Complete Commodore Rec... - Billie Holiday - Audio CD (Arrives in 50 days)

Billie Holiday was probably the most lyrical and expressive female vocalist in jazz history. This set compiles her complete sessions for the legendary Commodore label. Made between Billie’s contracts for Columbia/Okeh and Decca, these recordings present her in top form, backed by excellent small groups featuring such names as Frankie Newton, Freddie Webster, Tab Smith, Vic Dickenson, Eddie Heywood, and Sidney Catlett. Among the highlights of the set are Billie’s first version of the shocking “Strange Fruit”, which she used to conclude her stage performances, as well as readings of famous standards she would never record again, such as “As Time Goes By” and “I’ll Be Seeing You”. Two rare tracks which constitute Billie’s only recordings with the Artie Shaw and with the Paul Whiteman orchestras, have been added here as a bonus.

Tracklist

Disc 1

1. Strange Fruit
2. Yesterdays
3. Fine and Mellow
4. I Gotta Right To Sing the Blues
5. Strange Fruit [Alt Take]
6. Yesterdays [Alt Take]
7. I Gotta Right To Sing the Blues [Alt Take]
8. How Am I To Know
9. My Old Flame
10. I'll Get By
11. I Cover the Waterfront
12. How Am I To Know [Alt Take 2]
13. How Am I To Know [Alt Take 2]
14. How Am I To Know [Alt Take 3]
15. My Old Flame [Alt Take 1]
16. My Old Flame [Alt Take 2]
17. My Old Flame [Alt Take 3]
18. I'll Get By [Alt Take]
19. I Cover the Waterfront [Alt Take 1]
20. I Cover the Waterfront [Alt Take 2]
21. I Cover the Waterfront [Alt Take 3]
22. I'll Be Seeing You
23. I'll Be Seeing You [Alt Take 1]
24. I'll Be Seeing You [Alt Take 2]

Disc 2

1. I'm Yours
2. Embraceable You
3. As Time Goed By
4. I'm Yours [Alt Take 1]
5. I'm Yours [Alt Take 2]
6. Embraceable You [Alt Take 1]
7. Embraceable You [Alt Take 2]
8. As Time Goed By [Alt Take]
9. He's Funny That Way
10. Lover Come Back To Me
11. I Love My Man (Aka Billie's Blues)
12. On the Sunny Side of the Street
13. He's Funny That Way [Alt Take 1]
14. He's Funny That Way [Alt Take 2]
15. He's Funny That Way [Alt Take 3]
16. He's Funny That Way [Alt Take 4]
17. Love Come Back To Me [Alt Take 1]
18. Love Come Back To Me [Alt Take 2]
19. Love Come Back To Me [Alt Take 3]
20. I Love My Man (Aka Billie's Blues) [Alt Take 1]
21. I Love My Man (Aka Billie's Blues) [Alt Take 2]
22. Any Old Time
23. Trav'lin Right

Label: Essential Jazz Classics | Origin: Holland

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