Billie Holiday - Billie's Best (1992)

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Artist: Billie Holiday
Title: Billie's Best
Year Of Release: 1992
Label: Verve
Genre: Vocal Jazz
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans) / MP3 320 Kbps
Total Time: 01:00:36
Total Size: 283 Mb / 165 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

01. What A Little Moonlight Can Do (3:13)
02. A Foggy Day (4:43)
03. Come Rain Or Come Shine (4:26)
04. Comes Love (4:02)
05. He's Funny That Way (3:15)
06. Stars Fell On Alabama (4:31)
07. Gone With the Wind (3:26)
08. They Can't Take That Away From Me (4:13)
09. East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon) (2:57)
10. Everything I Have Is Yours (3:48)
11. Stormy Blues (3:29)
12. Speak Low (4:28)
13. April In Paris (3:05)
14. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (3:58)
15. Some Other Spring (3:39)
16. All The Way (3:23)

Personnel:
Billie Holiday - vocals
Charlie Shavers, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Joe Newman - trumpet
Ben Webster, Paul Quinichette, Flip Phillips, Budd Johnson - tenor sax
Benny Carter, Willie Smith - alto sax
Romeo Penque - alto sax, bass clarinet
Tony Scott - clarinet
Oscar Peterson, Jimmy Rowles, Bobby Tucker, Billy Taylor, Hank Jones - piano
Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel, Freddie Green, Billy Bauer, Wynton Kelly - guitar
Janet Putman - harp
Ray Brown, Red Mitchell, John Simmons, Joe Mondragon, Leonard Gaskin, Aaron Bell, Joe Benjamin - bass
Ed Shaughnessy, Alvin Stoller, Larry Bunker, Gus Johnson, Red Callender, Chico Hamilton, Cozy Cole, Lennie McBrowne, Osie Johnson - drums

This selection is drawn from Billie Holiday's Verve recordings of the mid-1950s. It was a time when her voice was already showing some wear and tear, but the same experiences that tattered the voice brought it an unmatched expressiveness. Her voice possessed a unique presence, a sound that seems lit up by a resilient vitality. Producer Norman Granz set Holiday among the small jazz combos that suited her talents best, groups that included some of the finest soloists of her generation, such as trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison and saxophonists Benny Carter and Ben Webster. Granz also supplied ideal rhythm sections, with pianist Jimmy Rowles and guitarists Kenny Burrell and Barney Kessel making appearances here. There's more room to stretch out than was available on the early Columbia and Commodore recordings, and the results are relaxed and profound treatments of some great songs. -- Stuart Broomer

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