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Greatest Hits

Billie Holiday (Artist) | Format: Audio CD
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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1. Miss Brown To You - Billie Holiday
2. What A Little Moonlight Can Do - Billie Holiday
3. I Cried For You - Billie Holiday
4. Billie's Blues (I Love My Man) - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
5. A Sailboat In The Moonlight - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
6. I Can't Get Started - Billie Holiday
7. When A Woman Loves A Man - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
8. Some Other Spring - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
9. Solitude - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
10. God Bless The Child - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
11. Gloomy Sunday - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
12. The Very Thought Of You - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
13. Body And Soul - Billie Holiday

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Curiously, yet not surprisingly given the enormity of his sway, Billie Holiday's greatest vocal influence was "Pops"--Louis Armstrong, whose trumpet was his first signature (though he's often credited with being the first great jazz singer as well). One hears Armstrong in Holiday's sense of phrasing, timing, and the warmth she invests in a lyric. This package, containing such touchstone Holiday renderings as "I Cried for You," "Body and Soul," and "When a Woman Loves a Man" (poetic, given the fact that Billie was notoriously unlucky at love), also boasts her signature song, "God Bless the Child." Her accompanists are a hall-of-fame lot, including trumpeters Roy Eldridge and Buck Clayton; saxmen Lester Young (with whom she had a close relationship), Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges, and Harry Carney; drummers Cozy Cole and Jo Jones; bassists John Kirby and Walter Page; and her frequent pianist, Teddy Wilson. --Willard Jenkins

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Classic and wonderful Dec 23 2002
By cortney
Format:Audio CD
I really enjoyed this particular selection of Holiday's work. I looked everywhere for a compiliation CD that included "The Very Thought of You" (my copy of Lady's Decca Days didn't) and this one had it, along with other songs that weren't included on Decca Days either. Short of purchasing a wildy expensive boxed set of her work, I would reccomend this for anyone even remotely interested in the talent of Billie Holiday: the sound quality is excellent and the choice of songs is great, as well. Even the liner notes are an welcome addition---they include an informative bio about Billie as well as her rise to fame and anecdotes from some of the people she worked with.
As a side note, the only song I would have added to this collection is "Strange Fruit," one of the most haunting and politically-charged Holiday songs to date. If you get a chance to hear that, you'll be doing yourself a favor. Otherwise, this album is a great choice.
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Great music to listen to when you're sad Oct 17 2002
By Samurai
Format:Audio CD
...Fortunately, this CD contains recordings made in her early years (1930's) when her voice had not yet been affected and when her phrasing was innovative and inspired.

I enjoyed the first half of the CD more so than the second half mainly because the last 6 tracks are quite melancholy. ... This is real blues music from a woman who experienced nothing but the blues.
I enjoyed the opening, peppy teaser "Miss Brown to You", including a more somber "Some Other Spring". But I would have to say my favorite track is the unabashedly romantic "Sailboat in the Moonlight".

I was surprised at the lyricism of the songs. This is more like poetry set to jazz and blues chords. ..

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Great, but could be better Jan 4 2002
Format:Audio CD
An excellent collection from the most beautiful and sensuous voice the world has ever heard. However, a little short, and not enough from her later period. Still excellent and beautiful, but it makes you want more!
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