Billie Holiday
The Golden Years (PWR 27378)
The Golden Years
Billie Holiday
Poll Winners Records
8436559465137
PWR 152877
PWR 27378
JAZZ
2
5 STARS DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE
INCLUDES 4 BONUS TRACKS
Discovered by jazz produced John Hammond, Billie Holiday recorded her first two sides for the Columbia label in 1933, backed by an all-star group including Jack Teagarden and Benny Goodman. However, her recording career really started two years later, and from 1935 to 1941 she made for the same label an outstanding series of sessions backed by small groups of first-rate swing musicians, most of them conducted by pianist Teddy Wilson and featuring Lester Young on tenor sax.
Originally released as a triple LP set in 1962, only three years after the singer’s untimely death, "The Golden Years" (Columbia C3L-21) puts together 48 of Billie’s best performances from that glorious period, selected by well-known record producer and historian Frank Driggs. Four extra songs from the same sessions not included on the original set have been added here as a bonus.
INCLUDES 4 BONUS TRACKS
Discovered by jazz produced John Hammond, Billie Holiday recorded her first two sides for the Columbia label in 1933, backed by an all-star group including Jack Teagarden and Benny Goodman. However, her recording career really started two years later, and from 1935 to 1941 she made for the same label an outstanding series of sessions backed by small groups of first-rate swing musicians, most of them conducted by pianist Teddy Wilson and featuring Lester Young on tenor sax.
Originally released as a triple LP set in 1962, only three years after the singer’s untimely death, "The Golden Years" (Columbia C3L-21) puts together 48 of Billie’s best performances from that glorious period, selected by well-known record producer and historian Frank Driggs. Four extra songs from the same sessions not included on the original set have been added here as a bonus.
BILLIE HOLIDAY, vocals on all tracks.
Featuring: Teddy Wilson (p), Lester Young, Ben Webster, Chu Berry (ts),
Jonah Jones, Buck Clayton, Roy Eldridge, Bunny Berigan, Harry “Sweets” Edison (tp), Benny Goodman, Jimmy Hamilton, Buster Bailey (cl), Johnny Hodges (as), Freddie Green (g), Walter Page, John Kirby (b), Jo Jones, Cozy Cole (d), among many others.
Recorded in New York, 1933-1941.
INCLUDES 20-PAGE BOOKLET
CD 1: TOTAL TIME: 77:10 Min.
01. YOUR MOTHER’S SON-IN-LAW
02. RIFFIN’ THE SCOTCH
03. THEM THERE EYES
04. THESE FOOLISH THINGS
05. DID I REMEMBER?
06. NO REGRETS
07. A FINE ROMANCE
08. EASY TO LOVE
09. THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT
10. PENNIES FROM HEAVEN
11. THAT’S LIFE I GUESS
12. I CAN’T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE
13. THIS YEAR’S KISSES
14. WHY WAS I BORN?
15. THE MOOD THAT I’M IN
16. I’LL NEVER BE THE SAME
17. WITHOUT YOUR LOVE
18. SWING! BROTHER, SWING!
19. THEY CAN’T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME
20. GETTING SOME FUN OUT OF LIFE
21. TRAV’LIN’ ALL ALONE
22. WHEN YOU’RE SMILING
23. IF DREAMS COME TRUE
24. I CAN’T GET STARTED
25. BACK IN YOUR OWN BACK YARD
26. ON THE SENTIMENTAL SIDE
CD 2: TOTAL TIME: 78:37 Min.
01. WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN
02. YOU GO TO MY HEAD
03. THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU
04. THAT’S ALL I ASK OF YOU
05. DREAM OF LIFE
06. LONG GONE BLUES
07. SOME OTHER SPRING
08. THE MAN I LOVE
09. GHOST OF YESTERDAY
10. BODY AND SOUL
11. I’M PULLING THROUGH
12. TELL ME MORE
13. LAUGHING AT LIFE
14. TIME ON MY HANDS
15. GEORGIA ON MY MIND
16. ROMANCE IN THE DARK
17. ALL OF ME
18. GOD BLESS THE CHILD
19. AM I BLUE?
20. I COVER THE WATERFRONT
21. LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME
22. GLOOMY SUNDAY
23. JIM (*)
24. MANDY IS TWO (*)
25. IT’S A SIN TO TELL A LIE (*)
26. UNTIL THE REAL THING COMES ALONG (*)
(*)BONUS TRACKS: From the same sessions, not on the original 3-LP set.
