Billie Holiday – Lady Sings The Blues
(Verve Records 2317059 Mono)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing
Vinyl in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from the odd light pop/crackle)
Sleeve in Excellent/Very Good+ condition
– some sellotape marking at top
Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed “Lady Day” by her friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo.
Critic John Bush wrote that Holiday “changed the art of American pop vocals forever.” She co-wrote only a few songs, but several of them have become jazz standards, notably “God Bless the Child”, “Don’t Explain”, “Fine and Mellow”, and “Lady Sings the Blues”. She also became famous for singing “Easy Living”, “Good Morning Heartache”, and “Strange Fruit”, a protest song which became one of her standards and was made famous with her 1939 recording. Music critic Robert Christgau called her “uncoverable, possibly the greatest singer of the century”.
Lady Sings the Blues is an album by American jazz vocalist Billie Holiday of Original Versions of the Songs Featured in the Film of the Same Name.
| A1 | Lady Sings The Blues
Arranged By, Clarinet – Tony Scott Bass – Aaron Bell Drums – Lennie McBrowne Guitar – Kenny Burrell Piano – Wynton Kelly Saxophone [Tenor] – Paul Quinichette Trumpet – Charlie Shavers Vocals – Billie Holiday Written By – Holiday/Nichols Written-By – Holiday, Nichols |
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| A2 | Tain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do
Bass – Carson Smith Drums – Chico Hamilton Guitar – Kenny Burrell Piano – Carl Drinkard Saxophone [Tenor] – Coleman Hawkins Trumpet – Roy Eldridge Vocals – Billie Holiday Written By – Grainger/Robbins Written-By – Robbins, Grainger |
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| A3 | All Of Me
Bass – Red Callender Drums – Dave Coleman Guitar – Irving Ashby Piano – Milt Raskin Saxophone [Alto] – Willie Smith Saxophone [Tenor] – Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young Trombone – Tommy Turk Trumpet – Buck Clayton, Joe Guy Vocals – Billie Holiday Written By – Simons/Marks Written-By – Marks, Simons |
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| A4 | The Man I Love
Bass – Red Callender Drums – Dave Coleman Guitar – Irving Ashby Piano – Milt Raskin Saxophone [Alto] – Willie Smith Saxophone [Tenor] – Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young Trombone – Tommy Turk Trumpet – Buck Clayton, Joe Guy Vocals – Billie Holiday Written-By – G. & I. Gershwin |
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| A5 | What A Little Moonlight Can Do
Bass – Ray Brown Drums – Ed Shaughnessy Guitar – Herb Ellis Piano – Oscar Peterson Trumpet – Charlie Shavers Vocals – Billie Holiday Written-By – Woods |
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| A6 | Love Is Here To Stay
Bass – Red Mitchell Drums – Alvin Stoller Guitar – Barney Kessel Piano – Jimmy Rowles Saxophone [Tenor] – Ben Webster Trumpet – Harry Edison Vocals – Billie Holiday Written-By – G. & I. Gershwin |
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| A7 | Fine And Mellow
Bass – Carson Smith Clarinet – Tony Scott Drums – Chico Hamilton Guitar – Kenny Burrell Piano – Carl Drinkard Saxophone [Tenor] – Al Cohn Trumpet – Buck Clayton Vocals – Billie Holiday Written-By – Holiday |
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| B1 | Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be)
Bass – Milt Hinton Drums – Don Lamond Piano – Mal Waldron Trumpet – Buck Clayton Vocals – Billie Holiday Written By – Davis/Ramirez/Sherman Written-By – Davis, Sherman, Ramirez |
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| B2 | Good Morning Heartache
Arranged By, Clarinet – Tony Scott Bass – Aaron Bell Drums – Lenny McBrowne Guitar – Kenny Burrell Piano – Wynton Kelly Saxophone [Tenor] – Paul Quinichette Trumpet – Charlie Shavers Vocals – Billie Holiday Written By – Higginbotham/Drake/Fisher Written-By – Fisher, Drake, Higginbotham |
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| B3 | My Man
Bass – Ray Brown Drums – Gus Johnson Guitar – Freddie Green Piano – Oscar Peterson Saxophone [Tenor] – Paul Quinichette Trumpet – Joe Newman Vocals – Billie Holiday Written By – Yvain/Pollock Written-By – Pollock, Yvain |
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| B4 | Don’t Explain
Bass – Carson Smith Drums – Chico Hamilton Guitar – Kenny Burrell Piano – Carl Drinkard Vocals – Billie Holiday Written By – Holiday/Herzog Written-By – Herzog, Holiday |
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| B5 | I Cried For You (Now It’s Your Turn To Cry Over Me)
Bass – Ray Brown Drums – Ed Shaughnessy Guitar – Herb Ellis Piano – Oscar Peterson Trumpet – Charlie Shavers Vocals – Billie Holiday Written By – Arnheim/Lyman/Freed Written-By – Lyman, Freed, Arnheim |
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| B6 | Strange Fruit
Arranged By, Clarinet – Tony Scott Bass – Aaron Bell Drums – Lenny McBrowne Guitar – Kenny Burrell Piano – Wynton Kelly Saxophone [Tenor] – Paul Quinichette Trumpet – Charlie Shavers Vocals – Billie Holiday Written-By – Allan |
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| B7 | God Bless This Child
Arranged By, Clarinet – Tony Scott Bass – Aaron Bell Drums – Lenny McBrowne Guitar – Kenny Burrell Piano – Wynton Kelly Saxophone [Tenor] – Paul Quinichette Trumpet – Charlie Shavers Vocals – Billie Holiday Written By – Holiday/Herzog Written-By – Herzog, Holiday |
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