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Three themes Billie explored throughout her career include unrequited love, abusive lovers and her being unlucky in love.

In this episode, we hear about Billie's early life in Baltimore and how she absorbed recordings by Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith and Ethel Waters.

In this episode, we hear about Billie's struggles with alcohol, drugs, and a series of unfortunate marriages and other relationships that made her life difficult. She endured these struggles all way up to her death at the age of 44 in 1959.

in this episode, we discuss Louis Armstrong's influence on Billie, her early touring days as the only woman in the bands that she had worked with.

Sachal Vasandani -vocals
Jaleel Shaw -alto saxophone
Charles Altura -guitar
Fabian Almazan -piano
Joel Ross -vibraphone
Matt Brewer -bass
Marcus Gilmore -drums

Join The Jazz Gallery for two very special concerts to close out 2022. We are happy to celebrate yet another year of great music, our 27th!, with you all and as we look forward to 2023 are excited to end things on a high with TJG All-Stars. We hope you will join us!

After a two-year COVID absence, the SALEM ROADHOUSE CAFÉ announces its GRAND RE-OPENING for Saturday, 9 April 2022. The doors open at 7:20 PM. Carrie Jackson — a frequent and beloved performer at the Roadhouse Café for the past 15 seasons — headlines the re-opening along with her Jazzin’ All-Stars Band. The Roadhouse suspended performances early in 2020 in response to the COVID pandemic. Carrie Jackson is a top jazz artist performing in the New Jersey/New York area. She pours her heart into classical jazz favorites from soulful sultry pop to poignant mellow gospel. Carrie nurtured her talent in Newark, the Jazz Mecca of New Jersey. Carrie attributes her vocal style to her mentors, the Great Ladies of Jazz: Sarah “Sassy” Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Nancy Wilson, and Carmen McRae. The Jazzin’ All-Star Band backs her up, buoys her up, and carries the audience away. One never knows who Carrie may bring along with her, either. As always, the Salem Roadhouse Café is live, intimate, up front, and personal. All ages are welcome. • Triumphal return: 9 April 2022. • SALEM ROADHOUSE CAFÉ, 829 Salem Rd., Union, NJ 07083 • Doors open 7:20PM. Show starts at 7:45PM. • Admission: $20.00. Admission includes show, snacks, non-alcoholic beverages, and dessert. Plan now for an evening of great music in Northern New Jersey’s Most Intimate Coffeehouse™. We ask that patrons wear masks while inside during the show.

The late NEA Jazz Master Quincy Jones talks to WBGO's Rhonda Hamilton in 2008

One of the most original, inventive and important drummers in recent jazz history, DeJohnette has provided rhythm for the likes of John Coltrane and Miles Davis.