The Sensitive Billie Holiday 1940-49, by Billie Holiday

The Sensitive Billie Holiday 1940-49

by Billie Holiday

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1.	I'm All for You 03:28	buy track
2.	I Hear Music 02:41	buy track
3.	It's the Same Old Story 03:09	buy track
4.	Practise Makes Perfect 02:44	buy track
5.	St. Louis Blues 02:57	buy track
6.	Loveless Love 03:17	buy track
7.	Let's Do It 02:57	buy track
8.	All of Me, Pt. 1 03:49	buy track
9.	I'm in a Low Down Groove 03:08	buy track
10.	I Cover the Waterfront 02:56	buy track
11.	It's a Sin to Tell a Lie 03:02	buy track
12.	Until the Real Thing Comes Along 03:08	buy track
13.	Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me 03:26	buy track
14.	I'll Get By 01:26	buy track
15.	Billie's Blues 03:10	buy track
16.	All of Me, Pt. 2 02:00	buy track
17.	The Man I Love 02:23	buy track
18.	Miss Brown to You 02:00	buy track
19.	Loverman 02:44	buy track
20.	I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone 03:53	buy track
21.	I Love My Man 03:36	buy track
22.	You Ain't Gonna Bother Me No More 03:04	buy track
23.	Good Morning Heartache 03:31	buy track
24.	You're Driving Me Crazy 01:32	buy track
25.	Maybe You'll Be There 03:31	buy track
26.	You Better Go Now 03:12	buy track

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The 26 tunes with Billle Holiday on this 77 min CD span the years 1940-1949. There are eleven different sessions on the CD both live and studio ranging from a duo number with piano to octets and full orchestra. lncluded on the CD are Billie Holiday’s last official recordings with tenor saxophonist Lester Young and pianist Teddy Wilson. The repertoire consists mostly of Billie Holiday ballad and blues standards. Accompanying Billie Holiday on this CD are many other masters af jazz, including Roy Eldridge, Red Norvo, Don Byas, Benny Carter, Barney Bigard, Coleman Hawkins, Jimmy Hamilton, Hot Lips Page and Art Tatum. 9 Fantastic live sessions include the Esquire AllAmerican Poll Winners Concert from 1944, an Apollo Theater concert from 1945, and eight tunes from the Just Jazz Concert in Los Angeles with the Red Norvo Septet in 1949. Billie Holiday sings wonderfully throughout: check out her blues renditions of “St. Louis Blues” and “Loveless Love”.

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released February 19, 2020

Billie Holiday and her orchestra, and with Benny Carter and his All Star Orchestra / Eddie Heywood and his orchestra / Teddy Wilson and his orchestra / The All Star Jam Band / The Apollo House Band / Archie Blyer / Red Norvo and his orchestra / Percy Faith Orchestra

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Storyville Records Denmark

Storyville Records is Europe’s oldest independent jazz label. It releases a rich variety of jazz, blues and related musical genres, often accompanied by authoritative notes and rare extras. This iconic label was founded in 1952 in Denmark and today continues to augment its historic catalogue of recordings made by American jazz and blues legends with new releases from contemporary jazz artists. ... more

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