Billie Holiday

The definitive story of Billie Holiday, the world's greatest and most controversial jazz singer, is now revealed through a wealth of never-before heard taped interviews and research undertaken by the journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl.

A gambling hall owner relocates from New Orleans to Chicago and entertains his patrons with hot jazz by Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, and others.

After escaping from prison, the unscrupulous Brutus Jones bluffs and manipulates his way into becoming emperor of a small Caribbean island.