![]() ![]() Lady Sings the Blues (Herbie Nichols-Billie Holiday) 3:46Ħ. Some Other Spring (Arthur Herzog, Jr.-Irene Kitchings) 3:39Ĥ. I Must Have That Man! (Jimmy McHugh-Dorothy Fields) 3:06ģ. Trav'lin' Light (Johnny Mercer-Jimmy Mundy-Trummy Young) 3:1Ģ. Billie still has the best vocal game in town when she’s playing for keeps.”ġ. No other singer now in jazz gets so fully into the bloodstream as Billie still does. Tempos are generally slow with some walking-medium. ![]() “Lady Sings the Blues, I understand, was a rather stormy session in its first eight tracks”, wrote Nat Hentoff, “but to a listener who wasn’t there, it comes through as a characteristic, satisfyingly troubling, indelible Billie monologue. ![]() The album placed Lady Day in the company of celebrated jazz stars, such as Charlie Shavers, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Paul Quinichette, Wynton Kelly, Barney Kessel, and Kenny Burrell, and received a five-star rating in Down Beat. It was even used as the title of the singer’s autobiography, which she presented shortly before the making of this amazing LP. Billie Holiday – Lady Sings The Blues"Lady Sings the Blues" is the name of the Billie Holiday album presented here, as well as the record’s title track. ![]()
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