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Priceless Jazz: More Billie Holiday album by Billie Holiday was released Jun 16, 1998 on the GRP (USA) label. Recorded between 1944 and 1949. Priceless Jazz: More Billie Holiday music CDs Includes liner notes by Jim Macnie. Priceless Jazz: More Billie Holiday songs When Holiday cut these sides for Decca and Commodore Records in the mid-'40s, she had already been hailed as perhaps the greatest jazz vocalist to ever grace a microphone. Priceless Jazz: More Billie Holiday album Even so many decades later, Lady Day's timing, phrasing, sense of dynamics, and overpowering emotional expressiveness are still revelatory, placing her alongside Lester Young, Louis Armstrong, and Coleman Hawkins as one of the great instrumental stylists of early jazz. Priceless Jazz: More Billie Holiday CD music This collection alternates Holiday classics ("Them There Eyes," "Lover Come Back To Me") with lesser-known gems ("Yesterdays," "I'll Get By"), boasting excellent ensemble playing from Holiday's back-up band and fine, clear sound. This collection of superb performances is a testament to the great Lady Day's talents. This is part of GRP Records' Priceless Jazz series. Compilation producer: Bob Belden. Personnel: Billie Holiday (vocals); Tony Mattola, Everett Barksdale, Teddy Walters, Tiny Grimes, Mundell Lowe, Jimmy McLin, Carl Kress (guitar); John Fulton (strings, flute, saxophone); Bill Stegmeyer, Milt Yaner (clarinet, alto saxophone); Eddie Barefield (clarinet, baritone saxophone); Johnny Mince, Al Klink, Rudy Powell, George Dorsey, Hymie Schertzer (alto saxophone); Larry Binyon, Dave Harris , Kenneth Hollon, Armand Camgros, Hank Ross , Joe Thomas , Bernard Kaufman, Lester Young , Art Drellinger, Budd Johnson (tenor saxophone); Stanley Webb , Sol Moore (baritone saxophone); Gordon Griffin, Tony Faso, Doc Cheatham, Emmett Berry, Freddy Webster, Joe Guy, Russ Case, Billy Butterfield, Jimmy Nottingham, Bobby Hackett, Dick Vance, Buck Clayton (trumpet); Henderson Chambers, Dicky Wells, Vic Dickenson, George Matthews , Mort Bullman (trombone); Eddie Heywood, Joe Springer , Horace Henderson, Dave Bowman , Sammy Benskin, Sonny White, Bernie Leighton, Bobby Tucker (piano); Cozy Cole, George Wettling, Shadow Wilson, Big Sid Catlett, Specs Powell (drums). ...See Full Description

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Trk	Song	Time	Price	Buy MP3
1	On The Sunny Side Of The Street See All 36	3:05	$0.99
2	That Ole Devil Called Love See All 38	2:54	$0.99
3	Yesterdays See All 69	2:59	$0.99
4	I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You) See All 87	2:58	$0.99
5	Solitude See All 106	3:14	$0.99
6	Baby Get Lost See All 21	3:15	$0.99
7	I Cover the Waterfront See All 144	3:42	$0.99
8	What Is This Thing Called Love? See All 29	3:06	$1.29
9	Them There Eyes See All 140	2:51	$1.29
10	As Time Goes By See All 38	3:14	$0.99
11	I'm Yours See All 23	3:23	$0.99
12	You're My Thrill See All 44	3:25	$0.99
13	No Good Man See All 34	3:23	$0.99
14	Lover, Come Back To Me See All 121	3:15	$0.99
15	Billie's Blues See All 153	3:29	$0.99
16	Somebody's On My Mind See All 22	2:57	$0.99

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Label	GRP (USA)
Orig Year	1998
CD Universe Part number	1001986
Catalog number	9917
Discs	1
Release Date	Jun 16, 1998
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Mixed
Recording Time	51 minutes
Personnel	Billie Holiday - vocals Bobby Hackett Russ Case Tony Mottola Billy Butterfield Buck Clayton - trumpet Hymie Schertzer - alto saxophone Everett Barksdale George Wettling Mundell Lowe List all 72 contributors