulehu me kona leo kupua.
ʻO ka wā kamaliʻi a me ka ʻōpio o Eleanor Fagan
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Billie Holiday ma ʻApelila 7, 1915 ma Baltimore. ʻO Eleanor Fagan ka inoa maoli o ka mea kaulana. Ua ulu ke kaikamahine me ka makua ole. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hui kona mau mākua i kona wā ʻōpiopio.
Aneane ma hope koke iho o ka hānau ʻana o kā lāua kaikamahine, ua haʻalele lāua. ʻO Sadie Fagan lāua ʻo Clarence Holiday nā mākua o ke kaikamahine.
Ua hana ʻo Sadie he 13 makahiki ma ka hale o ka poʻe waiwai ma ke ʻano he kaikamahine. I ko lākou ʻike ʻana ua hāpai ke kaikamahine, hoʻokuʻu lākou iā ia i waho o ka puka. No ka hānau ʻana ma nā kūlana maʻamau, loaʻa iā Sadie kahi hana ma ka haukapila, kahi i holoi ai i nā papahele a hoʻomaʻemaʻe.
Ma hope o ka hānau ʻana o Eleanor, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Sadie e haʻalele iā Baltimore a neʻe i New York. ʻO ke kumu o ka neʻe ʻana, ʻo ia ke koʻikoʻi o nā mākua o Sadie, ua aʻo lākou iā ia, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia he mea pio a hōʻike mua iā ia i ke ola paʻakikī o ka makuahine hoʻokahi.
ʻO Clarence Holiday, ma hope o ka hānau ʻana o Eleanor, ʻaʻole i makemake e nānā i ke kaikamahine hānau hou. Eia kekahi, hāʻawi ʻo ia i kona inoa hope.
ʻAʻole ʻike ʻo Eleanor i ka mahanahana makuahine. Ua haʻalele ʻo Sadie iā ia i ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻohana nāna i hana ʻino i ke kaikamahine liʻiliʻi. A ʻo kona kupuna wahine wale nō ʻaʻohe ʻuhane i loko ona.
Ua aloha ke kaikamahine i kona kupunawahine. Moe ihola lāua ma ka moena hoʻokahi no ke kūlana weliweli. ʻAʻole kēia i hopohopo nui iā Eleanora, no ka mea, ma nā lima o kona kupuna wahine, ua mālie loa ʻo ia.
I kekahi pō ua hala koʻu kupuna wahine. No Nora liʻiliʻi, he haʻalulu nui kēia. Ua pae ʻo ia i kahi haukapila psychiatric.
ʻAʻole hiki ke kapa ʻia ka wā kamaliʻi o ka hōkū e hiki mai ana me ka hauʻoli - ua hoʻopaʻi pinepine ʻia ʻo ia no ke kumu ʻole, ʻaʻole i hoʻomaopopo ʻia ʻo ia ma ka home, ʻo ia ka mea i hoʻomaka ai e holo ʻo Eleanor mai ka home. Ua hānai ʻia ʻo ia ma ke alanui.
No ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ke kula a me ka haʻalele ʻana, ua hoʻopau ke kaikamahine i kahi kolone hoʻopaʻi. Ua hoopuka na lunakanawai i ka lakou olelo hooholo. E hoʻokuʻu ʻia ke kaikamahine i ka makahiki 21.
Ma laila, ʻaʻole i hahau ʻia ke kaikamahine, akā hoʻomanaʻo pinepine ʻo ia ua luku ʻia ʻo ia.
ʻO ka trauma noʻonoʻo o ka mea mele ʻo Billie Holiday
I kekahi manawa, i loko o kahi keʻena hoʻoponopono, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo Eleanor no ka pō i loko o ka lumi like me kahi mea make. I kekahi lā aʻe, hele maila ka makuahine o Nora e kipa. Ua ʻōlelo ke kaikamahine ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke kū hou i kēlā pō, a hoʻoweliweli ʻo ia e pepehi iā ia iho.
Ua hoʻolimalima ʻo Māmā i loio nāna i kōkua iā Eleanor i waho o ka hale hoʻopaʻi. Ma ke ʻano he mahalo, ua kōkua ʻo ia i kona makuahine e loaʻa kālā. Holoi ke kaikamahine i ka papahele a me ke alapii no kekahi mau keneta.
Ma waena o kāna mau mea hana, ʻo ia ka mea nona kahi hale ʻoihana makua. Ma kēia wahi i lohe mua ai ʻo Nora i nā mele nani a aloha nui iā ia. ʻO ke kani kupua o nā mele blues i hana ʻia e Louis Armstrong a me Bessie Smith.
ʻO ka mea mahalo, ua hoʻohauʻoli nui kēia mele i ke kaikamahine a ua noi ʻo ia i ka mea nona e hoʻohuli i nā mele i nā manawa hiki. I ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana, ua mākaukau ʻo Nora e holoi i nā papahele me ka manuahi.
I loko o ka manawa like, ua aʻo ʻo Eleanor e hele mālie i ka hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni, kahi i hōʻike ʻia ai nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni me ke komo ʻana o Billy Dove. Ua hoʻohauʻoli ka mea hana keaka iā Nora a hiki i kona hoʻoholo ʻana e lawe i ka pseudonym Billy.
ʻAʻole i lōʻihi ka noho mālie o Eleanor. Ua hoʻouka ʻia ʻo ia e kahi kāne 40 makahiki i hoʻāʻo e hoʻokamakama i ke kaikamahine. Ua pane ka makai i ka manawa.
Ua hoʻouna ʻia ka mea hoʻomake i ka hale paʻahao no 5 mau makahiki. ʻAʻole hoʻi i waiho ʻia ʻo Nora me ka ʻole o ka hoʻopaʻi - ua hoʻopau hou ʻo ia i kahi kolone no 2 mau makahiki. Manaʻo ka luna kānāwai na ke kaikamahine i hoʻonāukiuki i ka mea hoʻomake e hoʻouka.
Ke neʻe nei ʻo Billie Holiday i New York
Ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana o Nora i nā paia o ke kolone, ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia i kahi hoʻoholo paʻakikī akā pololei nona iho. Ua neʻe ke kaikamahine i New York.
Ua hana ka makuahine o Eleanor ma ke ʻano he kahu hānai ma ke kūlanakauhale. Pono ke kaikamahine e hoʻolimalima i kahi hale kaʻawale.
ʻAʻohe mea e ola ai. ʻAʻole hiki iā Nora ke loaʻa kahi hana. Ua noi ʻo ia i ke konohiki no ke kōkua. Eia naʻe, ma waena o nā manaʻo, aia kahi wahi ma kahi o nā ʻoihana lawelawe kahiko.
ʻAʻole i loaʻa iā Eleanor kahi koho. Ma hope o kekahi mau mahina, ua hopu hou ʻia ʻo Nora. Ua hele ke kaikamahine i ka hale paʻahao no ʻehā mahina.
ʻEhā mahina ma hope mai, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo Eleanor mai ka hale paʻahao a ʻike ʻo ia i ka maʻi nui o kona makuahine. ʻO nā kālā i hōʻiliʻili ʻia i hele i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻAʻole kālā ʻo Nora no ka hoʻolimalima wale nō, akā no kahi ʻāpana berena.
Ua imi ikaika ke kaikamahine i ka hana. I kekahi lā, hele ʻo ia i kekahi o nā kaola kūloko a nīnau i ka mea nona ka hale hana inā he hana kāna.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he pono kāna hula. Ua hoʻopunipuni ʻo Nora, ua lōʻihi kāna hula. I ka noi ʻana o ke alakaʻi e hōʻike i kahi helu hula, ua ʻike koke ʻo ia e hoʻopunipuni ʻo Nora iā ia.
A laila nīnau ʻo ia i ke kaikamahine inā hiki iā ia ke hīmeni? Ua mele ʻo Eleanor i lawe koke aku ka mea hale iā ia i ka hana, a hāʻawi pū i kekahi mau kālā ma ke ʻano he uku haʻahaʻa. ʻOiaʻiʻo, hoʻomaka ka moʻolelo o ka Billie Holiday kaulana me kēia.
He 14 wale nō ʻo Nora i kona wā i hoʻolimalima ʻia ai. ʻAʻole pilikia ka makahiki i ka mea nona ka hale a i ʻole ka poʻe hoʻolohe mahalo. ʻO nā hana mua o ke kālena ʻōpio i hana ʻia ma nā hale pō, nā kaola, nā hale ʻaina a me nā hale ʻaina.
Ua hui ʻo Billie Holiday i ka mea hana ʻo John Hammond
I ka makahiki 1933, hui ʻo Billie Hodiley iā John Hammond, he mea hana ʻōpio makemake. Ua hauʻoli loa ke kanaka ʻōpio i ka hana a ke kaikamahine a ua kākau ʻo ia i kahi leka e pili ana iā ia ma kahi nūpepa kūloko.
ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu ua ʻike ka poʻe aloha mele e pili ana i ka mea mele akamai, i alakaʻi i ka hoihoi maoli i ka hōkū ala ʻo Billie Holiday.
Hāʻawi ʻo John i ka hui pū ʻana o ka mea mele, a ua ʻae ʻo ia. ʻAʻole liʻuliʻu ua lawe pū ʻo ia iā ia me ka "ke aliʻi o ka koʻi" - Benny Goodmanov. I ka makahiki 1933, ua hoʻokuʻu nā mea pena kiʻi i nā mele holoʻokoʻa.
Ua kaulana koke kekahi o nā mele. I ka manawa like, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Billie Holiday i nā haku mele me nā mea hoʻokani pila hoʻomaka.
I ka makahiki 1935, ua hoʻomau ʻo John i ka "hoʻolaha" i ka pā. Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo ia i ka mea mele e hoʻopaʻa i loko o kahi keʻena me Teddy Wilson lāua ʻo Lester Young.
ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu, mahalo i kēia mau moʻolelo, i hoʻolālā mua ʻia no ke kūʻai ʻana i loko o nā pahu juke, ua loaʻa ka mea mele i kāna "ʻāpana" mua o ka kaulana.
Ua piʻi nui ka helu o Billy. He aha ka mea e ʻōlelo ai! Ua huki ʻo Duke Ellington iā ia iho i ka hōkū e piʻi aʻe ana, e kono ana iā ia e hōkū ma ke kiʻi pōkole ʻo Symphony in Black.
Kaapuni mua o Billie Holiday
Ua hele ʻo Billie Holiday i kāna huakaʻi mua. I ka wā mua, ua huakaʻi ka mea mele me nā pūʻulu o D. Lunsford a me F. Henderson, a laila me ka hui nui o Count Basie ponoʻī, me ka makemake ʻole i lilo i mea hoʻokūkū no kāna hoa mua ʻo Ella Fitzgerald.
Ua hui pū ʻo Billy me Basie. Ua hoʻomaka nā kuʻikahi mai nā hana mua. He maʻalahi ke kumu - He ʻokoʻa nā manaʻo ʻo Holiday i ke mele a me ka hana ma ke ʻano laulā. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu ua lilo ka mea mele i mea hoʻokani mele o ka orchestra, i alakaʻi ʻia e Artie Shaw.
Ua mālama mua ʻia ʻo Billie Holiday me ka mahalo nui a me ka mahalo i ka orchestra. Ma hope mai, ua kū ka mea mele i ka hoʻohenehene a me ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa mua.
Ua hoʻomaka nā paio ma muli o ka hoʻokae lāhui. I ka manawa i hoʻokani ai ka hui ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua pāpā ʻo Artie Shaw iā Billy mai ke kahua. I ka hoʻokani ʻana o kāna mau hoa hana, pono ʻo ia e peʻe i loko o ke kaʻa.
ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu, ua loaʻa i ka mea hīmeni ka manawa e hui ai me Barney Josephson. Ua hana ʻo Barney i kahi hana koʻikoʻi loa - ʻo ia kekahi o ka mea mua i wehe i kahi cafe kahi i ʻākoakoa ai nā anaina.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Billie Holiday e hana ma ke kahua o ke kula. Ua hoʻāʻo ʻo ia e hoʻolaha i kāna mele, a ua lanakila ʻo ia.
ʻO ka mea e mahalo ai, ʻaʻole wale nā mea aloha mele maʻamau, akā ʻo nā mea pena kiʻi, nā mele kaulana a me nā mea keaka i ʻākoakoa i loko o kēia keʻena. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu, ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Billie Holiday i nā pōʻai maikaʻi o ke kaiāulu.
Ua hoʻomau ka mea mele i ka hana ma kāna repertoire. ʻO ka mele kaulana loa o ia manawa, ʻo ia ka mele "Strange Fruits". I kēia lā, nui ka poʻe i kapa i kēia mele he hōʻailona o Billie Holiday.
ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe o ka hana mele a Billie Holiday
Ua hiki mai ka piko o ka kaulana o Billie Holiday i ka makahiki 1940. Ua kani nā mele i hana ʻia e ka mea mele ma nā hale ʻaina, nā hale ʻaina, nā kaola, nā lekiō a me nā mea mele.
Ua hui pū ka mea hoʻokani me nā hale hoʻopaʻa leo kaulana e like me Columbia, Brunswick, Decca.
ʻO ka ʻaha mele mua loa o ka mea mele i hana ʻia i ka makahiki 1944 ma ka ʻāina o ka Metropolitan Opera, a i ka makahiki 1947 - i ka hale ʻaha mele "Town Hall", i ka makahiki 1948 ua hoʻohanohano ʻia ʻo Billie Holiday e hana ma ke kahua o ka hale ʻaha mele hanohano "Carnegie. Halekula".
ʻOiai ke kaulana a me ka mahalo o nā miliona o ka poʻe pā, ʻaʻole hauʻoli ʻo Billie Holiday. ʻO ia mau manawa, hāʻule ʻo ia i ka male ʻana. Ua paipai ʻia nā pāʻani pilikino iā ia e hoʻohana i ka waiʻona a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau.
ʻO Billie Holiday: Nalo Māmā...
ʻAʻole i liuliu ua make ka mea pili loa iā Billie Holiday - kona makuahine. Ua huhū loa ka mea mele i ka nalowale. ʻAʻole hiki iā ia ke ʻae ʻaʻole e noho hou kona makuahine me ia.
Ua hoʻohaʻahaʻa ke kaumaha i ke olakino noʻonoʻo o ka mea mele. Ua hoʻōla ʻo ia i kona mau aʻalolo ma ka lawe ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ikaika. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Billy e hoʻohana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau. A ʻoiai ʻo ia i hoʻāʻo ai e "lele", ʻaʻole i kūpono iā ia.
Ua huli koke ʻo Billy i kahi keʻena kino pilikino no ke kōkua. ʻOiai i loko o ka haukapila, ua loaʻa kekahi pilikia - Ua hele mai ʻo Holiday ma lalo o ka pū o nā mākaʻi, nāna i nānā i ka mea mele no ka manawa lōʻihi.
I ka huli ʻana, ua loaʻa nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma Billy's. Aia ʻo ia i loko o ka hale paʻahao no kekahi mau mahina.
Ma hope o kona hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana, ua kali hou ka pīhoihoi iā ia - mai kēia manawa ʻaʻohe ona kuleana e hana ma nā wahi i kūʻai ʻia ai ka waiʻona. Ma lalo o ka pāpā ʻana, aia nā hale hana a pau i loaʻa iā ia ka loaʻa kālā paʻa.
Hoʻomaha ʻo Billie
Ua hāʻawi nui ʻo Billie Holiday i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā leo jazz. Ua hiki i ka mea mele ke hana i nā haku mele maoli mai nā mele mele maʻalahi a maikaʻi ʻole.
I ka wā o ka hana ʻana o nā haku mele, ua hāʻawi ʻo Billy i ka mana ikaika loa me ka poʻe hoʻolohe. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i noho ʻo ia he "hamele mele". Ua haʻi ʻo ia i kona mau manaʻo me nā mea pā.
Ua māmā ka laina mele o nā mele ʻo Billie Holiday a ʻaʻole i hoʻolohe i nā kuʻi ikaika o ka beat. Ua ʻae kēia kūʻokoʻa i ka mea mele e hana a "ʻaʻole e paʻi ʻia." Ma ke kahua, ʻaʻole ia he mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka "soaring".
ʻO ka mea hoihoi, ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā Billie Holiday nā mākau leo ikaika a me kahi ʻano leo nui.
ʻO ka manaʻo holoʻokoʻa ʻo ia ka mea mele i hōʻike i kāna mau ʻike pilikino, i kekahi manawa koʻikoʻi i kāna mau ala. ʻO kēia ka mea i hiki iā ia ke lilo i hoʻokahi o nā mele jazz kaulana loa o ke kenekulia i hala.
I ka wā o kāna ʻoihana hoʻolālā, ua hui pū ʻo Billie Holiday me nā hale hoʻopaʻa leo hanohano. Ua hiki i ka mea mele jazz ke waiho i 187 mau mele. Ua lilo ka nui o nā mele i mea kaulana maoli.
Nā mele kiʻekiʻe ʻo Billy
- ʻO Lover Man he mele mele akā hoʻokani. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka haku mele i ka makahiki 1944. I ka makahiki 1989, ua hoʻokomo ʻia ke mele i ka Grammy Hall of Fame.
- Ua kākau ʻo Billy i ka haku mele God Bless the Child i ka makahiki 1941. Ma kēia mele, ua haʻi ʻo ia i kona mau ʻike pilikino a me nā manaʻo me ka lehulehu. Ua kākau ka mea mele i ke mele ma hope o ka hakakā me kona makuahine.
- Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo Riffin 'the Scotch i ka makahiki 1933 me kahi hui i alakaʻi ʻia e Benny Goodman. Ua lilo koke ke mele i mea kaulana, mahalo i ka mea mele i loaʻa ai kona kaulana mua.
- Hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo Crazy He Calls Me i ka makahiki 1949. I kēia lā aia ke mele ma waena o nā kūlana jazz.
ʻO ka haku mele "Strange Fruits" pono e nānā nui ʻia. Ua pilikia ʻo Billie Holiday i ka pono ʻole o ka lāhui. ʻOiai he mele kaulana ʻo ia, ua manaʻo ʻo ia i ke kaomi ʻana o ke kaiāulu iā ia.
Ua hana ʻo Billy i ka hapa nui o kona kaulana e hōʻike i ke kumuhana o ka hoʻokalakupua a ʻaʻole nā mea hana a nā kānaka wale nō.
Ua mahalo nui ʻia ʻo Billie Holiday e ka mele a Abel Miropol. Ma hope o ka heluhelu ʻana i ka moʻolelo mele "Strange Fruits", ua hoʻokuʻu ka mea mele i kahi mele mele.
Ma ke mele "Strange Fruits", ua ho'āʻo ka mea mele e haʻi aku i ka lehulehu e pili ana i ka hopena o nā poʻe ʻAmelika ʻAmelika. No kekahi hewa ua hoʻopaʻi ʻia lākou.
I ka huli ʻana o Billy i nā hui mele kahi āna i hoʻopaʻa mua ai i nā mele no ke kōkua, ua ʻike lākou i ka mea "Strange Fruits", hōʻole lākou e hoʻopaʻa i ke mele.
ʻO ka hopena, ua hoʻopaʻa mau ʻo Billy i ke mele, akā ma kahi hale hoʻopaʻa leo "underground".
ʻO ke ola pilikino o Billie Holiday
Ua ulu ka ola pilikino o Billie Holiday ma ke ala ʻino loa. Ua hoihoi mau ka wahine u'i i na keonimana pono ole.
ʻO ke kāne mua a Billy ke alakaʻi o ka hale kalapu ʻo Harlem, ʻo Jimmy Monroe. ʻO ke kanaka "mālama i kahi pōkole pōkole" Holiday. Ua haʻalele koke lāua, akā ua lilo ka male i mea make ma ke ola o Billy. Ua "hoʻopili" ke kāne i ka wahine i ka lāʻau.
ʻO Joe Guy ke kāne ʻelua a Billie Holiday. A inā ua hoʻokuke ke kāne mua i ka mea mele e hoʻomālamalama i nā lāʻau lapaʻau, a laila ua hele ʻo Joe Guy i kēia laina. Ua hemo koke ka male.
ʻO John Levy ke kolu o ke aloha koʻikoʻi o Billie Holiday. I ka hui ʻana me ia, manaʻo ka wahine ua loaʻa iā ia kona hauʻoli. ʻO Levy ka mea nona ka Hui Ebony hanohano.
Aia ʻo ia ma laila i ka wā i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ai ka mea mele mai ka hale paʻahao no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Eia kekahi, ua hiki iā ia ke hoʻomau i kāna hana ʻahamele.
Hāʻawi ʻo Levi i kāna mau makana makamae. Ua lōʻihi ko lāua noho pū ʻana. Hiki ke kapa ʻia kēia mau pilina pili pono. ʻAʻole naʻe i ʻike koke ʻia ke ʻano ʻino o Levi. Hāpai ʻo ia i kona lima i kāna wahine a luku iā ia i ka pono.
ʻO ka hopena, ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Levi he pimp. Akā ua hiki mai ke kiʻekiʻe i kona hāʻawi ʻana i nā mākaʻi i kahi ʻōlelo ma luna o Billie Holiday. ʻO kēia ka mauʻu hope loa. Ua holo ka wahine mai ka hale aku a waiho no ke oki mare.
ʻO Louis McKay ke kāne ʻehā a hope loa o ka mea mele kaulana. ʻAʻole i kūleʻa kēia male ʻana. A ʻaʻohe aloha nui. Ua pepehi ʻo Louis iā Holiday a hoʻohana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau iā ia.
Ma hope o ka huakaʻi huakaʻi ʻo Billie Holiday ma ʻEulopa i lilo i "hāʻule", holo wale ke kāne mai kāna wahine. Ma hope o kona make ʻana, hele mai ʻo ia e hōʻiliʻili i ka pākēneka o nā moʻolelo i kūʻai ʻia.
ʻO nā ʻike hoihoi e pili ana iā Billie Holiday
- ʻO nā pua punahele a ka mea hīmeni, he māla. He nui ka poʻe i kapa ʻia ʻo Billie Holiday "Lady Gardenia".
- I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kāna ʻoihana hana, ua loaʻa i ka mea mele nā uku haʻahaʻa loa. No ka laʻana, no ka ʻaha mele ma kahi hale pō, ua loaʻa iā Billy $ 35.
- ʻO nā hui hoʻopaʻa moʻolelo ma nā album me nā haku mele o Billie Holiday i loaʻa he miliona. Ua loaʻa i kahi wahine me ke kūʻai ʻana i kahi diski ʻaoʻao ʻelua he $ 75.
- ʻO Lester Young ka hoaaloha maikaʻi loa o ka mea mele, he kanaka akamai i ka saxophonist.
- Ua aloha ʻo Billie Holiday i nā ʻīlio. ʻO kona nāwaliwali kēia. Ua noho ka mea mele i nā manawa like ʻole me nā ʻīlio o nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole: he poodle, he chihuahua, he Dane Nui, he beagle, he terrier, a he mongrel.
Nā pilikia me ka lāʻau a me ka waiʻona. Make o Billie Holiday
I ka makahiki 1950, ua hoʻomaka ka poʻe mele mele a me nā mea pā o Billie Holiday e ʻike ʻaʻole nani loa kona leo.
ʻO nā pilikia me ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka lāʻau a me ka waiʻona i alakaʻi ʻia i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua hoʻomaka ka mea mele kaulana e loaʻa i nā pilikia olakino koʻikoʻi i hoʻonui i kona hiki ke kani.
ʻOiai naʻe, ua hoʻomau ʻo ia i ka hana ma ke kahua a hoʻopaʻa i nā haku mele hou. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻo ia i kahi ʻaelike me Norman Grantz - ka mea nona nā inoa inoa kaulana.
I loko o kēia manawa, aia ʻo Billie Holiday ma luna o ka mele mele ʻO Olympus. Ma mua o ka huakaʻi holomua o ʻEulopa a me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i kāna puke ponoʻī.
I ka makahiki 1958, ua hoʻonui ʻo Billie Holiday i kāna discography me kāna album hope loa, ʻo Lady in Satin. A laila hele hou ʻo ia i kahi huakaʻi i ʻEulopa. Ua lilo ka huakaʻi he "hāʻule", ua hoʻi ka mea mele i ka home.
I Mei 1959, ua mālama ka mea mele i kāna ʻahamele hope loa. I ka hopena o Mei o ia makahiki, ua lawe ʻia ʻo Billie Holiday ma kahi kaʻa kaʻa. Ua make ka mea mele ma Iulai 17, 1959. Ua ʻōlelo nā kauka ua make ʻo ia ma muli o ka overdose o ka lāʻau. He 44 makahiki wale nō ka mea mele.
Hoʻohanohano ʻia kāna hana a hiki i kēia lā. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Billie Holiday ʻo "Queen of Jazz and Blues". Pili nā mele a ka mea hīmeni a hiki i kēia lā.
