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Billie Holiday • The Complete Commodore Masters • 180gm. One Pressing Limited Collector’s Edition.

NM/ NM Played once. In original shrink with hype sticker. I replaced the inner sleeve with a new Mo-Fi rice paper sleeve.

Label: WaxTime ‎– 772105

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Special Edition

Country: Europe

Released: 2015

Genre: Jazz

Style: Vocal Jazz, Swing, Ballads

TRACKLIST

A1Strange Fruit3:12

A2Yesterdays3:26

A3Fine And Mellow3:17

A4I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues2:54

A5How Am I To Know2:47

A6My Old Flame3:04

A7I'll Get By3:01

A8I Cover The Waterfront3:33

B1I'll Be Seeing You3:35

B2I'm Yours3:19

B3Embraceable You3:19

B4As Time Goes By3:13

B5He's Funny That Way3:19

B6Lover Come Back To Me3:22

B7I Love My Man ( aka Billie's Blues )3:10

B8On The Sunny Side Of The Street3:05

PERSONNEL:

BILLIE HOLIDAY, vocals on all tracks, with:

COLLECTIVE PERSONNEL:

Frankie Newton, Doc Cheatham, Freddie Webster (tp), Tab Smith, Lem Davis (as, ss), Kenneth Hollon, Stanley Payne (ts), Vic Dickenson (tb), Sonny White, Eddie Heywood (p),

Jimmy McLin, Teddy Walters (g), Johnny Williams, John Simmons (b),

Eddie Dougherty, Sidney Catlett (d).

New York, 1939-1944.

Billie Holiday was probably the most lyrical and expressive female vocalist in jazz history. This set compiles her complete sessions for the legendary Commodore label. Made between Billie’s contracts for Columbia / Okeh and Decca, these recordings present her in top form, backed by excellent small groups featuring such names as Frankie Newton, Freddie Webster, Tab Smith, Vic Dickenson, Eddie Heywood, and Sidney Catlett.

Among the highlights of the set are Billie’s first version of the shocking “Strange Fruit”, which she used to conclude her stage performances, as well as readings of famous standards she would never record again, such as “As Time Goes By” and “I’ll Be Seeing You”.

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