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Album: Jazz At The Philharmonic: The Billie Holiday Story - Volume 1
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Body And Soul Live (1945/Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles)	More Info...	3:33
2)	Strange Fruit Live At Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles/1945	More Info...	2:52
3)	I Cried For You Live (1946/Carnegie Hall)	More Info...	2:18
4)	Fine And Mellow Live (1946/Carnegie Hall)	More Info...	3:51
5)	He's Funny That Way Live (1946/Carnegie Hall)	More Info...	3:22
6)	The Man I Love Live (1946/Carnegie Hall)	More Info...	3:04
7)	Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You? Live (1946/Carnegie Hall)	More Info...	2:20
8)	All Of Me Live (1946/Carnegie Hall)	More Info...	1:56
9)	Billie's Blues Live (1946/Carnegie Hall)	More Info...	3:39
10)	Trav'lin' Light Live (1946/Shrine Auditorium)	More Info...	3:28
11)	He's Funny That Way Live (1946/Shrine Auditorium)	More Info...	2:56
12)	Norman Granz Announcement Live (1947/Carnegie Hall)	More Info...	0:09
13)	You Better Go Now Live (1947/Carnegie Hall)	More Info...	2:56
14)	You're Driving Me Crazy Live (1947/Carnegie Hall)	More Info...	1:30
15)	There Is No Greater Love Live (1947/Carnegie Hall)	More Info...	2:34
16)	I Cover The Waterfront Live (1947/Carnegie Hall)	More Info...	2:58
17)	Norman Granz Announcement Of Billie Holiday And Intermission Live (1947/Carnegie Hall)	More Info...	0:29
18)	Willis Conover Announcement Live (1957/Newport)	More Info...	0:54
19)	Johnny Mercer Announcement Live (1957/Newport)	More Info...	0:42
20)	Fanfare From Oh, Lady Be Good Live (1957/Newport)	More Info...	0:11
21)	Nice Work If You Can Get It Live (1957/Newport)	More Info...	2:39
22)	Willow Weep For Me Live (1957/Newport)	More Info...	3:08
23)	My Man Live (1957/Newport)	More Info...	3:30
24)	Lover, Come Back To Me Live (1957/Newport)	More Info...	2:06
25)	Lady Sings The Blues Live (1957/Newport)	More Info...	3:00
26)	What A Little Moonlight Can Do Live (1957/Newport)	More Info...	2:54
27)	Fanfare From Oh, Lady Be Good With Conover Announcement Live (1957/Newport)	More Info...	0:23
28)	Leonard Feather Announcement Live (1958/Seven Ages Of Jazz Festival)	More Info...	0:47
29)	I Wished On The Moon Live (1958/Seven Ages Of Jazz Festival)	More Info...	2:44
30)	Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)	More Info...	3:01

Album: Jazz At The Philharmonic: The Billie Holiday Story - Volume 1
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Body And Soul Live (1945/Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles)	More Info...	3:33
2)	Strange Fruit Live At Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles/1945	More Info...	2:52
3)	I Cried For You Live (1946/Carnegie Hall)	More Info...	2:18
4)	Fine And Mellow Live (1946/Carnegie Hall)	More Info...	3:51
5)	He's Funny That Way Live (1946/Carnegie Hall)	More Info...	3:22
6)	The Man I Love Live (1946/Carnegie Hall)	More Info...	3:04
7)	Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You? Live (1946/Carnegie Hall)	More Info...	2:20
8)	All Of Me Live (1946/Carnegie Hall)	More Info...	1:56
9)	Billie's Blues Live (1946/Carnegie Hall)	More Info...	3:39
10)	Trav'lin' Light Live (1946/Shrine Auditorium)	More Info...	3:28
11)	He's Funny That Way Live (1946/Shrine Auditorium)	More Info...	2:56
12)	Norman Granz Announcement Live (1947/Carnegie Hall)	More Info...	0:09
13)	You Better Go Now Live (1947/Carnegie Hall)	More Info...	2:56
14)	You're Driving Me Crazy Live (1947/Carnegie Hall)	More Info...	1:30
15)	There Is No Greater Love Live (1947/Carnegie Hall)	More Info...	2:34
16)	I Cover The Waterfront Live (1947/Carnegie Hall)	More Info...	2:58
17)	Norman Granz Announcement Of Billie Holiday And Intermission Live (1947/Carnegie Hall)	More Info...	0:29
18)	Willis Conover Announcement Live (1957/Newport)	More Info...	0:54
19)	Johnny Mercer Announcement Live (1957/Newport)	More Info...	0:42
20)	Fanfare From Oh, Lady Be Good Live (1957/Newport)	More Info...	0:11
21)	Nice Work If You Can Get It Live (1957/Newport)	More Info...	2:39
22)	Willow Weep For Me Live (1957/Newport)	More Info...	3:08
23)	My Man Live (1957/Newport)	More Info...	3:30
24)	Lover, Come Back To Me Live (1957/Newport)	More Info...	2:06
25)	Lady Sings The Blues Live (1957/Newport)	More Info...	3:00
26)	What A Little Moonlight Can Do Live (1957/Newport)	More Info...	2:54
27)	Fanfare From Oh, Lady Be Good With Conover Announcement Live (1957/Newport)	More Info...	0:23
28)	Leonard Feather Announcement Live (1958/Seven Ages Of Jazz Festival)	More Info...	0:47
29)	I Wished On The Moon Live (1958/Seven Ages Of Jazz Festival)	More Info...	2:44
30)	Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)	More Info...	3:01

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Performer Notes

Personnel includes: Billie Holiday (vocals); Willie Smith, Georgie Auld (alto saxophone); Charlie Ventura, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Illinois Jacquet (tenor saxophone); Joe Guy, Buck Clayton, Howard McGhee (trumpet); Trummy Young (trombone); Milt Raskin, Ken Kersey, Bobby Tucker, Mal Waldron (piano); Dave Barbour, Barney Kessel, Tiny Grimes (guitar); Charles Mingus, Curly Russell, Al McKibbon, Charlie Drayton, Joe Benjamin, Milt Hinton (bass); Davie Coleman, J.C. Heard, Jackie Mills, Don Lamond, Jo Jones (drums).
Producers: Norman Granz, Leonard Feather.
Compilation producer: Michael Lang.
Recorded live at Carnegie Hall, New York, New York; Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island; Seven Ages Of Jazz Festival, Wallingford, Connecticut; Philharmonic Auditorium and Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California between 1945 and 1958. Includes liner notes by Graham Lock.
This is part of Verve's Jazz At The Philharmonic series.
The first of seven volumes to present all of Billie Holiday's Verve recordings, JAZZ AT THE PHILHARMONIC gathers live performances from 1945 to 1947, as well as her 1957 Newport Jazz Festival set and the two songs she sang at the Seven Ages of Jazz Festival in 1958. Throughout, Holiday's voice transcends fluctuations in sound quality to swirl straight into the listener's blood. Lady Day exhibits total control of her achingly expressive, emotionally charged voice and sweeps it through the phrasings of "Fine and Mellow," "The Man I Love," and "Trav'lin' Light" with the fluid ease and interpretive brilliance of a seasoned instrumentalist.
There is a noticible difference in vocal timbre in the Newport recordings-- thicker, darker and more bluesy. While not as techinically proficient as her earlier work, there is an appeal to this style as well-- since the sweet, sexy embellishments in "Nice Work If You Can Get It" and the sustained notes in "My Man" suggest new approaches to time and phrasing. JAZZ AT THE PHILHARMONIC is a memorable collection and, at moments, manages to capture Holiday at her finest.

Professional Reviews

Q (8/94, p.125) - 3 Stars - Good - "...Billie Holiday was a songstress with few peers...but a major attraction of Holiday's work is listening to how she might alter or stress phrasing in a particular song over different takes or over different years..."

Down Beat (5/4/55) - 5 Stars - Excellent - "...never again will Billie sound this wonderful. The years that have passed since then have taken their toll on the great stylist, but this all happened on a night when she had everything..."