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Billie Holiday & Lester Young
Complete Recordings
Genres: Blues, Jazz, Pop, Classic Rock, Broadway & Vocalists

Track Listings (21) - Disc #1
1. He Ain't Got Rhythm - Billie Holiday, Berlin, Irving
2. This Year's Kisses - Billie Holiday, Berlin, Irving
3. Why Was I Born? - Billie Holiday, Hammerstein, Oscar
4. I Must Have That Man! - Billie Holiday, Fields, Dorothy
5. Sun Showers - Billie Holiday, Brown, Nacio Herb
6. Yours and Mine - Billie Holiday, Brown, Nacio Herb
7. Mean to Me - Billie Holiday, Ahlert, Fred E.
8. Foolin' Myself - Billie Holiday, Lawrence, Jack [Lyr
9. Easy Living - Billie Holiday, Rainger, Ralph
10. I'll Never Be the Same - Billie Holiday, Kahn, Gus
11. Me, Myself and I - Billie Holiday, Gordon, Irving
12. A Sailboat in the Moonlight - Billie Holiday, Loeb, John Jacob
13. Born to Love - Billie Holiday, Jerome, J.K.
14. Without Your Love - Billie Holiday, Lange, John
15. Getting Some Fun Out of Life - Billie Holiday, Burke, Joe [2]
16. Who Wants Love? - Billie Holiday, Kahn, Gus
17. Trav'lin' All Alone - Billie Holiday, Johnson, J.C. [Comp
18. He's Funny That Way - Billie Holiday, Moret, Neil
19. My First Impression of You - Billie Holiday, Stept, Sam
20. When You're Smiling - Billie Holiday, Fisher, Mark [1]
21. I Can't Get Started [*] - Billie Holiday, Duke, Vernon
Track Listings (21) - Disc #2
1. I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me - Billie Holiday, Gaskill, Clarence
2. If Dreams Come True - Billie Holiday, Goodman, Benny
3. Now They Call It Swing - Billie Holiday, Cloutier, N.
4. Back in Your Own Backyard - Billie Holiday, Dreyer, Dave
5. When a Woman Loves a Man - Billie Holiday, Hanighen, Bernie
6. The Very Thought of You - Billie Holiday, Noble, Ray
7. I Can't Get Started - Billie Holiday, Duke, Vernon
8. I've Got a Date With a Dream - Billie Holiday, Gordon, Mack
9. You Can't Be Mine (And Someone Else's Too) - Billie Holiday, Johnson, J.C. [Comp
10. Everybody's Laughing - Billie Holiday, Lerner, Sammy
11. Here It Is Tomorrow Again - Billie Holiday, Gibbons, Patrick
12. Say It With a Kiss - Billie Holiday, Mercer, Johnny
13. The Man I Love - Billie Holiday, Gershwin, George
14. You're Just a No Account - Billie Holiday, Cahn, Sammy
15. You're a Lucky Guy - Billie Holiday, Cahn, Sammy
16. I'm Pulling Through - Billie Holiday, Herzog, Arthur Jr.
17. Laughing at Life - Billie Holiday, Kenny, Charles F.
18. Time on My Hands - Billie Holiday, Adamson, Harold
19. Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) - Billie Holiday, Porter, Cole
20. All of Me - Billie Holiday, Marks, Gerald
21. The Man I Love [*] - Billie Holiday, Gershwin, George

CD Details

All Artists: Billie Holiday & Lester Young
Title: Complete Recordings
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Definitive Spain
Release Date: 5/9/2005
Album Type: Import, Original recording remastered
Genres: Blues, Jazz, Pop, Classic Rock, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Vocal Blues, Vocal Jazz, Vocal Pop, Traditional Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2

Synopsis

Album Description

Now that is forty five years since these two artists left us forever (Lester died in March 1959, and Billie passed away four months later; they were, respectively, 49 and 44 years old), we wish to pay a tribute to their legacy with this complete collection of their joint recordings, a number of tunes which have become part of history thanks to the way in which she delivers those evergreen standards while he accompanies with exquisite subtlety of feeling. We are talking about pure, undiluted feeling. As a bonus tracks, on the first CD we have also included the only existing live recording featuring Billie and the Count Basie orchestra, a number which includes Lester's delicate improvisations over the vocal part. And on the second CD the only existing live recording (alongside the one issued in the first volume of this set) which features Lester's delicate improvisations over Billie's vocal part. Disconforme. 2005.

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CD Reviews

Two Great Jazz Artists at Their Best

Tom Moran | New York, NY United States | 09/17/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I can't say enough about this collection. I've waited a long time for the perfect compilation of Lester Young/Billie Holiday tracks from their prime (the Sony CD, "A Musical Romance," doesn't come close), and I won't beat around the bush: this is it.Disconforme has put together the ideal Prez/Lady Day CD set by the simple expedient of putting all (or nearly all -- they don't have any alternate takes) of their great recordings from the mid-30s on two CDs. So you not only hear the tracks that everyone puts on their collections, but the ones they ignore.These two artists made some of the best records of the early Swing era. Tracks like "I Must Have This Man," "Foolin' Myself" and "Me, Myself and I" can be listened to over and over again without your getting tired of them. I've been listening to these tracks since the late 70s, and I'm still can't get enough of them.There are also two "bonus tracks" at the end of each CD that I've never heard before. They're live recordings, and the sound isn't great, but they're a rare glimpse of what these two people sounded like when performing in front of an audience.I can't recommend this CD set enough. If you're a Lester Young fan, or a fan of early jazz, or you just love great singing, don't hesitate. This one's a keeper."

Great sound, no session info...

a reader | 11/05/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"The sound quality (remastered from a previous Disconforme issue?) is wonderful, very rich and full. This release lacks session information (no dates or personnel given), which might disappoint some jazz fans--especially with regard to the two live bonus tracks. Also, perhaps a minor point, the rear tracklisting is somewhat tiny, framed in odd white rectangles over a flower print backgroud. This may be the best-sounding CD package of Billie and Lester's complete prewar masters."

Amazing CD!

Mauibluecat | California | 03/19/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Billie Holiday and Lester Young are fantastic in this 2-CD set! The quality of the recording is excellent, and the artists were masters of their trade! I highly recommend this 2-CD set from the Jazz Factory!"