Description If you're a completist who insists on having everything that Billie Holiday recorded, The Complete Commodore Recordings is required listening. But for the more casual listener, it's best to pass on that two-CD set and stick with The Commodore Master Takes. While The Complete Commodore Recordings contains all of the alternate takes that Holiday recorded for Commodore in 1939 and 1944, this collection only concerns itself with the master takes (which total 16).

DOWNLOAD LINK - The. Billie Holiday ft Teddy Wilson - My Man (Mon Homme) Brunswick Records 1937. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for The Complete Commodore & Decca Masters - Billie Holiday on AllMusic - 2009 - Although many of Billie Holiday's recordings for.

Holiday never singed an exclusive contract with Commodore -- she only freelanced for the label, and the ultra-influential jazz singer spent a lot more time recording for Columbia in the 1930s and early 1940s, and for Decca from 1944-1950. But her Commodore output was first-rate, and Lady Day excels whether she's joined by trumpeter Frankie Newton's octet at a 1939 session or by pianist Eddie Heywood's orchestra at three sessions in 1944. All About Jazz is looking for 1,000 backers to help. Billie Holiday Recordings. Help us complete the Billie.

Billie Holiday: The Complete Commodore & Decca. Billie Holiday: Billie Holiday: The Complete Commodore & Decca Masters jazz review by George Kanzler, published on June 13, 2010. Find thousands reviews.

The CD gets off to an impressive start with the controversial 'Strange Fruit,' a bone-chilling account of lynching in the Deep South that ended up being released on Commodore because Columbia was afraid to touch it. Holiday is also quite expressive on performances that range from 'Fine and Mellow,' 'I Got a Right to Sing the Blues' and 'Yesterdays' in 1939 to 'My Old Flame,' 'Billie's Blues,' 'I'll Be Seeing You,' and 'He's Funny That Way' in 1944.

Cable tv broadcast automation software cracked free software. For those with even a casual interest in Holiday's legacy, this superb CD is essential listening. 01 - Strange Fruit 02 - Yesterdays 03 - Fine and Mellow 04 - I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues 05 - How Am I to Know 06 - My Old Flame 07 - I'll Get By 08 - I Cover the Waterfront 09 - I'll Be Seeing You 10 - I'm Yours 11 - Embraceable You 12 - As Time Goes By 13 - He's Funny That Way 14 - Lover, Come Back to Me 15 - Billie's Blues 16 - On the Sunny Side of the Street.

This double-disc issued by Jazz Factory almost completely mirrors the United States issue of the same material entitled, officially issued by Universal in 1997. There are 45 cuts spread across them. The material was recorded in 1939 and 1944. The original 78 that was 'Strange Fruit' b/w 'Fine and Mellow,' was released by because Columbia's refused to record the song. Was under contract to the label at the time, but loosed the reins a bit and allowed her the leeway to cut it for Commodore. There are two other sides cut in 1939, and the remainder of these tunes were taped during sessions in 1944 with backed by the. The material is exactly the same on both collections, but the running order is different, and this one is preferable because it breaks up the different takes chronologically rather than putting them in simple historical order.

Either way you go you can't lose, since these are top-notch performances at the very peak of 's power as an artist.