Various Artists - For Lovers: Billie Holiday/Nina Simone/Sarah Vaughan

Title: For Lovers: Billie Holiday/Nina Simone/Sarah Vaughan Artist: Various Artists Release Date: 11/8/2005 Label: Verve Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 602498862988 Genre: Vocal Music Styles: Classic Female Blues, Torch Songs, Standards, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz Moods: Bittersweet, Brooding, Cathartic, Elegant, Intimate, Plaintive, Poignant, Sad, Warm, Yearning, Delicate, Dramatic, Dreamy, Searching, Sentimental, Soothing, Stylish, Weary, Autumnal, Earthy, Melancholy, Nocturnal, Romantic, Sophisticated, Wistful, Confident, Laid-Back/Mellow, Sensual Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 3

1. Moonlight in Vermont
2. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
3. Embraceable You
4. I Wished on the Moon
5. Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You?
6. Speak Low
7. April in Paris
8. Body and Soul
9. They Can't Take That Away from Me
10. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)
11. Stars Fell on Alabama
12. We'll Be Together Again

1. I Loves You, Porgy
2. Wild Is the Wind
3. What More Can I Say
4. The Last Rose of Summer
5. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
6. Fodder on My Wings
7. Little Girl Blue
8. If I Should Lose You
9. I Love My Baby
10. If You Knew/Let It Be Me
11. Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair

1. I've Got a Crush on You
2. It's Magic
3. I'll Close My Eyes
4. Embraceable You
5. My One and Only Love
6. All the Things You Are
7. I'm in the Mood for Love
8. I'm Glad There Is You
9. Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)
10. That's All
11. Make Someone Happy
12. Words Can't Describe
13. Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe
14. Dreamville
15. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
16. My Romance

Year Type Label Catalog # 2005 CD Verve 000556602

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With three albums in one, For Lovers: Billie Holiday/Nina Simone/Sarah Vaughan presents an attractive package, especially in comparison to having to buy the individual Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, and Sarah Vaughan editions. The songs for each singer were chosen to highlight each one's more romantic side (there's no "Strange Fruit" or "Mississippi Goddamn" here), so there's a lot of sentimentality and violin playing, but as long as the recording quality is good (which it is), it's hard to go terribly wrong with three such great artists. Yes, there are better records and compilations of each singer available, but the For Lovers triptych still does each one justice, and it's nice to hear the three together, in order to better appreciate the gifts of each (Holiday's "I Wished on the Moon," Simone's "Wild Is the Wind," and Vaughan's "Embraceable You," just to name a few). ~ Marisa Brown, All Music Guide

Name Credits Al Young Liner Notes Allan Tucker Mastering Alvin Stoller Drums Amélie Hazard Illustrations Arthur Adams Bass Barney Kessel Guitar Barry Galbraith Guitar Ben Webster Sax (Tenor) Benny Golson Reeds Billie Holiday Vocals Billy Byers Trombone, Arranger Bob Shad Original Recording Producer Bobby Hamilton Drums Bryan Koniarz Supervisor Bud Shank Sax (Alto) Charlie Shavers Trumpet Clark Terry Trumpet Cornell McFadden Drums Dick Hixson Trombone (Bass) Ernie Wilkins Conductor, Arranger Frank Foster Conductor, Arranger Freddie Hubbard Trumpet Hal Mooney Arranger, Original Recording Producer, Conductor Hal Mooney Orchestra ? Harry "Sweets" Edison Trumpet Herbie Mann Flute Herman Leonard Inlay Photography Hollis King Art Direction Horace Ott Arranger, Conductor Hugo Peretti Conductor Hugo Perretti & His Orchestra ? J.J. Johnson Trombone Jan Persson Inlay Photography Jeff Willens Mastering Jerome Richardson Flute Jimmy Cleveland Trombone Jimmy Jones Piano Jimmy Rowles Piano Jo Hrasko Saxophone Joe Benjamin Bass Joe Mondragon Bass Joe Newman Quartet Trumpet John Malachi Piano Jose Mangual Percussion Juan Cadavieco Percussion Kai Winding Trombone Ken Druker Sequencing, Executive Producer, Selection Kenny Clarke Drums Larry Bunker Drums Lisle Atkinson Bass Marcel Hrasko Saxophone Mark Cooper Smith Production Assistant Maurice Vander Piano Michael A. Hauser Vibraphone Miriam Cutler Original Recording Producer Nina Simone Arranger, Piano, Vocals Norman Granz Original Recording Producer Paul Faulise Trombone Paul Quinichette Sax (Tenor) Peter Keepnews Notes Editing Phil Woods Reeds Pierre Cullaz Guitar Pierre Michelot Bass Quincy Jones Conductor, Arranger, Original Recording Producer Quincy Jones & His Orchestra ? Raphael Sierra Percussion Red Mitchell Bass Renee Rosnes Sequencing Richard Davis Bass Richard Hayman Conductor Richard Hayman & His Orchestra ? Richard Seidel Producer, Compilation Robert Rodriguez Bass Ron Berinstein Original Recording Producer Ronnell Bright Piano Roy Haynes Drums Rudy Stevenson Guitar Sarah Vaughan Vocals Sherniece Smith Art Producer Suha Gur Mastering Wayne Andre Trombone William Boucaya Saxophone