Billie Holiday – Lady Sings The Blues LP

Billie Holiday – Lady Sings The Blues

"Lady Sings the Blues" is the name of the Billie Holiday album presented here, as well as the record’s title track. It was even used as the title of the singer’s autobiography, which she presented shortly before the making of this amazing LP. The album placed Lady Day in the company of celebrated jazz stars, such as Charlie Shavers, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Paul Quinichette, Wynton Kelly, Barney Kessel, and Kenny Burrell, and received a five-star rating in Down Beat. “Lady Sings the Blues, I understand, was a rather stormy session in its first eight tracks”, wrote Nat Hentoff, “but to a listener who wasn’t there, it comes through as a characteristic, satisfyingly troubling, indelible Billie monologue. Tempos are generally slow with some walking-medium. No other singer now in jazz gets so fully into the bloodstream as Billie still does. Billie still has the best vocal game in town when she’s playing for keeps.”

Tracklist:
1. Trav'lin' Light (Johnny Mercer-Jimmy Mundy-Trummy Young) 3:1
2. I Must Have That Man! (Jimmy McHugh-Dorothy Fields) 3:06
3. Some Other Spring (Arthur Herzog, Jr.-Irene Kitchings) 3:39
4. Lady Sings the Blues (Herbie Nichols-Billie Holiday) 3:46
5. Strange Fruit (Lewis Allan) 3:04
6. God Bless the Child (Billie Holiday-Arthur Herzog, Jr.) 4:00
7. Good Morning, Heartache (Ervin Drake-Dan Fisher-Irene Higgin
8. No Good Man (Sammy Gallop-Dan Fisher-Irene Higginbotham) 3:1
9. Love Me or Leave Me (Walter Donaldson-Gus Kahn) 2:34
10. Too Marvelous For Words (Richard Whiting-Johnny Mercer) 2:12
11. Willow Weep For Me (Ann Ronell) 3:06
12. I Thought About You (Jimmy Van Heusen-Johnny Mercer) 2:46
13. Stormy Blues (Billie Holiday) 3:26

Label: Jazz Images
Released: 1956/2015