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Billie Holiday is predominant among jazz singers. Frank Sinatra said of her, "She was and remains my biggest influence." Sinatra points to the way Holiday could make a song her own. Her dusky, smoky voice conveys more about love and heartache in one syllable than most other singers in any genre will convey in a lifetime. This album is a collection of recordings from the '50s for the Verve and Clef labels. It's a late-night dream for the nights you can't sleep, thinkin' about the love that got away. Holiday is accompanied by some of the music's best players: Ben Webster (king of the big, breathy tenor sax tone), Benny Carter (alto sax), and Jimmy Rowles (one of the most graceful pianists ever). Her take on "Body and Soul" could melt the hardest heart, and imagine yourself at the end of your figurative rope with "Ill Wind." (The latter has great blues-shaded guitar by Barney Kessel, who himself was an influence on rock guitarist Pete Townsend.) A fine introduction to Holiday's twilight years.
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Barney Kessel, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Billie Holiday, MainArtist - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Strachey, Composer - Harry Link, Composer - Holt Marvell, Author - Oscar Peterson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Alvin Stoller, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Shavers, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Flip Phillips, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1952 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Robert Haggart, Composer - Barney Kessel, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Billie Holiday, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Harry "Sweets" Edison, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Burke, ComposerLyricist - Benny Carter, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Bunker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - JIMMY ROWLES, Keyboards, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - John Simmons, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Ralph Thorne, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Barney Kessel, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ben Webster, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Billie Holiday, MainArtist - Red Mitchell, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Harry "Sweets" Edison, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Van Heusen, ComposerLyricist - JIMMY ROWLES, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Delange, ComposerLyricist - Alvin Stoller, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Harold Arlen, ComposerLyricist - Barney Kessel, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Billie Holiday, MainArtist - Harry "Sweets" Edison, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Benny Carter, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Bunker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - JIMMY ROWLES, Keyboards, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - John Simmons, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Ralph Thorne, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Harold Arlen, Composer - Ted Koehler, Author - Barney Kessel, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ben Webster, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Billie Holiday, MainArtist - Joe Mondragon, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Harry "Sweets" Edison, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - JIMMY ROWLES, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Alvin Stoller, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Billie Holiday, MainArtist - George Whiting, Author - Neil Moret, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1952 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Barney Kessel, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ben Webster, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Billie Holiday, MainArtist - Edward Heyman, ComposerLyricist - Frank Eyton, ComposerLyricist - Robert Sour, ComposerLyricist - Red Mitchell, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Harry "Sweets" Edison, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - JIMMY ROWLES, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - John W. Green, ComposerLyricist - Alvin Stoller, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Barney Kessel, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Billie Holiday, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - J. Fred Coots, ComposerLyricist - Dizzy Gillespie, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Peterson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Alvin Stoller, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Shavers, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Flip Phillips, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1952 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, Composer - Barney Kessel, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Billie Holiday, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Mills, Author - Harry "Sweets" Edison, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Benny Carter, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Bunker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Gordon, Author - JIMMY ROWLES, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - John Simmons, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Ralph Thorne, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Barney Kessel, Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ben Webster, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Billie Holiday, MainArtist - Carl Fischer, ComposerLyricist - Frankie Laine, ComposerLyricist - Red Mitchell, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Harry "Sweets" Edison, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - JIMMY ROWLES, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Alvin Stoller, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, Composer - Barney Kessel, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Billie Holiday, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Mills, Author - Eddie Delange, Author - Oscar Peterson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Alvin Stoller, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Shavers, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Flip Phillips, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1952 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Barney Kessel, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Billie Holiday, MainArtist - Gus Kahn, ComposerLyricist - Harry "Sweets" Edison, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Isham Jones, ComposerLyricist - Benny Carter, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Bunker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - JIMMY ROWLES, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer - John Simmons, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Ralph Thorne, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1955 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Barney Kessel, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ben Webster, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Billie Holiday, MainArtist - Red Mitchell, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Harry "Sweets" Edison, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Bunker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - JIMMY ROWLES, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sidney D. Mitchell, Author - Barney Kessel, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Billie Holiday, MainArtist - RAY BROWN, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Alter, Composer - Oscar Peterson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Alvin Stoller, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Shavers, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Flip Phillips, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1952 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Billie Holiday is predominant among jazz singers. Frank Sinatra said of her, "She was and remains my biggest influence." Sinatra points to the way Holiday could make a song her own. Her dusky, smoky voice conveys more about love and heartache in one syllable than most other singers in any genre will convey in a lifetime. This album is a collection of recordings from the '50s for the Verve and Clef labels. It's a late-night dream for the nights you can't sleep, thinkin' about the love that got away. Holiday is accompanied by some of the music's best players: Ben Webster (king of the big, breathy tenor sax tone), Benny Carter (alto sax), and Jimmy Rowles (one of the most graceful pianists ever). Her take on "Body and Soul" could melt the hardest heart, and imagine yourself at the end of your figurative rope with "Ill Wind." (The latter has great blues-shaded guitar by Barney Kessel, who himself was an influence on rock guitarist Pete Townsend.) A fine introduction to Holiday's twilight years.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:05:28
- Main artists: Billie Holiday
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Jazz Vocal Jazz
© 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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