The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Music from the Motion Picture) Andra Day

• 1 All of Me (Music from the Motion Picture "The United States vs. Billie Holiday") 03:35
• 2 Strange Fruit (Music from the Motion Picture "The United States vs. Billie Holiday") 03:26
• 3 Tigress & Tweed (Music from the Motion Picture "The United States vs. Billie Holiday") 03:11
• 4 The Devil & I Got up to Dance a Slow Dance (feat. Sebastian Kole) [Music from the Motion Picture "The United States vs. Billie Holiday"] 03:21
• 5 Solitude (Music from the Motion Picture "The United States vs. Billie Holiday") 03:01
• 6 Break Your Fall (Music from the Motion Picture "The United States vs. Billie Holiday") 02:20
• 7 I Cried for You (Music from the Motion Picture "The United States vs. Billie Holiday") 02:40
• 8 Ain’t Nobody’s Business (Music from the Motion Picture "The United States vs. Billie Holiday") 03:03
• 9 Them There Eyes (Music from the Motion Picture "The United States vs. Billie Holiday") 02:49
• 10 Lady Sings the Blues (Music from the Motion Picture "The United States vs. Billie Holiday") 03:15
• 11 Lover Man (Music from the Motion Picture "The United States vs. Billie Holiday") 03:00
• 12 Gimme a Pigfoot and Bottle of Beer (Music from the Motion Picture "The United States vs. Billie Holiday") 02:50
• 13 God Bless the Child (Music from the Motion Picture "The United States vs. Billie Holiday") 02:27
• Total Runtime 38:58

Info for The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Music from the Motion Picture)

Die Singer/Songwriterin, Aktivistin und Schauspielerin Andra Day präsentiert sehr emotional und professionell das Cover von Billie Holidays „All of Me“. Der Song ist Vorbote zum Film ‚The United States vs. Billie Holiday‘, einem biografischen Drama über die verstorbene Sängerin. „All Of Me“ ist jetzt bei Warner Records erschienen und wird auch als Soundtrack des Films zu hören sein.

Der Film „The United States vs. Billie Holiday“ ist Andra Days Spielfilmdebüt. In der Rolle der Billie Holiday wird sie zur Zielscheibe des Federal Bureau of Narcotics. Die Einheit versuchte, Holiday aufgrund von Drogenvorwürfen zu inhaftieren. Für Unmut sorgten seit Langem ihre hochpolitischen Songs wie ‚Strange Fruit‘. Dieser wurde zum Soundtrack für die Bürgerrechtsbewegung der amerikanischen People of Colour.

Andra Day spielt die Hauptrolle an der Seite von „Moonlight„-Hauptdarsteller Trevante Rhodes. Den Film inszenierte Lee Daniels, das Drehbuch schrieb Suzan-Lori Parks. Er basiert auf dem Buch „Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs“ von Johann Hari.

Die legendäre Billie Holiday war eine der größten Jazzmusikerinnen aller Zeiten. Ihre ungewöhnliche Stimme und ihre Lieder besaßen große emotionale Ausdruckskraft.

Andra Day
has been gifted with a brassy yet alluring voice that is as powerful as it is expressive. The San Diego native attended a performing arts high school while working with various producers to develop her musical style. When a tape of a live performance found its way to Stevie Wonder, he was blown away and soon introduced her to producer/writer/musician Adrian Gurvitz of Buskin Records. Day and Gurvitz spent the next year working on her debut album with what she calls a “retro-pop-soul” sound (“a blend of jazz, soul, doo-wop, plus a little bit of rock, and hip-hop on the underbelly,” she says). In 2012, Andra posted a series of covers on YouTube, which went viral and landed her a record deal with Warner Bros. Records.

Andra has been described as “possessed by the ghost of Billie Holiday,” boasting flawless jazz chops that she can apply to her varied musical influences with equal ease. She has been looked at as a scion of the dearly departed Amy Winehouse, that longed-for singer with the voice and charisma to single-handedly inspire a rebirth of classic soul. Reflecting the LP's theme of resilience through struggle, the crown jewel of the album is the universally timeless “Rise Up,” which Andra describes as “a song about any type of relationship.” She says, “I look at all of us as brothers and sisters and a body working together. ‘Rise Up’ is saying one piece isn’t better than the other, and when one part is struggling, I’m going to help and lift you up. I will rise up with you.”

This album contains no booklet.