old," he said. "We've gotten to make music together a couple of times throughout the years, and whenever it happens, I am struck by how comfortable our collaboration is and how relentlessly hard she works to get things exactly right. My text said, 'Do you know my song "Sti...
As it started to come together, this idea of referring to an old relationship as an alma mater, that excited me and made me want to write that story. That's kind of what an old relationship is: a school that you go to where there's a whole set of friends, ...
who was Holiday’s musical director on some of the Decca sessions, was always enthralled by her gift of re-shaping melodies. “The 1947 song ‘There Is No Greater Love’ is an excellent example of how Billie could take a standard tune and add her Midas touch to the existing melody – ...