Billie Holiday

 

Artist:  Billie Holiday
Birth Name:  Eleanora Fagan
Born:  April 7, 1915.  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died;  July 17, 1959. (Aged 44),  New York City, New York, USA 
Genre:  Vocal Jazz, Swing, Traditional Pop, Standards, Jazz Blues, Blues, R&B
Occupations:  Singer, Songwriter, Actress
Instruments: Vocals

Billie Holiday was an American Jazz Singer and Songwriter.  Nicknamed "Lady Day".  She had a seminal influence on Jazz and Pop Singing.  Her Vocals style strongly inspired by Jazz instrumentalist.  Billie Holiday one of the best vocalists of the century and easily the equal of Ella Fitzgerald or Frank Sinatra.

Title:   Lady Sings The Blues (2021)

Genre:  Vocal Jazz, Swing, Traditional Pop, Standards, Jazz Blues, Blues, R&B

Label:  20th Century Masterworks

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Trav'lin' Light (3:10)

 2.  I Must Have That Man! (3:06)

 3.  Some Other Spring (3:39)

 4.  Lady Sings The Blues (3:46)

 5.  Strange Fruit (3:04)

 6.  God Bless The Child (4:00)

Side B:  

 1.  Good Morning, Heartache (3:32)

 2.  No Good Man (3:18)

 3.  Love Me Or Leave Me (2:34)

 4.  Too Marvelous For Words (2:120

 5.  Willow Weep For Me (3:06)

 6.  I Thought About You (2:46)

Bonus Track:

 7.  Stormy Blues (3:26)

Personnel:

Billie Holiday:  Vocals

Side A & B1, B2:  June 6 & 7, 1956, New York:

Charlie Shavers:  Trumpet

Tony Scott:  Clarinet

Paul Quinchette:  Tenor Saxophone

Wynton Kelly:  Piano

Aaron Bell:  Bass

Lennie McBrowne:  Drums

Side B3-B7:  September 3, 1954, Los Angeles:

Harry Edison:  Trumpet

Willie Smith:  Alto Saxophone

Bobby Tucker:  Piano

Barney Kessel:  Guitar

Red Callender:  Bass

Chico Hamilton:  Drums

Lady Sings The Blues is an album by Billie Holiday, originally released on December, 1956 by Clef Records, remastered and reissued in 2021 by 20th Century Masterworks.  Limited Edition with 1 Bonus Track, 180 Gram Colored Virgin Vinyl.