"Actor: Billie Holiday"

• Billie | DVD | (30/11/2020) from £6.90   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  James Erskine directs this documentary that charts the tumultuous life of renowned blues singer Billie Holiday. From her struggles with drug addiction to gaining the attention of the FBI the film unravels some of the complexities and mysteries around the singer's private life.

• Billie Holiday - The Ultimate DVD Collection | DVD | (24/10/2005) from £18.30   |  Saving you £-5.31 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Universal are delighted to present the very first multi-region DVD collection dedicated to one of the great legends of jazz Billie Holiday. The DVD includes performances of ""My Man "" ""Please Don't Talk About Me Since I'm Gone "" and ""Billie's Blues"" from 1956's Stars Of Jazz previously unavailable since their original airings her film debut and four other rare TV and film performances plus full videos of Billie's biggest influences Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong. In addition the DVD includes five rare audio tracks a complete 1955 rehearsal session and a rarely heard 1956 radio interview with legendary journalist Mike Wallace. Further included is a robust timeline that allows for an interactive tour through the entire DVD linking dates from her humble birth to her star-studded funeral including interviews with musical collaborators a discography and literally hundreds of rarely viewed photos documents and posters. Film & TV Performances: 1. Saddest tale 2. The Blues are brewin' 3. Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans 4. My man (Mon homme) 5. Please don't talk about me when I'm gone 6. Billie's blues 7. Fine and mellow 8. What a little moonlight can do 9. St. Louis blues - Bessie Smith 10. I cover the waterfront - Louis Armstrong Audio Performances: 1.Swing! Brother swing! 2.They can't take that away from me 3.Do nothing till you hear from me 4.I'll get by 5.I wonder where our love has gone Audio Interviews: 1. John Hammond Shraft's Restaurant New York NY July 17 1972 2. Jo Jones Markwell Hotel New York NY July 20 1971 3. Roy Eldridge Jimmy Ryan's New York NY July 21 1971 4. Barney Josephson The Cookery New York NY December 3 1971 5. Tiny Grimes Linda Keuhl's New York NY July 21 1971 6. Billy Eckstine Musso & Frank's Hollywood CA September 8 1971 7. Jimmy Rowles Monteceito Hotel Hollywood NY August 23 1971 8. Sylvia Syms Yonkers Hospital New York NY January 20 1973 9. Corky Hale Corky Hale's New York NY November 17 1971

• Vintage Collection - Jazz Masters 1958-1961 | DVD | (23/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Vol. 1 1958-1959 A package of the most famous jazz broadcast of all time. An all-star studio session with some of the giants of post-war jazz captured together performing a series of classic set pieces. Featuring: Henry Red Allen Count Basie Thelonious Monk Jimmy Giuffre Jimmy Rushing and a heart stopping sequence from Billie Holiday with Lester Young as one of her accompanists. Vol. 2 1960-1961 Features more priceless jazz material from vintage American television with perfor

• Blues Masters | DVD | (23/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  'Blues Masters: The Essential History Of The Blues' features rare performances and historical footage tracing the development of this unique American music form. Born on the plantations of the Mississippi Delta the blues is America's root music. Few performances of the early masters were ever captured on film but those that were and feature on this DVD are entertaining and profoundly insightful. Contains the only known performance of Leadbelly.

• Ladies Sing The Blues | DVD | (16/02/2004) from £32.37   |  Saving you £-7.38 (-29.50%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This acclaimed compilation brings together full-length rare performances from the great ladies of song: Billie Holiday Bessie Smith Peggy Lee Lena Horne Dinah Washington Sarah Vaughan and Ethel Waters. Hailed by Entertainment Weekly as ""a grand parade of American miracles"" ""Ladies"" captures the excitement of the most distinctive female vocalists in Jazz. Tracks include: 1. St Louis Blues - Bessie Smith 2. Darkies Never Dream - Ethel Waters 3. Quicksand - Ethel Waters (with

• The Greatest Jazz Films Ever | DVD | (20/08/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  DVD 1Jammin' The Blues - Featuring Lester Young1. The Midnight Symphony2. On The Sunny Side of the Street3. Jammin' the BluesBe Bop's Nest - Featuring Charlie Parker Dizzy Gillespie4. Hot HouseJazz At The Philharmonic - Featuring Ella Fitzgerald Coleman Hawkins Charlie Parker5. Ballade6. Celebrity7. Ad Lib8. Pennies From Heaven9. Blues For GreasyThe Sound of Miles Davis (Complete Edition) - Featuring Miles Davis John Coltrane Gil Evans10. So What11. The Duke12. Blues for Pablo13. New RhumbaDVD 2The Sound of Jazz (Complete Edition) - Featuring Billie Holiday Count Basie The Thelonious Monk Jimmy Giuffre and many others1. Open All Night/Blues2. The Count Blues3. Wild Man Blues4. Rosetta5. Dickie's Dream6. Blue Monk7. I Left My Baby8. Fine And Mellow9. The Train and the River10. Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To MeJazz From Studio 61 - Featuring Ahmad Jamal Ben Webster11. Darn That Dream12. Ahmad's Blues13. Chelsea Bridge14. Duke's Place

• The Sound Of Jazz | DVD | (22/09/2003) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-5.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Wienerworld proudly presents The Sound Of Jazz. A truly original and unique broadcast from the CBS Studio 58 in New York on 8 December 1957 hosted by John Crosby. Featuring well known sounds as Count Basie and Billie Holiday this DVD truly is the spectacular Sound of Jazz. Tracklist: Fast And Happy Blues Wild Man Blues Rosetta Eyes Of A Stranger I Left My Baby Dickie's Dream Fine And Mellow The Train And The River East of the Sun (Sarah Vaughan with Count Basie

• Count Basie Then As Now, Count s The King | DVD | (06/06/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Jazz great William Count Basie comes back to life in this rich documentary which traces the history of the pianist composer and bandleader over several decades. Filmmaker Gary Keys juxtaposes a roundtable discussion among old cats from the Count Basie Orchestra with recorded performances including a cameo appearance in Blazing Saddles. Archival clips and a gallery of portraits and snapshots show the ever-smiling face of a man as vivacious as the grooves he delivers and the players going at it all around him from Lester Young to Ella Fitzgerald.

• Masters of Jazz - Session 3 | DVD | (23/07/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Volume 06: Ray Charles Volume 07: Billie Holiday Volume 09: Sarah Vaughan

• Lady Day, the Many Faces | DVD | (01/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A collection of TV and movie clips featuring singer Billie Holiday. Perfomances include Strange Fruit What A Little Moonlight Can Do Fine And Mellow Blues Are Brewin' (featuring Buck Clayton Harry Sweets Edison Carmen McRae and Mill Gabler).

• Billie Holiday - The Lady Day's Life | DVD | (04/12/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Billie Holiday - The Lady Day's Life [Spanish Import]

• Billy Holiday - Strange Fruit | DVD | (19/11/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  Tracklist: God Bless The Child Now Baby Or Never My Man Please Don't Talk About me When I'm Gone Billie's Blues Easy To Remember What A Little Moonlight Can Do Foolin Myself When Your Lover Has Gone Moanin low Don't Explain I Only Have Eyes For You Travelin Light Strange Fruit I Love You Porgy Fine And Mellow

• Sound of Jazz | DVD | (14/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A