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Track Listing
1. Announcement by Leonard Feather
2. Blue Moon - (live)
3. All of Me - (live)
4. My Man - (live)
5. Them Their Eyes - (live)
6. I Cried For You - (live)
7. What a Little Moonlight Can Do - (live)
8. I Cover the Waterfront - (live)
9. Anouncement by Billie Holiday - (hidden track)
10. Billie's Blues - (live)
11. Lover Come Back to Me - (live)
12. Blue Turning Grey Over You
13. Be Fair With Me Baby
14. Rocky Mountain Blues
15. Detour Ahead
16. Trav'lin' Light
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Billie Holiday (vocals); Heywood Henry (tenor & baritone saxophones); Monty Kelly, Larry Neill, Don Waddilove (trumpet); Skip Layton, Murray McEavhern (trombone); Buddy De Franco (clarinet); Alvy West, Dan D'Andre, Lennie Hartman (reeds); Red Norvo (vibraphone); Carl Drinkard, Sonny Clark, Beryl Booker, Bobby Tucker, Buddy Weed (piano); Jimmy Raney, Tiny Grimes, Mike Pingitore (guitar); Red Mitchell, Artie Shapiro (bass); Elaine Leighton, Willie Rodriquez (drums); Paul Whiteman.
Recorded in New York, New York on April 29, 1951; live in Koln, Germany on January 5, 1954; Los Angeles, California on June 12, 1942. Includes liner notes by Leonard Feather.
Holiday's later work is often criticized for being weaker than her recordings from the '30s and early '40s. Such comments should be qualified with the additional fact that, at every point in her career, Holiday was never less than the consummate stylist. The tracks on BILLIE'S BLUES are culled from 1951 and 1954-one set from a concert in Germany, the other from studio sessions in New York.
Though the much-publicized difficulties of her personal life had robbed her voice of its elasticity and lightness, Lady Day still displays an amazing command of phrasing and emotional expression. Many of Holiday's best-loved songs are here, including "What A Little Moonlight Can Do" and "Lover Come Back To Me." Though somewhat incongruous, the 1942 recording of "Trav'lin Light" rounds out the collection, making BILLIE'S BLUES a varied and wonderful sampling of jazz's greatest vocalist.
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