About this episode

This episode explores the relationship between jazz legends Billie Holiday and Lester Young, highlighting their musical connection and contemporaneous careers.

At the Jazz Band Ball Ep. 49/ PRX 12 - Lady Day and Pres Billie Holiday and Lester Young were contemporaries, and some said, jazz soul mates. They were never romantically linked, but two people more like of mind, you’d be hard pressed to name.

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