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Billie and Me Launch

Jamie Cullum commemorates what would have been Billie Holiday's hundredth birthday in April with the launch of a new feature for the month, Billie and Me.

Jamie Cullum plays an hour of jazz music ranging from its heritage to its future.

This week he celebrates the birthday of Billie Holiday, who would have been 100 years old in April, by launching a new feature that will run for the rest of the month, Billie & Me.

In it we hear from Gregory Porter and Dee Dee Bridgewater about how Billie influenced their lives and music and both pick their favourite track of hers.

57 minutes

Last on

Tue 10 Mar 2015 19:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Mark Murphy

    Just In Time

    • Capitol Records.

  • Avishai Cohen Trio

    Amethyst

    • Razdaz Records.

  • Julia Biel

    Playing You

    • Rokit.

  • Duke Ellington & John Coltrane

    Big Nick

    • Impulse!.

  • The Bad Plus

    Do It Again

    • OKeh.

  • Dee Dee Bridgewater

    Lady Sings The Blues (live at Maida Vale)

  • Vibration Society

    Spirits Up Above

    • Jazzman.

  • Submotion Orchestra

    Victim Of Order

    • Counter Records.

  • Billie Holiday

    No Regrets

    • La Bambolina.

  • Tubby Hayes

    Lament

    • Savage Solweig.

  • Sufjan Stevens

    No Shade In The Shadow Of The Cross

    • ASTHMATIC KITTY RECORDS.

Broadcast

  • Tue 10 Mar 2015 19:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2