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Alexander Calder

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American Masters Season 29

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This Is Bob Hope...

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Charley Pride: I’m Just Me

Season 33 Episode 3
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Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

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American Masters

Billie Holiday: The Long Night of Lady Day

Season 1 Episode 7

Considered by many to be the greatest jazz vocalist of all time, Billie Holiday lived a tempestuous and difficult life. Her singing expressed an incredible depth of emotion that spoke of hard times and injustice as well as triumph. Though her career was relatively short and often erratic, she left behind a body of work as great as any vocalist before or since.