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Billie Holiday:
Greatest Hits 1945-1950 |
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Holiday produced some of her best-known work during her tenure with Decca in the '40s. Holiday was a full-fledged star by the time she came to Decca, with the youthful exuberance and light vocal approach of the 1930's behind her. She exhibits the maturity and sensitive, well-measured delivery that is characteristic of her finest performances. As this is the period of Holiday's pop balladry, large-scale orchestral arrangements and lush string accompaniments are the order of the day. The brilliance of Lady Day's art is dazzling, however, and the tunes (as the title indicates) are indeed her greatest.
Definitive productions of "God Bless The Child," "My Man," and "T'aint Nobody's Bizness If I Do" are the stuff of legend. Holiday's voice paints the rainbow of her much-mythologized life in sad, sensual colors. While there are a few missteps in arrangement (namely the choral intro to "God Bless The Child"), classic takes of "Good Morning, Heartache" and "Lover Man" are beyond criticism, standing as perfect examples of this jazz legend's art. |
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Easy Living
What Is This Thing Called Love?
Solitude
You're My Thrill
Them There Eyes
No More
God Bless The Child
My Man
Don't Explain
There Is No Greater Love
'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
You Better Go Now
Big Stuff
Good Morning Heartache
I Loves You, Porgy (From Porgy And Bess)
Guilty
Lover Man
They Can't Take That Away From Me
That Ole Devil Called Love
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GRD - GRP |
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653 |
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