Billie Holiday

A swing spiritual based on the proverb "God blessed the child that's got his own."

"Legendary singer Billie Holiday comes alive in this first-ever collection of interviews from throughout her career. Included is her last interview, given from her deathbed in a New York City hospital, where police were standing by ready to arrest her for a parole violation should she recover. Also included: The transcript of an interrogation by a US Customs official questioning about whether she'd violated her parole by using drugs on a foreign tour....

The album is the companion 13-song soundtrack to the James Erskine-directed documentary on the breathtaking talent of Billie Holiday. It features her band, the Sonhouse All-Stars, performing her classic works, including I Only Have Eyes for You; God Bless the Child; Strange Fruit; and more. The film features newly unearthed interviews from those who knew Holiday best, Charles Mingus, Tony Bennett, Sylvia Syms, and Count Basie among them.