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Billie Holiday at Sugar Hill: With a reflection by Zadie Smith
Jerry Dantzic
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Description for Billie Holiday at Sugar Hill: With a reflection by Zadie Smith
Hardcover. 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. This book presents the resulting images which offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse of Billie with her family, friends and her pet chiuhuaha, among others. Num Pages: 144 pages, 190 illustrations, 100 in colour. BIC Classification: AJB; AJCP; AVGQ; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 230. .
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500544655
SKU
9780500544655
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About Jerry Dantzic
Jerry Dantzic was a well known photojournalist. His work is in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney and The Museum of Modern Art.
Reviews for Billie Holiday at Sugar Hill: With a reflection by Zadie Smith
'A sleek coffee table book of photographs, many never seen before ... a reminder that between the fame and the infamy, normal life happens. It's the everyday nature of these black-and-white photographs that makes them so unusual' - The Washington Post