Billie Holiday - Jazz At The Philharmonic (Expanded Edition) (1954/2015)

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Title: Jazz At The Philharmonic (Expanded Edition)
Year Of Release: 1954/2015
Label: Verve Reissues
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Quality: 320 kbps | FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:09:35
Total Size: 161 mb | 218 mb
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Tracklist:

01. Billie Holiday - Body And Soul (Live at Philharmonic Hall, Los Angeles, 1945)
02. Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit (Live at Philharmonic Hall, Los Angeles, 1945)
03. Billie Holiday - I Cried For You (Live At Carnegie Hall_1946)
04. Billie Holiday - Fine And Mellow (Live At Carnegie Hall_1946)
05. Billie Holiday - He's Funny That Way (Live At Carnegie Hall_1946)
06. Billie Holiday - The Man I Love (Live At Carnegie Hall,1946)
07. Billie Holiday - Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You_ (Live At Carnegie Hall,1946)
08. Billie Holiday - All Of Me (Live At Carnegie Hall,1946)
09. Billie Holiday - Billie's Blues (Live At Carnegie Hall, New York ,1946)
10. Billie Holiday - Trav'lin' Light (Live At The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles,1946)
11. Billie Holiday - He's Funny That Way (Live At The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles,1946)
12. Norman Granz - Norman Granz Announcement (Live At Carnegie Hall_1947)
13. Billie Holiday - You Better Go Now (Live At Carnegie Hall_1947)
14. Billie Holiday - You're Driving Me Crazy (Live At Carnegie Hall_1947)
15. Billie Holiday - (There Is) No Greater Love (Live At Carnegie Hall_1947)
16. Billie Holiday - I Cover The Waterfront (Live At Carnegie Hall_1947)
17. Norman Granz - Norman Granz Announcement Of Billie Holiday And Intermission (Live At Carnegie Hall_1947)
18. Willis Conover - Announcement By Willis Conover (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival_1957)
19. Johnny Mercer - Announcement By Johnny Mercer (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival_1957)
20. Mal Waldron - Fanfare From Oh, Lady Be Good (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival_1957)
21. Billie Holiday - Nice Work If You Can Get It (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival,1957)
22. Billie Holiday - Willow Weep For Me (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival,1957)
23. Billie Holiday - My Man (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival,1957)
24. Billie Holiday - Lover, Come Back To Me (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival,1957)
25. Billie Holiday - Lady Sings The Blues (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival, 1957)
26. Billie Holiday - What A Little Moonlight Can Do (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival_1957)
27. Mal Waldron - Fanfare From Oh, Lady Be Good With Conover Announcement (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival_1957)
28. Leonard Feather - Announcement By Leonard Feather (Live From Seven Ages Of Jazz Festival_1958)
29. Billie Holiday - I Wished On The Moon (Live From Seven Ages Of Jazz Festival_1958)
30. Billie Holiday - Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be_) (Live From Seven Ages Of Jazz Festival _1958)

The first of seven volumes to present all of Billie Holiday's Verve recordings, JAZZ AT THE PHILHARMONIC gathers live performances from 1945 to 1947, as well as her 1957 Newport Jazz Festival set and the two songs she sang at the Seven Ages of Jazz Festival in 1958. Throughout, Holiday's voice transcends fluctuations in sound quality to swirl straight into the listener's blood. Lady Day exhibits total control of her achingly expressive, emotionally charged voice and sweeps it through the phrasings of "Fine and Mellow," "The Man I Love," and "Trav'lin' Light" with the fluid ease and interpretive brilliance of a seasoned instrumentalist.

There is a noticible difference in vocal timbre in the Newport recordings thicker, darker and more bluesy. While not as techinically proficient as her earlier work, there is an appeal to this style as well since the sweet, sexy embellishments in "Nice Work If You Can Get It" and the sustained notes in "My Man" suggest new approaches to time and phrasing. JAZZ AT THE PHILHARMONIC is a memorable collection and, at moments, manages to capture Holiday at her finest.