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Track List
01) What a Little Moonlight Will Do
02) Billie's Blues
03) Summertime
04) Why Was I Born?
05) They Can't Take That Away From Me
06) The Man I Love
07) My Man
08) Gloomy Sunday
09) I Must Have That Man
10) God Bless the Child
11) I'll Never Be the Same
12) All of Me
01) What a Little Moonlight Will Do
02) Billie's Blues
03) Summertime
04) Why Was I Born?
05) They Can't Take That Away From Me
06) The Man I Love
07) My Man
08) Gloomy Sunday
09) I Must Have That Man
10) God Bless the Child
11) I'll Never Be the Same
12) All of Me
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2:40
2:55
2:52
3:04
3:06
3:03
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First Released
1991
Jazz
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Jazz
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Though it is probable that her talent would have been discovered eventually, the fact that John Hammond put a teenage Billie Holiday in the studio in 1933 is one of jazz's more fortuitous occurrences. Surrounding Ms. Holiday with excellent players at such an early stage surely helped shape her musicianly approach to a tune. Her incredible, elastic sense of beat placement and playful toying with melodies are informed by the blues--Bessie Smith was her idol--and an improviser's perspective on interpretation. This excellent compilation, taken roughly from the first 10 years of her career, is a fine introduction to her artistry for newcomers as well as a great single disc sampling for the already converted. Quintessential renditions of "God Bless the Child," "All of Me," and "The Man I Love" are included as well as an irrepressible, peppy "What a Little Moonlight Can Do," taken from her first commercial recording session.
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Though it is probable that her talent would have been discovered eventually, the fact that John Hammond put a teenage Billie Holiday in the studio in 1933 is one of jazz's more fortuitous occurrences. Surrounding Ms. Holiday with excellent players at such an early stage surely helped shape her musicianly approach to a tune. Her incredible, elastic sense of beat placement and playful toying with melodies are informed by the blues--Bessie Smith was her idol--and an improviser's perspective on interpretation. This excellent compilation, taken roughly from the first 10 years of her career, is a fine introduction to her artistry for newcomers as well as a great single disc sampling for the already converted. Quintessential renditions of "God Bless the Child," "All of Me," and "The Man I Love" are included as well as an irrepressible, peppy "What a Little Moonlight Can Do," taken from her first commercial recording session.
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