BILLIE HOLIDAYCOMPLETE ON VERVE1945-195910CDVERY RARE ORIG NUMBERED ED#00927

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BILLIE HOLIDAYCOMPLETE ON VERVE1945-195910CDVERY RARE ORIG NUMBERED ED#00927:
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Everything, and we do mean everything, that Lady Day recorded for Verve from 1945 to her death in 1959! And it\'s not just the songs-you get to hear concert introductions, rehearsals and between-take studio chatter, too. Critical opinion on this period of her career is mixed, and there\'s no denying that Billie\'s voice isn\'t at its peak, but it never was her voice so much as her interpretive skills that were at the heart of her appeal. 256 tracks!

That\'s right: Ten CDs with everything Billie Holiday recorded on Verve Records between 1945 and her death in 1959--not only the songs, but concert introductions, some of the rehearsals, and between-take studio chatter, too. All of which makes for a definitive portrait of Lady Day in her final years. For a long time these recordings were disparaged because it was said her voice was no longer fine and mellow, \"ravaged\" by hard living, jail time, booze, and drugs. And there\'s no question that her later tone is darker, more brittle and unstable than it had been in the \'30s--but somehow I find myself listening to this music more often than those Brunswick/Columbia or Decca sides, anyway. Like Frank Sinatra, who so often paid tribute to her influence, Holiday\'s artistry was never based on virtuosity; it was about interpretation, bringing out the emotions in a song and giving a personal reading. She never stopped doing that, and for all the \"strange fruit\" you\'ll find in this collection, it\'s a gold mine.
Disc One:
- Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts 1945-47
- 1952 Los Angeles Studio Sessions
Disc Two:
- 1952 Los Angeles & New York Studio Sessions
- 1954 Jazz Club USA Concert - GermanyDisc Three:
- 1954 Jazz Club USA concert (conclusion)
- 1954 Los Angeles & New York Studio Sessions
- 1955 New York Studio SessionsDisc Four:
- 1955 Rehearsal at Artie Shapiro\'s HomeDisc Five:
- 1955 Los Angeles Studio SessionsDisc Six:
- 1955 Los Angeles Studio Sessions (conclusion)
- 1956 Rehearsal at the Duffys\' HomeDisc Seven:
- 1956 New York & Los Angeles Studio SessionsDisc Eight:
- 1956 Carnegie Hall Concert
- 1957 Los Angeles Studio SessionsDisc Nine:
- 1957 Los Angeles Studio SessionsDisc Ten:
- 1957 Newport Jazz Festival
- 1958 Seven Ages of Jazz Concert
- 1959 New York Studio Sessions with Ray Ellis
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