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Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday 1990 Directed by Matthew Seig

Billie Holiday, jazz, singer

Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday integrates film and video performances, recordings, words from her controversial autobiography (read by actress Ruby Dee) and interviews with artists who played with her (pianist Mal Waldron, trumpeter Buck Clayton and Harry "Sweets" Edison), Milt Gabler (owner of Commodore and a producer at Decca), author Albert Murray and vocalists Carmen McRae and Annie Ross.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gnere Music
Release Date 1 March 1990
59 mins