This Is Jazz #32: Billie Holiday Sings Standards

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Personnel includes: Billie Holiday (vocals); Tab Smith, Jimmy Powell, Joe Eldridge, Jack Washington, Johnny Hodges, Earle Warren, Benny Carter (alto saxophone); Lester Young (tenor saxophone, clarinet); Kenneth Hollon, Stanley Payne, Kermit Scott (tenor saxophone); Charlie Shavers, Roy Eldridge, Wilbur "Buck" Clayton, Roland "Bunny" Berigan (trumpet); Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Jimmy Hamilton (clarinet); Sonny White, Teddy Wilson, Joe Sullivan, Joe Bushkin, Count Basie, Hank Jones (piano); Bernard Addison, Lawrence Lucie, Carmen Mastren, Freddie Green, Dick McDonugh (guitar); John Williams, John Kirby, Walter Page, Milt Hinton (bass); Eddie Dougherty, Harold "Doc" West, Alphonse Steele, J.C. Heard, Joe Jones, William "Cozy" Cole (drums). Recorded between 1936 and 1958. Includes liner notes by James Isaacs. Digitally remastered by Debra Parkinson (Sony Music Studios, New York, New York). This is part of Columbia's This Is Jazz series. Personnel: Billie Holiday (vocals); Freddie Green, Lawrence Lucie, Allan Reuss, Barry Galbraith, Bernard Addison, Al Casey (guitar); Prince Robinson, Jimmy Hamilton, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Buster Bailey (clarinet); Jack Washington (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Earle Warren, Gene Quill, Carl Frye, Jimmy Powell , Johnny Hodges, Tab Smith, Benny Carter (alto saxophone); Stanley Payne, Kenneth Hollon, Joe Thomas , Ernie Powell, Kermit Scott, Lester Young , Babe Russin, Vido Musso (tenor saxophone); Ed Lewis, Emmett Berry, Bob Moore , Harry "Sweets" Edison , Eddie Tompkins, Mel Davis , Roy Eldridge, Bernie Glow, Billy Butterfield, Buck Clayton, Bunny Berigan, Charlie Shavers (trumpet); George Hunt, Urbie Green, Dan Minor (trombone); Count Basie, Hank Jones , Joe Bushkin, Joe Sullivan , Margaret Johnson , Sonny White, Teddy Wilson (piano); Cozy Cole, Eddie Dougherty, Alphonse Steele, Harold "Doc" West, J.C. Heard , Jo Jones , Osie Johnson (drums). Liner Note Author: James Isaacs. Recording information: 07/10/1936-02/01/1958. Unknown Contributor Roles: Count Basie; Ken Fredette; Hank Jones ; Harry "Sweets" Edison ; Roy Eldridge; Artie Shaw; Teddy Wilson; Ben Webster; Benny Goodman; Hymie Schertzer. A standard in jazz is beyond a fixture or staple--it is a pillar, a touchstone, terra firma. The versions presented in this collection are part of the reason why these titles endure in the great American songbook. Throughout her quarter-century of recording, Billie Holiday's voice changed considerably. This collection features her small-band work from the late '30s and early '40s, which many consider to be her best period, as well as two fully orchestrated tracks from 1958, the year before Lady Day died. Highlights include her incredible melodic reinterpretation of Cole Porter's "Night and Day," and a version of "Body and Soul." Holiday is given tasteful support from the likes of Teddy Wilson, Buck Clayton, Lester Young, steady Freddie Green, and swinging Cozy Cole.
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