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Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday
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Artist(s)Billie Holiday
StudioSony
Release DateOctober 2, 2001
UPC Code696998597921
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About Billie Holiday - Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday

Lady Day: The Best Of Billie Holiday is an ideal introduction to the Voice of Jazz in all its enduring glory. This incomparable collection draws on the 10-CD boxed set Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia (1933-1944) (CXK 85470), representing not only her finest work, but American jazz and pop singing at its zenith. Accompanied sublimely by a Who's Who of the Swing Era (including her soulmate Lester Young, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Buck Clayton, Roy Eldridge, Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Jo Jones, and pianist-arranger Teddy Wilson, who was often at the helm when Holiday entered the studio), Billie Holiday masterfully renders a host of mostly-classic pop tunes. Fans are drawn to her musical triumphs and personal tragedies. She is a mysterious icon in the same vein as Miles Davis. Columbia possesses the first and finest recordings of her entire career! This material has never sounded clearer and more intimate! Album Description

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. What A Little Moonlight Can Do - Billie Holiday
  2. These Foolish Things - Billie Holiday
  3. I Cried For You - Billie Holiday
  4. Summertime - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
  5. Billie's Blues - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
  6. If You Were Mine - Billie Holiday
  7. A Fine Romance - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
  8. Easy To Love - Billie Holiday
  9. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
  10. I Must Have That Man - Billie Holiday
  11. Me, Myself And I - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
  12. They Can't Take Away From Me - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
  13. Easy Living - Billie Holiday
  14. A Sailboat In The Moonlight - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
  15. Travelin' All Alone - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
  16. When A Woman Loves A Man - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
  17. You Go To My Head - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
  18. My Man - Billie Holiday
Disc 2
  1. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - Billie Holiday
  2. The Very Thought Of You - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
  3. I Can't Get Started - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
  4. Long Gone Blues - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
  5. Sugar - Billie Holiday
  6. Some Other Spring - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
  7. Them There Eyes - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
  8. The Man I Love - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
  9. Body And Soul - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
  10. Swing, Brothers, Swing - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
  11. Night And Day - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
  12. Let's Do It - Billie Holiday
  13. God Bless The Child - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
  14. Solitude - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
  15. I Cover The Waterfront - Billie Holiday
  16. Gloomy Sunday - Billie Holiday
  17. Until The Real Thing Comes Along - Billie Holiday
  18. All Of Me - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra

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User Reviews

Average user review: 4.5 (16 reviews)

rating: 1 Quotethe best of billie holidayQuote
This is not a good demonstration of Billie Holliday. First, too many songs squeezed into each side. Sound not good. For me, it was a waste of money. One of her best is the Billie Holiday-Lester Young CD " a musical romance" December 9, 2007

rating: 5 QuoteLady DayQuote
Excellent CD. A good purchase if you do not want to buy the box set. Has the essentials. October 11, 2007

rating: 5 Quoteborn talent, from the heartQuote
If you love the blues, and its history, this is a must have. Billie Holiday had a voice, and a tempo, and delivery, followed by back-men who are jazz/blues icons today, that was new, and fresh, and inspiring in their time, and remains so today. I lost all my belongings in a wildfire, including an extensive collection of Billie's recordings. This was my first step back to remembering her, purchasing this wonderfully produced CD. I now consider it a treasured musical archive. If you love Lady Day, relax, and listen to this CD, and you will be entranced again, and again. Her gift to us, forever. August 16, 2007

rating: 5 QuoteAbsolutely the best of Billie HolidayQuote
Anybody who likes Billie Holiday even part time needs this CD. Even great for those people who only know a few songs just by chance. Love the CD. Even got another as a gift for a friend. February 24, 2007

rating: 5 QuoteLady Day: The Best of Billie HolidayQuote
Bought this for my granddaughter. She's a Billie Holiday fan. She loved the CD. January 10, 2007

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