Kay, Jackie: *1961

Trumpet, 1998 - Background

  • You might want to read Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton by Diane Wood Middlebrook. This is the true story of Billy Tipton Oakes, a female jazz musician who lived as a man from the time she was nineteen, until he died at age seventy-four. Jackie Kay bases her story on his life.
  • Sweet Georgia Brown by Billy Tipton