Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra

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Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra was a jazz ensemble led by the iconic American singer Billie Holiday, known for its influential swing-era recordings and emotionally expressive performances.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz ensemble ⓘ
swing-era band ⓘ
activePeriod 1930s ⓘ
1940s ⓘ
associatedMovement Harlem jazz scene ⓘ
associatedWith Brunswick Records ⓘ
Columbia Records ⓘ
Vocalion Records ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
era pre-bop jazz ⓘ
featuredInstrument piano ⓘ
tenor saxophone ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
featuredMusician Benny Goodman ⓘ
Buck Clayton ⓘ
Lester Young ⓘ
Teddy Wilson ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
swing ⓘ
hasCharacteristic blues-influenced repertoire ⓘ
improvisational phrasing ⓘ
small ensemble arrangements ⓘ
hasLeaderRole vocalist ⓘ
influenced swing-era vocal style ⓘ
vocal jazz phrasing ⓘ
languageOfPerformance English ⓘ
leader Billie Holiday ⓘ
notableFor emotionally expressive performances ⓘ
swing-era recordings ⓘ
notableRecording Easy Living ⓘ
I Cried for You ⓘ
Mean to Me ⓘ
Miss Brown to You ⓘ
Them There Eyes ⓘ
What a Little Moonlight Can Do ⓘ
partOf Billie Holiday discography ⓘ
primaryLocationOfActivity New York City ⓘ
recordedWith Lester Young ⓘ
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra ⓘ
recordingFormat 78 rpm records ⓘ
style small-group swing ⓘ
vocal jazz ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Man I Love → hasNotablePerformer → Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra ⓘ
Mean to Me → hasNotableRecordingBy → Billie Holiday and Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra ⓘ
linked to: Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra
I'm a Fool to Want You → notablePerformer → Billie Holiday with Ray Ellis and his Orchestra ⓘ
subject linked to: I’m a Fool to Want You
linked to: Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra