Stella Heath: For Billie

Stella Heath performs in spring, 2026.

SAN FRANCISCO: Nearly seven decades after Billie Holiday’s death in 1959 her influence as a singularly revelatory artist who never flinched from the truth resonates more powerfully than ever. With Stella Heath’s debut album For Billie, the San Francisco Bay Area jazz vocalist shines a penetrating light on Holiday’s legacy, interpreting a smartly curated program of songs inextricably linked to the legendary Lady Day. Now available on Matterhorn Records, it’s a gorgeous, consistently captivating album that illuminates the treacherous emotional and political terrain that Holiday navigated as a soul-bearing singer who delivered truths at deep personal cost.

Let’s discover Billie Holiday!