Description
‘a singular and unrepeatable talent, whose finest hours are remarkably revealing and often surprisingly – given her reputation – joyful … One of her innovations was to suggest a role for the singer which blended in with the musicians … While the most obvious characteristic of her singing is the lagging behind the beat, she seldom sounds tired or slow to respond … her best singing invests the words with shades of meaning that vocalists until that point had barely looked at’ (Penguin Guide to Jazz)
- 1. Lover Come Back To Me (Romberg/Hammerstein II) 3.18
with Eddie Heywood’s Trio, Rec.1944 - 2. That Old Devil Called Love (Roberts/Fisher) 2.52
with Toots Camarata and his Orchestra, Rec.1944 - 3. Lover Man (Davis/Ramirez/Sherman) 3.15
with Toots Camarata and his Orchestra, Rec.1944 - 4. God Bless the Child (Holiday/Herzog) Rec.1950 3.09
- 5. Don’t Explain (Holiday/Herzog) 3.22
with Toots Camarata and his Orchestra, Rec.1944 - 6. All of Me (Marks/Simons) 3.49
with Eddie Heywood Orchestra ft. Lester Young, Rec.1941 - 7. Trav’lin Light (Young/Mundy/Mercer) 3.16
with Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra, Rec.1942 - 8. Fine and Mellow (Holiday) ft. Frank Newton, Tab Smith, Rec.1939 3.10
- 9. Good Morning Heartache (Higginbotham/Drake/Fisher) 3.06
with Bill Stegmeyer’s Orchestra, Rec.1946 - 10. Sailboat in the Moonlight (Lombardo/Loeb) Rec.1937 2.49
Billie Holiday & Orchestra ft. Lester Young and Buck Clayton - 11. Gloomy Sunday (Seress/Lewis) 3.11
with Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra, Rec.1941 - 12. Billie’s Blues (Holiday) 3.07
with Eddie Heywood’s Trio, Rec.1944 - 13. When You’re Smiling (Shay/Goodwin/Fisher) 3.00
with Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra ft. Lester Young, Rec.1938 - 14. Yesterdays (Kern/Harbach) ft.Oscar Peterson, Paul Quinchette, Rec.1952 2.46
- 15. He’s Funny that Way (Whiting/Moret) 3.15
with Eddie Heywood’s Trio, Rec.1944 - 16. Mean to Me (Ahlert/Turk) 3.06
with Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra ft. Lester Young, Rec.1937 - 17. Crazy He Calls Me (Sigman/Russell) 3.04
with Gordon Jenkins’ Orchestra ft. Bobby Hackett, Rec.1949 - 18. Solitude (Ellington/DeLange/Mills) 3.08
with Bob Haggart and his Orchestra, Rec.1947 - 19. Lady Sings the Blues (Holiday) 3.44
with Tony Scott’s Orchestra, Rec.1956 - 20. Strange Fruit (Allan) 3.02
with Tony Scott’s Orchestra ft.Charlie Shavers, Rec.1956 - 21. Body and Soul (Green/Heyman/Sour/Eyton) 6.21
Billie Holiday & Orchestra ft. Ben Webster, Barney Kessel, Rec.1957 - 22. Please Don’t Talk about me When I’m Gone (Stept/Clare) 4.19
Billy Holiday and her Orchestra ft. Benny Carter, Rec.1955 - 23. For All We Know (Coots/Lewis) 2.54
with Ray Ellis Orchestra ft. Billy Butterfield, Hank Jones, Rec.1958
[tracks 4, 8, 14 all backed by Billie Holiday Orchestra]
