Incomparable Vol.3, The

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Personnel includes: Billie Holday (vocals). Personnel: Billie Holiday (vocals); Freddie Green, Allan Reuss (guitar); Edmond Hall, Prince Robinson, Buster Bailey (clarinet); Lester Young , Babe Russin, Vido Musso (tenor saxophone); Bernard Anderson , Buck Clayton (trumpet); Benny Morton (trombone); Claude Thornhill, Jimmy Sherman, Teddy Wilson (piano); Jo Jones (drums). Liner Note Author: Peter Gamble. Recording information: New York, NY (06/15/1937-06/23/1938). Illustrator: Keith Woods. The third of five volumes on the obscure British label Acrobat, The Incomparable, Vol. 3 concentrates on the series of sides recorded by Billie Holiday at the dawn of her career, usually in front of a studio band and released on discount subsidiaries of Columbia such as Brunswick and Vocalion. Similar to Fats Waller and a handful of other musical greats occasionally forced to record subpar material, Holiday did surprisingly well considering the compositional sources, and certainly wasn't harmed by the addition of recording partners like Lester Young, Claude Thornhill, Buster Bailey, Buck Clayton, John Kirby, and Teddy Wilson. This disc has 20 tracks, including a few of Holiday's best performances ("He's Funny That Way," "My Man," "You Go to My Head") as well as a few standards ("Nice Work if You Can Get It," "Back in Your Own Backyard," "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man"). Too much of this material, however, consists of dated pleasantries that even Holiday has trouble rejuvenating -- check out "Who Wants Love?" or "If I Were You." Though everything she recorded will obviously be of interest to real fans, Columbia itself has collected these songs several times, with better notes and better sound. ~ John Bush
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