Miki Howard - Miki Sings Billie (A Tribute To Billie Holiday) album flac

Miki Sings Billie: A Tribute to Billie Holiday is a studio album by American R&B singer Miki Howard. Released in 1993 by Giant Records, the album peaked at No. 72 on Billboard's Top R&B Albums chart. In 1992, Miki Howard portrayed jazz legend Billie Holiday in Spike Lee's Malcolm X, singing Holiday's "I Cover the Waterfront".

Miki Howard tries her hand at jazz repertory with this Billie Holiday tribute album. Howard was smart enough to sing the songs in her own style rather than try to emulate Holiday. Howard mostly scores on this disc, turning in fine, sometimes triumphant performances on "Solitude," "My Man" and "Don't Explain. Only on "Strange Fruit" does she miss the boat; she's too mannered and pristine on a brutally painful number. In addition, the label made this the ninth, rather than last, track on the disc

Singer Miki Howard released the Holiday tribute album, Miki Sings Billie: A Tribute to Billie Holiday in 1993. Miki Howard also portrayed Lady Day in a club scene in the 1992 motion picture " Malcolm X " starring Denzel Washington  . Holiday is the primary character in the play and later the film Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill; the role was originated by Reenie Upchurch in 1986 and was played by Audra McDonald on Broadway (she received a Tony Award for her performance) and in the film.

Written By – Billie Holiday, Curtis Lewis (3). 8. Don't Explain. Written By – Arthur Herzog, J. Billie Holiday.

Album · 1992 · 10 Songs. Miki Howard first revealed her affinity for Billie Holiday with a cover of Good Morning Heartache on 1992’s multifaceted Femme Fatale. That cover led to 1993’s Miki Sings Billie, on which Howard explored and frequently renewed the powerful allure of Holiday’s music. Howard had become such a master of modern R&B-with its emphasis on melisma and melodrama-that her subtle performances here took listeners totally by surprise

Miki Howard tries her hand at jazz repertory with this Billie Holiday tribute album. But those two decisions aside, Miki Howard has given Billie Holiday a solid tribute and ably displayed her own skills in the process. 1 What a Little Moonlight Can Do Miki Howard 3:53. 2 I'm a Fool to Want You Miki Howard 4:4. 3 My Man Miki Howard 3:7. 4 Solitude Miki Howard 4:42. 5 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do Miki Howard 2:56. 6 Yesterdays Miki Howard 2:14. 7 Now or Never Miki Howard 3:47. 8 Don't Explain Miki Howard 5:25. 9 Strange Fruit Miki Howard 4:7.

Miki Sings Billie: A Tribute To Billie Holiday.

What a Little Moonlight Can Do. Your browser does not support the audio element. I'm a Fool to Want You.