Billie Holiday - Lady Sings the Blues - CD - New

LIMITED EDITION 6-PANEL DIGIPACKINCLUDES 9 BONUS TRACKS5 STARS DOWNBEAT MAGAZINEPresented here is the classic 1956 Billie Holiday album Lady Sings the Blues (Clef Records MG C-721), which features the singer backed by such stars as Charlie Shavers, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Tony Scott, and Paul Quinichette, plus three tracks that complete the 1954 session from which the second part of the LP was taken. The album contains versions of the classics “Strange Fruit” and “God Bless the Child,” as well as the title song, composed by Herbie Nichols, which would also provide the title for Holiday’s autobiography, published in 1956 along with the appearance of the album. A 1955 date has also been added, which presents a similar front line to the first session from Lady Sings the Blues, with Charlie Shavers and Tony Scott.PERSONNEL:ON TRACKS [1-8]:CHARLIE SHAVERS, trumpetTONY SCOTT. clarinetPAUL QUINICHETTE, tenor saxWYNTON KELLY , pianoKENNY BURRELL, guitarAARON BELL, bassLENNIE McBROWNE, drums.New York, June 6-7, 1956.ON TRACKS [9-15]:HARRY “SWEETS” EDISON, trumpetWILLIE SMITH, alto saxBOBBY TUCKER, pianoBARNEY KESSEL, guitarRED CALLENDER, bassCHICO HAMILTON, drumsLos Angeles, September 3, 1954.(*) From the same sessions, but not included on the original LP."(**) Bonus TracksTRACKS:01 Trav’lin’ Light02 I Must Have That Man!03 Some Other Spring04 Lady Sings the Blues05 Strange Fruit06 God Bless the Child07 Good Morning, Heartache08 No Good Man09 Love Me or Leave Me10 Too Marvelous for Words11 Willow Weep for Me12 I Thought About You13 P.S. I Love You (*)14 Softly (*)15 Stormy Blues (*)16 Say It Isn’t So (**)17 I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (**)18 I Wished on the Moon (**)19 Always (**)20 Everything Happens to Me (**)21 Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me (**)TOTAL TIME: 78:08 Min.