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:  Jazz, 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:  Songs For Distingue Lovers (Limited Edition) (2023) 

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

Label:  Supper Club

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:Ja

Side A:

 1.  Day In, Day Out (6:47)

 2.  A Fogy Day (4:40)

 3.  Stars Fall On Alabama (4:26)

 4.  One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) (5:37)

 5.  We'll Be Together Again (4:24)

Side B:

 1.  Just One Of Those Things (5:30)

 2.  I Didn't Know What Time It Was (6:00)

 3.  April In Paris (3:03)

 4.  I Wished On The Moon (3:26)

 5.  Say It Isn't So (3:16)

 6.  Blue Moon (3:29)

Personnel:

Tracks:  A1-6, B1-5

Billie Holiday:  Vocals on All Tracks

Ben Webster:  Tenor Saxophone

Harry "Sweets" Edison:  Trumpet

Jimmy Rowles:  Piano

Barney Kessel:  Guitar

Red Mitchell:  Bass

Alvin Stoller:  Drums

Bonus Track:  B6

Charlie Shavers:  Trumpet

Flip Phillips:  Tenor Saxophone

Oscar Peterson:  Piano

Barney Kessel:  Guitar

Ray Brown:  Bass

Alvin Stoller:  Drums

Songs For Distingue Lovers is an album by Billie Holiday, originally released in 1958, remastered and reissued on June 23, 2023 by Supper Club.  Limited Edition 180 Gram Vinyl.