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• The Music
ACT 1
Ain't Nobody's Business (Amy Winehouse)
- Billie lived her life the way she wanted to live it – here the younger generation repeat her message for themselves.
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I Cover The Waterfront (Chrissie Hynde)
- As a child, Billie grew up listening to the music of Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith on Baltimore's sea front.
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I Hear Music (Dee Dee Bridgewater)
- Big Band swing bringing 1930's Harlem to life as Billie moves to pursue her career in New York
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Some Other Spring (Carleen Anderson)
- One of Billie's favourite songs written by her friend Irene Kitchings - "it won't get anywhere – it's too beautiful!"
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Loverman (Joan Osborne)
- The sound of Billie and Lester Young – soulmates in perfect harmony – translated into rhythm and blues.
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The Man I Love (Angelique Kidjo)
- Billie's music crosses continents and transcends language, as far as Africa...
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Lover Come Back to Me (Dee Dee Bridgewater)
- Classic Count Basie from Billie's time on the road with his orchestra enduring the racism of the southern states.
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Travellin' (Fontella Bass)
- Fontella's anthem accompanies Billie on her road trip out of New York with the Count Basie Orchestra.
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ACT 2
Strange Fruit I & II (Dee Dee Bridgewater)
- Billie stopped short of speaking out against racism in song...that is until Strange Fruit.
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Fine and Mellow (Carleen Anderson)
- Billie's biggest musical love was the blues! That's what she lived, and that's what she sang...
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Now Baby or Never (Fontella Bass)
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God Bless The Child (Lalah Hathaway)
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I'm a Fool to Want You (Susheela Raman)
- Billie's troubled personal life mirrored in song by her most moving recording: 'Lady in Satin'.
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You Don't Know What Love Is (Lalah Hathaway)
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For All We Know (Yolande Bavan)
Billie raised jazz up from out of the underground and into the concert hall, this was her greatest achievement.
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I'll Be Seeing You (The Cast featuring Carleen Anderson)
- What is the greatest lesson Billie has taught us? To be yourself.
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Travellin' (Finale) (The Cast featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater)
- Thank you Billie for your life and your music – we will never forget.
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Travellin' Introduction (Nancy Wilson)
- Nancy Wilson narrates the Los Angeles 2005 performance (excerpt).
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