| Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 16 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1832
Category: Music
Artist: Billie Holiday
Publisher: Sony
Studio: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Label: Sony
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 85979
UPC: 696998597921
EAN: 6969985979210
ASIN: B00005Q45Y
Release Date: October 2, 2001
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | What A Little Moonlight Can Do - Billie Holiday | | • | These Foolish Things - Billie Holiday | | • | I Cried For You - Billie Holiday | | • | Summertime - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra | | • | Billie's Blues - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra | | • | If You Were Mine - Billie Holiday | | • | A Fine Romance - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra | | • | Easy To Love - Billie Holiday | | • | I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra | | • | I Must Have That Man - Billie Holiday | | • | Me, Myself And I - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra | | • | They Can't Take Away From Me - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra | | • | Easy Living - Billie Holiday | | • | A Sailboat In The Moonlight - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra | | • | Travelin' All Alone - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra | | • | When A Woman Loves A Man - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra | | • | You Go To My Head - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra | | • | My Man - Billie Holiday |
Disc 2
| • | I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - Billie Holiday | | • | The Very Thought Of You - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra | | • | I Can't Get Started - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra | | • | Long Gone Blues - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra | | • | Sugar - Billie Holiday | | • | Some Other Spring - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra | | • | Them There Eyes - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra | | • | The Man I Love - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra | | • | Body And Soul - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra | | • | Swing, Brothers, Swing - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra | | • | Night And Day - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra | | • | Let's Do It - Billie Holiday | | • | God Bless The Child - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra | | • | Solitude - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra | | • | I Cover The Waterfront - Billie Holiday | | • | Gloomy Sunday - Billie Holiday | | • | Until The Real Thing Comes Along - Billie Holiday | | • | All Of Me - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra |
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Album Description
Lady Day: The Best Of Billie Holiday is an ideal introduction to the Voice of Jazz in all its enduring glory. This incomparable collection draws on the 10-CD boxed set Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia (1933-1944) (CXK 85470), representing not only her finest work, but American jazz and pop singing at its zenith. Accompanied sublimely by a Who's Who of the Swing Era (including her soulmate Lester Young, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Buck Clayton, Roy Eldridge, Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Jo Jones, and pianist-arranger Teddy Wilson, who was often at the helm when Holiday entered the studio), Billie Holiday masterfully renders a host of mostly-classic pop tunes. Fans are drawn to her musical triumphs and personal tragedies. She is a mysterious icon in the same vein as Miles Davis. Columbia possesses the first and finest recordings of her entire career! This material has never sounded clearer and more intimate!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
 the best of billie holiday December 9, 2007
0 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is not a good demonstration of Billie Holliday. First, too many songs squeezed into each side. Sound not good. For me, it was a waste of money. One of her best is the Billie Holiday-Lester Young CD " a musical romance"
 Lady Day October 11, 2007
Excellent CD. A good purchase if you do not want to buy the box set. Has the essentials.
born talent, from the heart August 16, 2007
If you love the blues, and its history, this is a must have. Billie Holiday had a voice, and a tempo, and delivery, followed by back-men who are jazz/blues icons today, that was new, and fresh, and inspiring in their time, and remains so today. I lost all my belongings in a wildfire, including an extensive collection of Billie's recordings. This was my first step back to remembering her, purchasing this wonderfully produced CD. I now consider it a treasured musical archive. If you love Lady Day, relax, and listen to this CD, and you will be entranced again, and again. Her gift to us, forever.
Absolutely the best of Billie Holiday February 24, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Anybody who likes Billie Holiday even part time needs this CD. Even great for those people who only know a few songs just by chance. Love the CD. Even got another as a gift for a friend.
Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday January 10, 2007
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
Bought this for my granddaughter. She's a Billie Holiday fan. She loved the CD.
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