Billie holiday banned from new york city live 19481957. Versions different performances of the song by the same artist. Complete billie holiday lester young 19371946 flac 3cd torrentcomplete billie holiday lester young 19371946. You can help us by sharing the link with friends, in social networks, message boards and other mass media. Eleanora fagan april 7, 1915 july 17, 1959, professionally known as billie holiday, was an american jazz singer with a career spanning nearly thirty years. Lester young has a light touch, but when he plays, it is just right and it is great.
Mar 19, 2020 billie holiday eleanora fagan gough, philadelphia, pa, april 7, 1915 new york city, ny, july 17, 1959 was an american jazz singer and songwriter. In paris, a couple of weeks before his death on 15 march, 1959, lester young spoke about his friend billie holiday. The complete billie holiday and lester young 19371946. Billie holiday, vocal, and lester young, tenor sax 01 romance in the dark 1940 00. Among the many highlights are lets do it lets fall in love, i cant get started, the very thought of you, and two different takes of all of me. This is a flawless recording, even if it does capture the gentle weariness in billie holidays voice, or the aspect of lester youngs notes not conveying the sharp crispness they once did, nevertheless this is one adventure that should be part of everyones collection, one that will let you hear just how good it feels to be alive. Tax 8000 lester young the alternative lester columbia cl 6040 teddy wilson and his orchestra featuring billie holiday columbia cl 2531 ella fitzgerald, lena horne, billie holiday ella, lena, and billie brunswick 7911 teddy wilson foolin myself easy living columbia 36207 teddy wilson i must have that man. Johnny lange stryker without your love im like a song without words just like a nest without birds without your love fine sun above will. Jul 09, 2018 billie holiday, vocal, and lester young, tenor sax 01 romance in the dark 1940 00. The 10part series follows the growth and development of jazz music from the gritty streets of new orleans to. Billie holiday musiker musikdatenbank radio swiss jazz. Billie holiday discography 19442010 320 kbps download c161aded the complete billie holiday on verve 19451959 discover releases. Gottlieb collection entered into the public domain on february 16, 2010. Billie holiday the ben webster harry edison sessions.
Billie holiday often stated that she styled her vocal phrasing to echo the sound of a jazz horn, so it should be no surprise that she found the perfect duet partner in tenor sax player lester young. Billie holiday banned from new york city live 1948. Nicknamed lady day by her friend and musical partner lester young, holiday had. Lady sings the blues is the fiercely honest, noholdsbarred autobiography of billie holiday, the legendary jazz, swing, and standards singing sensation. Sep 25, 2002 lester young and billie holiday were the gram parsons and emmylou harris of the jazz world. Lady day and pres they bestowed the nicknames on each other recorded some 60 sides together between 1937 and 1946, many if not all of which have to be considered classics. Billie holidays later recordings bbc r3 geoffrey smiths jazz download 24. We also need any information about good english torrent. Her father, clarence holiday, was a teenaged jazz guitarist and banjo player later to play in fletcher hendersons orchestra. These are among historys great romantic relationships, but perhaps the deepest of all romances in all of american music, at any rate was the one that was carried on in the recording studio between billie holiday 19151959 and lester young 19101959. Filmmaker ken burns tells the story of jazz the quintessential american art form. In accordance with the generous wishes of william gottlieb, the photographs in the william p.
I have been buying billie holiday music since the 1970s. Fine and mellow songs written by billie holiday the. Lester willis young august 27, 1909 march 15, 1959, nicknamed pres or prez, was an american jazz tenor saxophonist and occasional clarinetist coming to prominence while a member of count basies orchestra, young was one of the most influential players on his instrument. The complete memorable recordings made by billie holiday in 195657 backed by a small group including ben webster, harry edison, jimmy rowles and barney kessel. The complete billie holiday on columbia 19331944 2001. Nicknamed lady day by her loyal friend and musical partner lester young, holiday was a highly original influence on jazz and pop singing. This would be a great album with any of these pieces.
Lady day and pres they bestowed the nicknames on each other recorded some 60 sides together between 1937 and 1946, many if not all of which. Billie holiday and saxophonist lester young played and recorded such achingly beautiful music together it was impossible for many to believe they were not lovers. Complete billie holiday lester young 19371946 billie. Compilations other albums which feature this performance of the song. In 1959, after the death of her good friend lester young and with almost nothing to her name. Billie holiday biography biography and music essays. Buy the mp3 album on the official halidon music store. The music the two of them made together was so achingly beautiful and so perfectly in synch it seemed. The fate of our site directly depends on its relevance. Nicknamed lady day by her friend and music partner lester young, holiday had a seminal influence on jazz music and pop singing. The shows performance of fine and mellow reunited billie holiday with her estranged longtime friend and stirring collaborator lester young for the final time. Find billie holiday discography, albums and singles on allmusic.
Billie holiday, lester young complete billie holiday. Hes funny that way, travlin all alone and easy livin, are just a. Between 1937 and 1941, they recorded a series of superb small group sessions, most of them under the musical direction of pianist teddy. Taking the reader on a fastmoving journey from holidays roughandtumble baltimore childhood where she ran errands at a whorehouse in exchange for the chance to listen to louis armstrong. My friend lester the musical romance of billie holiday and. Apr 08, 2015 i n paris, a couple of weeks before his death on 15 march, 1959, lester young spoke about his friend billie holiday. The piano lots of teddy wilson and standup bass are so nice. Billie holiday discography 19442010 320 kbps 500 terry francois street. Complete your billie holiday, lester young, charlie parker, art tatum collection. Covers performances of a song with the same name by different artists. Billie holiday born eleanora fagan1 april 7, 1915 july 17, 1959 was an american jazz singer and songwriter. Download torrent billie holiday lester young fast and. Please submit questions or licensing requests for the commercial use of her image and likeness via the email links below.
Lady sings the blues by billie holiday, william dufty. This site is maintained by the estate of billie holiday. Born eleanora fagan in 1915, billie holiday spent much of her young life in baltimore, maryland. I n paris, a couple of weeks before his death on 15 march, 1959, lester young spoke about his friend billie holiday. The music the two of them made together was so achingly beautiful and so perfectly in synch it seemed impossible that they were not lovers. Feb 11, 2011 billie holiday s chaotic life reportedly began in baltimore on april 7, 1915 a few reports say 1912 when she was born eleanora fagan gough. Columbia 37493 billie holiday i cover the waterfront until the real thing comes along vdisc 586 billie holiday the same old story i cover the waterfront blue ace 255 billie holiday the same old story love me or leave me okeh 6451 billie holiday im in a lowdown groove gloomy sunday. Billie holiday, lester young, charlie parker, art tatum. This is the best, the happy billie with perfect voice.
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