Billie Holiday was an American jazz musician and singer-songwriter with a career spanning nearly thirty years. Nicknamed Lady Day by her friend and music partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz music and pop singing. She was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills. This collection features 40 of her best songs on a 3 CD set and is sure to be a great introduction to any jazz fan of her incredible talent.
There's no such thing as a genuine Billie Holiday greatest-hits collection--her career was split among too many labels for that--but this single-disc distillation of the Complete Decca Recordings 2 CD set (recorded between 1944 and 1950) is pretty solid. Holiday's in fine vocal form (though her accompaniment is undistinguished easy-listening stuff; the choir on "God Bless the Child" is a bit frustrating), and the songs are arranged to work as an album rather than chronologically. She transcends the ideas of torch songs, of blues, of ballad singing--her version of "Lover Man" exemplifies erotic... [Read More]
The gloriously emotive voice of blues singer Billie Holiday remains a source of enjoyment and inspiration today, five decades after her tragic demise. Perhaps Frank Sinatra got it right when he said simply that she was 'one of the most important influences on American popular singing' - and remains so today. Featured here are 8 of her original albums, digitally remastered for optimum sound quality.
(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). Two dozen songs are presented in this centenniel edition saluting jazz musician and singer/songwriter Billie Holiday. It includes piano/vocal/guitar arrangements of: Billie's Blues (I Love My Man) * Crazy She Calls Me * Don't Explain * Easy Living * God Bless' the Child * Good Morning Heartache * I'll Be Seeing You * Lady Sings the Blues * Now or Never * Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time) * Strange Fruit * Them There Eyes * and more.
Although her career extended to her untimely death in 1959, the reputation, legend and legacy of Billie Holiday would be secure if we had only these sublime recordings to sustain us. It can be easily argued that her work for Columbia and its various subsidiaries of the time captured Holiday at her peak -- her voice in top shape, her phrasing at its most inventive and her accompanists the best she would ever have. Holiday is simply dazzling on scores of popular songs, both imperishable standards and ephemeral pop ditties that we wouldn't know without her imprint having legitimized them. Whether... [Read More]
This now out-of-print best-of collection features the original hit version of quot;At This Moment,quot; and other beloved tracks including quot;Hopeless Romanticquot; and quot;I Can Take Care of Myself.quot; Also contains three tracks from a previously
With his down-to-earth warmth and candor, Graham relates the events that helped shape his spiritual life, and shares insights from encounters with Harry Truman, Winston Churchill, Queen Elizabeth II, and many others. This updated edition
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