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Billie Holiday

at Sugar Hill


  • Thames & Hudson
  • by Grayson Dantzic, introduction: Zadie Smith
In 1957, New York photojournalist Jerry Dantzic spent time with the iconic singer Billie Holiday. The resulting images offer a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse of Billie with her family, friends and her pet chiuhuaha, Pepe. The years and the struggles seem to vanish when she sings: her face lights up. Later that year, Dantzic photographed her at the second New York Jazz Festival at Randall's Island, in colour. Only a handful of the photographs in this book have ever been published.

ISBN 9780500544655 | E | HB
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Publisher Thames & Hudson
ISBN 9780500544655
Author(s) Grayson Dantzic, introduction: Zadie Smith
Publication date March 2017
Edition Hardback
Dimensions 305 x 230 mm
Illustrations 100 col.ill.
Pages 144
Language(s) Eng. ed.
extra information Reannounced title
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In 1957, New York photojournalist Jerry Dantzic spent time with the iconic singer Billie Holiday during a two-week run of performances at the Newark, New Jersey, nightclub Sugar Hill. The resulting images offer a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse of Billie with her family, friends and her pet chiuhuaha, Pepe; playing with her godchild (son of her autobiography’s co-author, William Dufty); washing dishes at the Duftys’ home; walking the streets of Newark; in her hotel room; waiting backstage or having a drink in front of the stage; and performing. The years and the struggles seem to vanish when she sings: her face lights up. Later that year, Dantzic photographed her at the second New York Jazz Festival at Randall’s Island, in colour. Only a handful of the photographs in this book have ever been published.