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Verve Jazz Masters 12
Billie Holiday
Verve Jazz Masters 12
Genres: Blues, Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
 
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All Artists: Billie Holiday
Title: Verve Jazz Masters 12
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Polygram Records
Original Release Date: 4/19/1994
Release Date: 4/19/1994
Genres: Blues, Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Vocal Blues, Traditional Blues, Swing Jazz, Traditional Jazz & Ragtime, Vocal Jazz, Oldies, Vocal Pop, Classic Vocalists, Traditional Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 731451982521, 0731451982521

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Colonel S. from GLENN DALE, MD
Reviewed on 11/12/2022...
Like all the Jazz Master series, this collection of jazz classics by Billie Holiday is excellent. Perfect for a lazy afternoon of listening and reading about this great American music style.

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The incomparable Lady Day
Dan in DC | Washington DC | 06/01/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)

"On first listening to this CD, I agreed with the liner notes. Billie was past her prime, her voice reduced to a shadow of its former self. On second, third, fourth, and thousandth listen I began to understand her particular magic. Whether projecting pure golden affection on tunes like "P.S. I love You," biting pain on "Good Morning Heathache," or playful flirtation on "A Fine Romance," Billie was a true past master of both song and emotion. "God Bless the Child," a tune she wrote herself, is a wonder, ironic and bitter and melodious and moving all at once. Buy this CD, and don't stop at one listen. Lady Day is the real thing."
Beautiful
G. Sawaged | Canada | 09/30/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)

"A wonderful compilation of some of Billie's best from the years 1952 to 1956. She had a voice that was unique, that really defies the definition of 'a great voice'. She never used scatting, her vocal range was definately limited, and sometimes she sounded slurred and scratchy. She would sing beyond the melody and off the beat and would make it virtually impossible for anyone to sing along with her. But this was Billie. A dynamic and dramatic singer who poured tremendous feeling into her songs. There will never be another like her. This is a wonderful album for those people not too familiar with her singing. The booklet includes an interesting essay on her."