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Billie Holiday - Billie Holiday at Storyville Club Sessions (1951) [2004]

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Billie Holiday - Billie Holiday at Storyville Club Sessions (1951) [2004]

Billie Holiday - Billie Holiday at Storyville Club Sessions (1951) [2004]
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 19 Tracks | 50:48 | 119 MB
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz | Label: Fresh Sound Records

Billie enjoyed a good band including a very young Stan Getz on sax and Buster Young on piano (the only musician heard up front, or really at all). Billie is in pretty good voice here, and sings many of her greatest tunes, such as "Lover Man", "Strange Fruit", and "Miss Brown To You". All of the tunes are very short versions (19 songs, well under an hour). "My Man", taken at a super slow tempo, and "Strange Fruit" (a rather poetic account of a racial lynching)are especially poignant. The vocal nuances in each tune show why Billie is still revered to this day, while many jazz/blues vocalists of the era have been long forgotten. Strangely restrained audience, polite applause at end of songs. Highly recommended.

Tracklist:

01. You're Driving Me Crazy (Donaldson) 1:32
02. Lover Come Back To Me (Romberg-Hammerstein) 2:20
03. Ain't Nobody's Bizz-Ness If I Do (Taylor) 2:20
04. He's Funny That Way (Moret-Whiting) 2:55
05. Billie's Blues (I Love My Man) (Holiday) 3:05
06. Miss Brown To You (Robin-Whiting-Rainger) 1:45
07. Detour Ahead (Carter-Ellis-Fringe) 2:18
08. Strange Fruit (Allen) 3:20
09. Ain't Nobody's Bizz-Ness If I Do (Taylor) 2:54
10. All Of Me (Marks) 1:38
11. I Love You, Porgy (Gershwin) 3:03
12. Miss Brown To You (Robin-Whiting-Rainger) 1:53
13. Billie's Blues (I Love My Man) (Holiday) 2:50
14. Lover Man (Ramirez-Davis-Sherman) 2:24
15. Then There Eyes (Pinkard-Tracey) 1:36
16. My Man (Yvin-Pollock) 3:23
17. I Cover The Waterfront (Heyman-Green) 3:37
18. Crazy He Calls Me (Russell-Sigman) 2:13
19. Lover Come Back To Me (Romberg-Hammerstein) 2:36

Personnel:

Billie Holliday - vocals
Stan Getz - tenor sax
Buster Harding - piano
John Fields - bass
Marquis Foster - drums

Billie Holiday - Billie Holiday at Storyville Club Sessions (1951) [2004]