But it was more likely the discovery that he had a white common-law wife that antagonised the officials and provoked a trial and subsequent sentence of 10 months in the detention compound. After his discharge, he discovered that many emerging bop musicians were praising him.
But this flattery unnerved him because he sensed he was being robbed of the light, mercurial tone he had so carefully forged. His consumption of gin also increased. One unresolved dilemma seemed to precipitate another, more complex one, and Holiday undoubtedly felt conspired against.
In , a little surprisingly, after performing together for a week in Philadelphia, an argument between Holiday and Young resulted in neither of them speaking to each for three years. It happens because of the closeness. They later embraced in the dressing room and the feud was over. The merits of their respective recordings in the 50s were constantly debated over by jazz critics. A sense of vulnerability and introspection infused their music of this period, which was frequently in the shape of melancholic ballads.
She got her start in Harlem after performing at clubs across the city as a teenager. Soon, she would tour the world with acts such as Count Basie and Louis Armstrong. During that time, one of her peers gave Holiday her infamous nickname, Lady Day.
In her memoir, Lady Sings the Blues; Holiday shared how much she admired the actor as a child. The song has been called "a declaration of war" and "the beginning of the civil rights movement. Already a heavy drinker, she was introduced to heroin by her first husband, trombonist Jimmy Monroe, himself an addict. Much of the money she made went to supporting their habits. In , she was arrested for possession and ended up serving 10 months in a federal prison. Her conviction meant her "cabaret card" in New York was revoked and she could no longer perform at any club where liquor was sold.
At the age of 18, Holiday was discovered by producer John Hammond while she was performing in a Harlem jazz club. Hammond was instrumental in getting Holiday recording work with an up-and-coming clarinetist and bandleader Benny Goodman. With Goodman, she sang vocals for several tracks, including her first commercial release "Your Mother's Son-In-Law" and the top 10 hit "Riffin' the Scotch. Known for her distinctive phrasing and expressive, sometimes melancholy voice, Holiday went on to record with jazz pianist Teddy Wilson and others in Around this time, Holiday met and befriended saxophonist Lester Young, who was part of Count Basie 's orchestra on and off for years.
He even lived with Holiday and her mother Sadie for a while. Young gave Holiday the nickname "Lady Day" in — the same year she joined Basie's band. In return, she called him "Prez," which was her way of saying that she thought it was the greatest. Holiday toured with the Count Basie Orchestra in The following year, she worked with Artie Shaw and his orchestra.
Holiday broke new ground with Shaw, becoming one of the first female African American vocalists to work with a white orchestra. Promoters, however, objected to Holiday — for her race and for her unique vocal style — and she ended up leaving the orchestra out of frustration. She developed some of her trademark stage persona there — wearing gardenias in her hair and singing with her head tilted back.
Holiday recorded the song with the Commodore label instead. Holiday married James Monroe in Already known to drink, Holiday picked up her new husband's habit of smoking opium. The marriage didn't last — they later divorced — but Holiday's problems with substance abuse continued.
Holiday refused and kept singing the song. Anslinger was a widely known racist and made it his mission to take Holiday down for her drug and alcohol addiction and relentlessly pursued her all the way up until her death in That same year, Holiday had a hit with "God Bless the Child.
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