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Although her career extended to her untimely death in 1959, the reputation, legend and legacy of Billie Holiday would be secure if we had only these sublime recordings to sustain us. It can be easily argued that her work for Columbia and its various subsidiaries of the time captured Holiday at her peak -- her voice in top shape, her phrasing at its most inventive and her accompanists the best she would ever have. Holiday is simply dazzling on scores of popular songs, both imperishable standards and ephemeral pop ditties that we wouldn't know without her imprint having legitimized them. Whether applying her vocal magic to "Pennies From Heaven," "A Fine Romance," "I Cried For You," or "I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm," to pick a random handful from this treasure trove of 230 tracks, Holiday is, well, Holiday. No one has yet to approach her unique way with a song, her lack of vocal technique fully compensated by her inventive manipulation of rhythm, her melodic improvising, and her complete emotional attentiveness. But Holiday, no matter her brilliance, isn t the whole show here. Attention must be paid to the supporting musicians, including such jazz geniuses as pianist Teddy Wilson, trumpeters Buck Clayton, Roy Eldridge and Bunny Berigan, drummer Jo Jones and saxophonists Chu Berry and Johnny Hodges, among the cream of the swing era big bands who were honored to be in the studio with Holiday. Chief among them was tenor saxophonist Lester Young, whose musical union with Holiday is the stuff of legend. Their weave of voice and horn on "Me, Myself and I," "When You re Smiling," "He's Funny That Way," and "A Sailboat in the Moonlight" is a case of sheer artistic telepathy.Among the highlights of this deluxe set are revealing alternate takes and recordings of live performances, including those from Holiday's short-lived stint with the Count Basie band. Of the 153 masters collected here, 35 were first released only in 2001. Everything, it hardly needs to be said, is essential listening.
Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed
TRACK LISTINGS
Disc 1
1 Your Mother's Son-In-Law (2:47)
2 Riffin' the Scotch (2:33)
3 I Wished on the Moon (3:03)
4 What a Little Moonlight Can Do (2:58)
5 Miss Brown to You (3:00)
6 A Sunbonnet Blue (And a Yellow Straw Hat) (2:52)
7 What a Night, What a Moon, What a Girl (2:58)
8 I'm Painting the Town Red (2:59)
9 It's Too Hot for Words (2:47)
10 Twenty-Four Hours a Day (3:02)
11 Yankee Doodle Never Went to Town (2:44)
12 Eeny Meeny Meiny Mo (3:12)
13 If You Were Mine (3:12)
14 These 'n' That 'n' Those (3:14)
15 You Let Me Down (2:54)
16 Spreadin' Rhythm Around (2:55)
17 Life Begins When You're in Love (3:04)
18 It's Like Reaching for the Moon (3:22)
19 These Foolish Things (3:19)
20 I Cried for You (3:12)
21 Guess Who (3:11)
22 Did I Remember? (2:52)
23 No Regrets (2:38)
24 Summertime (2:55)
25 Billie's Blues (2:39)
Disc 2
1 A Fine Romance (2:53)
2 I Can't Pretend (3:06)
3 One, Two, Button Your Shoe (2:51)
4 Let's Call a Heart a Heart (3:01)
5 Easy to Love (3:13)
6 With Thee I Swing (3:18)
7 The Way You Look Tonight (3:02)
8 Who Loves You? (3:15)
9 Pennies from Heaven (3:17)
10 That's Life I Guess (3:10)
11 I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Baby) (3:28)
12 One Never Knows, Does One? (3:04)
13 I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (2:58)
14 If My Heart Could Only Talk (3:05)
15 Please Keep Me in Your Dreams (2:18)
16 He Ain't Got Rhythm (2:51)
17 This Year's Kisses (3:10)
18 Why Was I Born? (2:52)
19 I Must Have That Man (2:56)
20 The Mood That I'm In (3:01)
21 You Showed Me the Way (3:00)
22 Sentimental and Melancholy (2:39)
23 My Last Affair (3:09)
Disc 3
1 Carelessly (3:08)
2 How Could You? (2:31)
3 Moanin' Low (3:05)
4 Where Is the Sun? (2:48)
5 Let's Call the Whole Thing Off (2:39)
6 They Can't Take That Away from Me (3:04)
7 Don't Know If I'm Comin' or Goin' (2:47)
8 Sun Showers (3:08)
9 Yours and Mine (3:17)
10 I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You) (3:09)
11 Mean to Me (3:08)
12 Foolin' Myself (3:02)
13 Easy Living (3:04)
14 I'll Never Be the Same (3:04)
15 Me, Myself and I (2:37)
16 A Sailboat in the Moonlight (2:51)
17 Born to Love (2:41)
18 Without Your Love (2:53)
19 Getting Some Fun Out of Life (3:03)
20 Who Wants Love? (2:34)
21 Trav'lin' All Alone (2:15)
22 He's Funny That Way (2:39)
Disc 4
1 Nice Work If You Can Get It (3:09)
2 Things Are Looking Up (3:21)
3 Billie's Blues (3:03)
4 Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man (3:16)
5 My First Impression of You (2:49)
6 When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You) (2:51)
7 I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me (2:50)
8 If Dreams Come True (3:04)
9 Now They Call It Swing (3:00)
10 On the Sentimental Side (3:05)
11 Back in Your Own Backyard (2:42)
12 When a Woman Loves a Man (2:25)
13 You Go to My Head (2:54)
14 The Moon Looks Down and Laughs (2:56)
15 If I Were You (2:25)
16 Forget If You Can (2:50)
17 Having Myself a Time (2:30)
18 Says My Heart (2:49)
19 I Wish I Had You (2:51)
20 I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away the Key) (2:08)
21 The Very Thought of You (2:46)
22 I Can't Get Started (2:48)
23 I've Got a Date with a Dream (2:43)
24 You Can't Be Mine (2:22)
Disc 5
1 Everybody's Laughing (3:03)
2 Here It Is Tomorrow Again (2:46)
3 Say It with a Kiss (2:36)
4 April in My Heart (3:08)
5 I'll Never Fail You (3:00)
6 They Say (3:12)
7 You're So Desirable (2:54)
8 You're Gonna See a Lot of Me (2:59)
9 Hello, My Darling (2:45)
10 Let's Dream in the Moonlight (2:55)
11 That's All I Ask of You (2:59)
12 Dream of Life (2:45)
13 What Shall I Say? (3:06)
14 It's Easy to Blame the Weather (3:01)
15 More Than You Know (3:07)
16 Sugar (2:47)
17 You're Too Lovely to Last (2:50)
18 Under a Blue Jungle Moon (2:58)
19 Everything Happens for the Best (2:51)
20 Why Did I Always Depend on You? (2:33)
21 Long Gone Blues (3:05)
Disc 6
1 Some Other Spring (3:03)
2 Our Love Is Different (3:15)
3 Them There Eyes (2:50)
4 Swing! Brother, Swing! (2:57)
5 Night and Day (3:00)
6 The Man I Love (3:06)
7 You're Just a No Account (3:00)
8 You're a Lucky Guy (2:46)
9 Ghost of Yesterday (2:39)
10 Body and Soul (2:59)
11 What Is This Going To Get Us? (2:41)
12 Falling in Love Again (2:51)
13 I'm Pulling Through (3:11)
14 Tell Me More-More-Then Some (3:10)
15 Laughing at Life (2:56)
16 Time on My Hands (You in My Arms) (3:06)
17 I'm All for You (3:10)
18 I Hear Music (2:42)
19 The Same Old Story (3:12)
20 Practice Makes Perfect (2:37)
21 St. Louis Blues (2:55)
22 Loveless Love (3:17)
23 Let's Do It (2:57)
24 Georgia on My Mind (3:18)
Disc 7
1 Romance in the Dark (2:17)
2 All of Me (3:03)
3 I'm in a Low Down Groove (3:10)
4 God Bless the Child (2:57)
5 Am I Blue? (2:52)
6 Solitude (3:16)
7 Jim (3:10)
8 I Cover the Waterfront (2:57)
9 Love Me or Leave Me (3:22)
10 Gloomy Sunday (3:13)
11 Wherever You Are (3:02)
12 Mandy Is Two (3:02)
13 C'est un Peche de Dire un Mentire (3:04)
14 Until the Real Thing Comes Along (3:11)
15 Saddest Tale (2:55)
16 No Regrets (2:37)
17 The Way You Look Tonight (3:09)
18 Who Loves You? (3:16)
19 Pennies from Heaven (3:15)
20 That's Life I Guess (3:21)
21 They Can't Take That Away from Me (2:56)
22 Don't Know If I'm Comin' or Goin' (2:47)
23 I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You) (3:08)
24 Mean to Me (3:05)
Disc 8
1 Me, Myself and I (2:37)
2 Without Your Love (2:54)
3 They Can't Take That Away from Me (3:24)
4 Swing, Brother, Swing (1:51)
5 I Can't Get Started (2:47)
6 My First Impression of You (2:52)
7 When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You) (3:01)
8 I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me (2:51)
9 If Dreams Come True (3:05)
10 Now They Call It Swing (3:06)
11 On the Sentimental Side (3:06)
12 Back in Your Own Backyard (3:16)
13 You Go to My Head (2:54)
14 The Moon Looks Down and Laughs (2:56)
15 If I Were You (2:29)
16 Forget If You Can (2:51)
17 Having Myself a Time (2:32)
18 Says My Heart (2:45)
19 I Wish I Had You (3:00)
20 I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away the Key) (2:07)
21 I Can't Get Started (2:48)
22 I've Got a Date with a Dream (2:46)
Disc 9
1 April in My Heart (3:14)
2 They Say (3:05)
3 You're So Desirable (2:56)
4 You're Gonna See a Lot of Me (3:01)
5 Hello, My Darling (2:44)
6 Let's Dream in the Moonlight (2:56)
7 I Cried for You (2:30)
8 Jeepers Creepers (3:03)
9 That's All I Ask of You (3:01)
10 More Than You Know (3:06)
11 You're Too Lovely to Last (3:04)
12 Under a Blue Jungle Moon (3:05)
13 Night and Day (3:04)
14 Falling in Love Again (2:48)
15 Laughing at Life (2:56)
16 I'm All for You (3:29)
17 I Hear Music (2:42)
18 The Same Old Story (3:12)
19 The Same Old Story (3:12)
20 Practice Makes Perfect (2:37)
21 Practice Makes Perfect (2:44)
22 Practice Makes Perfect (2:44)
Disc 10
1 St. Louis Blues (2:55)
2 Loveless Love (3:17)
3 Let's Do It (2:58)
4 Georgia on My Mind (3:01)
5 Georgia on My Mind (3:08)
6 Romance in the Dark (2:20)
7 Romance in the Dark (2:16)
8 Romance in the Dark (2:27)
9 All of Me (3:01)
10 All of Me (3:59)
11 God Bless the Child (3:00)
12 God Bless the Child (2:34)
13 Am I Blue? (2:47)
14 Am I Blue? (2:47)
15 Jim (3:07)
16 Gloomy Sunday (3:14)
17 Wherever You Are (3:00)
18 Mandy Is Two (3:01)
19 It's a Sin to Tell a Lie (3:10)
20 It's a Sin to Tell a Lie (3:09)
21 Until the Real Thing Comes Along (3:20)
22 Do Nothing 'Til You Hear from Me/I'll Get By (4:58)
23 I Love My Man (4:05)
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