Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday, (1915 - 1959) is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential American jazz singers. She was, except as Billie Holiday, also known by the nickname Lady Day which tenor saxophonist Lester Young had given her. Holiday, in turn, was responsible for Youngs nickname Pres or Prez (short for President).Important albums:
1950 Billie Holiday Sings
1950 Billie Holiday, Vol. 1
1950 Billie Holiday, Vol. 2
1953 An Evening with Billie Holiday
1954 Billie Holiday, Vol. 3
1954 Lady Sings the Blues
1955 Music for Torching
1955 All or Nothing at All
1956 Songs for Distingué
1956 Jazz Recital
1956 Velvet Moods
1956 A Recital by Billie Holiday
1957 Body and Soul
1958 Lady in Satin
BILLIE HOLIDAY - Solitude =180g=
1x LP 180g 33rpm
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2015 reissued on 180g LP -Billie Holiday's 1952 first recordings for Norman Granz' Clef Records present a vocalist truly at the top of her craft, best-known recordings "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" "I Only Have Eyes for You" and a darkly e
BILLIE HOLIDAY - Lady Sings the Blues
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( 1956 ) - 2018 EU reissue on 180g coloured LP- Taken from a pair of sessions taped during 1955-1956, Lady Sings the Blues finds Billie Holiday in top form and backed by the sympathetic likes of tenor saxophonist Paul Quinichette, trumpeters Charlie Shave
BILLIE HOLIDAY - Sings
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(1952) - 2016 EU issue on 180g LP= originally released on 10 inch LP album made by jazz singer Billie Holiday, released in the United States by Clef Records in 1952. It was her first album for the label, and her first album of original material, following
BILLIE HOLIDAY - Lady in Satin=180g=
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( 1958 ) - 2011 EU reissue on 180g LP = Lady In Satin is the last major recording of Billie Holiday that was released during her lifetime, only after listening more closely you can realize the beauty of these sessions and understood why Billie ranked th
BILLIE HOLIDAY - Lady Day ( Greatest Hits)
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2017 EU pressing on 180g LP -A compilation of Billie Holiday's finest songs. including "That Old Devil Called Love", "Summertime " , " God Bless the Child", "Strange Fruit", "Body and Soul "and "The Man I Love" among others.
BILLIE HOLIDAY - Velvet Mood + bonus track =180g=
1XLP 180g vinyl 33rpm+bonus track
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( 1956 ) - 2014 EU reissue on 180g vinyl LP-Captures the 41-year-old Holiday Backed by Harry Sweets Edison, Benny Carter, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, John Simmons & Larry Bunker, with Billie's edgy vocal perfectly set against the.....
BILLIE HOLIDAY - Essential =Live in Carnegie Hall Concert 1956=
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( 1956 ) - 2016 EU reissue on 180 g vinyl LP = Billie Holiday’s Carnegie Hall concert was a high spot in an uneven later career. The programme was interspersed with readings (by Gilbert Millstein) from her autobiography. Nat Hentoff wrote: “The audience w
