Desc: A Salute to Billie Holiday: Directed by Don st James. With Billie Holiday. Billie Holiday was an American Jazz musician and singer-songwriter with a career spanning almost thirty years. Nicknamed Lady Day, she has a seminal influence on jazz music and pop singing. Join as we celebrate this extraordinary influence with Ray Ellis and the Orchestra, with singers Maxine Weldon, Morgana King, Carmen McRae, Nina Simone, and Esther Phillips, presents a concert in the Hollywood Bowl.