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That's why I love Jazz... (Vocal)
(10 items)list by The Saboteur
Published 11 years, 8 months ago
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There's no such thing as a genuine Billie Holiday greatest-hits collection--her career was split among too many labels for that--but this single-disc distillation of the Complete Decca Recordings 2 CD set (recorded between 1944 and 1950) is pretty solid. Holiday's in fine vocal form (though her accompaniment is undistinguished easy-listening stuff; the choir on "God Bless the Child" is a bit frustrating), and the songs are arranged to work as an album rather than chronologically. She transcends the ideas of torch songs, of blues, of ballad singing--her version of "Lover Man" exemplifies erotic despair, tormen
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Manufacturer: Verve
Release date: 6 June 1995
EAN: 0011105065320 UPC: 011105065320
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Release date: 6 June 1995
EAN: 0011105065320 UPC: 011105065320
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