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:  The Commodore Maters (2026)

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

Label:    20th Century

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  Strange Fruit (3:12)

 2.  Yesterday (3:26)

 3.  Fine And Mellow (3:17)

 4.  I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues (2:51)

 5.  How Am I To Know (2:47)

 6.  My Old Flame (3:05)

 7.  I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You) (2:58)

 8.  I Cover The Waterfront (3:26)

Side 2:

 1.  I'll Be Seeing You (3:33)

 2.  I'm Yours (3:19)

 3.  Embraceable You (3:18)

 4.  As Time Goes By (3:15)

 5.  He's Funny That Way (3:18)

 6.  Lover, Come Back To Me (3:22)

 7.  I  Love My Man (aka Billie's Blues) (3:09)

 8.  On The Sunny Side Of The Street (3:05)

Personnel:

Tracks:  1/1-4

Billie Holiday:  Vocals

Frank Newton:  Trumpet

Tab Smith:  Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone

Kenneth Hollon:  Tenor Saxophone

Stanley Payne:  Tenor Saxophone

Jimmy McLin:  Guitar

Sonny White:  Piano

John Williams:  Bass

Eddie Dougherty:  Drums

Tracks:  1/5-8

Billie Holiday:  Vocals

Doc Cheatham:  Trumpet

Vic Dickenson:  Trombone

Lem Davis:  Alto Saxophone

Teddy Walters:  Guitar

Eddie Heywood:  Piano

John Simmons:  Bass

Sid Catlett:  Drums

Tracks:  2/1-4

Billie Holiday:  Vocals

Doc Cheatham:  Trumpet

Vic Dickenson:  Trombone

Lem Davis:  Alto Saxophone

Eddie Heywood:  Piano

John Simmons:  Bass

Sid Catlett:  Drums

Tracks:  2/5-8

 

Billie Holiday:  Vocals

Teddy Walters:  Guitar

Eddie Heywood:  Piano

John Simmons:  Bass

Sid Catlett:  Drums

The Commodore Maters is an album by Billie Holiday, originally released on November 9, 2009 by Hip-O Records, remastered and reissued on March 20, 2026 by 20th Century Master Work.  180 Gram Colored Red Vinyl.