Billie Holiday Commodore Master Takes CD

Commodore Master Takes Music

List Price	$11.97 (You save $2.12)
Category	Rock/Pop Albums, Jazz CDs, Nostalgia, Vocal, Jazz Vocals
Label	Verve
Orig Year	2000
All Time Sales Rank	44127
CD Universe Part number	1177611
Catalog number	543272
Discs	1
Release Date	Feb 08, 2000
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Mono
Personnel	John Williams Billie Holiday - vocals Vic Dickenson - trombone John Simmons - bass Eddie Heywood Sid Catlett - drums Tab Smith - alto saxophone Eddie Dougherty Lem Davis - alto saxophone Frankie Newton - trumpet List all 16 contributors

Billie Holiday Commodore Master Takes Songs

1.	Strange Fruit	$0.99
2.	Yesterdays	$0.99
3.	Fine and Mellow	$0.99
4.	I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues	$0.99
5.	How Am I to Know?	$0.99
6.	My Old Flame	$0.99
7.	I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)	$0.99
8.	I Cover the Waterfront	$0.99
9.	I'll Be Seeing You	$0.99
10.	I'm Yours	$0.99
11.	Embraceable You	$0.69
12.	As Time Goes By	$0.99
13.	He's Funny That Way	$0.99
14.	Lover, Come Back to Me
15.	Billie's Blues	$0.99
16.	On the Sunny Side of the Street	$0.99

Commodore Master Takes Music Review

Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars) 5 stars

5 stars At her peak
Back in the '70s when Billie Holiday recordings were being dug out of the attic en masse because of the Ross film, this disc and the Columbia sets were the best, but this by far had the edge. I was ecstatic when it was finally released on CD; it was like visiting an old friend. There is some breakup of the highs due either to recording limitations in 1939/44 or the aging of the masters, but the recordings are clean and Billie shines through with great interpretations and wonderful combo back-up. My favorite Lady Day. Put it on REPEAT. "Yesterdays." Wow!
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