This coming October I will be leading a four part lecture series on one of America's most important voices. Hope to see some familiar faces. Lady Day: The Life and Times of Billie Holiday Billie Holliday, born Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959), was an American-born jazz and popular music singer and songwriter. Her recorded musical career spans three decades and well documents the soaring highs and tragic lows of a tumultuous personal life. Her music reveals a deeply inventive styli