vabadus improviseerida. Kohe avastati, et Holiday'l oli hämmastavapanev võime improviseerida meloodia emotsioonidega. See oli revolutsiooniline. Mõndade eranditega on loetud Holiday ja Wilsoni lindistused 30ndatel ja 40ndatel jazzi vokaalkogu paremiku hulka. Holiday kerget, rütmilist maneeri hakkasid imiteerima muusikud üle kogu riigi. Kõigi teise muusikute hulgas, kes Holiday'd tihedalt saatsid oli ka tenorist saksofonist Lester Younge, kellega oli ta ka juba aastaid varem koos musitseerinud. Young pani Holiday'le hüüdnimeks ,,Lady Day", mis jäi püsima aastateks. Hilistel 30ndatel oli Billie Holiday esimene mustanahaline naine, kes esines heledanahalise orkestriga. See oli kooslus, mis läks vastuollu ajastu reeglite ning tavadega.
Having said thus much, I feel no doubt of your secrecy. My sister, who is more than ten years my junior, was left to the guardianship of my mother's nephew, Colonel Fitzwilliam, and myself. About a year ago, she was taken from school, and an establishment formed for her in London; and last summer she went with the lady who presided over it, to Ramsgate; and thither also went Mr. Wickham, undoubtedly by design; for there proved to have been a prior acquaintance between him and Mrs. Younge, in whose character we were most unhappily deceived; and by her connivance and aid, he so far recommended himself to Georgiana, whose affectionate heart retained a strong impression of his kindness to her as a child, that she was persuaded to believe herself in love, and to consent to an elopement. She was then but fifteen, which must be her excuse; and after stating her imprudence, I am happy to add, that I owed the knowledge of it to herself. I joined them unexpectedly a day
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