This episode discusses Louis Armstrong's influence on Billie, her early touring days as the only woman in the bands that she had worked with. The episode dives into her ongoing and enduring musical partnerships, especially with tenor saxophonist, Lester Young, and how musicians thought of Billie as "one of the cats." We also hear comments from Dan Morgenstern, Dr. Farah Jasmine Griffin and Phil Schaap, and we'll hear songs such as "What a Little Moonlight Can Do", "You Can't Love a Broken Heart", "I Can't Get Started", and "Lover, Come Back to Me."
Episode 9 features archival interviews with Billy Taylor, Jo Jones, Mal Waldron, Bobby Henderson, Count Basie, Teddy Wilson, Carmen McRae, Billie Eckstine, and others.
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