Details Billie Holiday‘s Columbia years are considered her finest, as demonstrated on this collection of her best-known performances. “Body and Soul“, “The Way You Look Tonight“, “Easy Living” and “My Man” all showcase the singer’s unique bluesy style. Tracklist Miss Brown To You If You Were Me These Foolish Things The Way You Look Tonight Pennies From Heaven I Can’t …
Details Romeo and Juliet…Eloise and Abelard…Tracy and Hepburn. These are among history’s great romantic relationships, but perhaps the deepest of all romances – in all of American music, at any rate – was the one that was carried on in the recording studio between Billie Holiday (1915-1959) and Lester Young (1910-1959). “Lady Day” and “The President” (they gave one another …
Details Billie Holiday‘s distinctive and groundbreaking vocal approach changed the face of jazz, soul and pop music in the 20th century. Now, on the eve of her 100th birthday (April 7, 1915), Billie Holiday: The Centennial Collection will offer the definitive single-disc chronicle of her career. Tracklist What A Little Moonlight Can Do These Foolish Things Summertime Billie’s Blues I’ve …
Details A greatest hits compilation consisting of some of most beloved classics released on Sony/Columbia. Tracklist Miss Brown To You What A Little Moonlight Can Do I Cried For You Billie’s Blues (I Love My Man) A Sailboat In The Moonlight I Can’t Get Started Whan Woman Loves A Man Some Other Spring Solitude God Bless The Child Gloomy Sunday The Very …
Details Lady In Satin (1958) is Billie’s penultimate album completed in her lifetime. Produced by Irving Townsend, and engineered by Fred Plaut, its sound is sensuous, rich and swelling with emotion – though much criticized by Lady’s fans who had grown to enjoy her recordings with deft jazz combos earlier in the decade. The song material for Lady in Satin …