Solitude [Verve]
Billie Holiday - CD
- Artist: Billie Holiday
- UPC: 731451981029
- Item Number: 232051X
- Release date: 10/19/1993
- 1. East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon)
- 2. Blue Moon
- 3. You Go To My Head
- 4. You Turned The Tables On Me
- 5. Easy To Love
- 6. These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)
- 6. These Foolish Things
- 7. I Only Have Eyes For You
- 8. Solitude
- 9. Everything I have Is Yours
- 10. Love For Sale
- 11. Moonglow
- 12. Tenderly
- 13. If The Moon Turns Green
- 14. Remember
- 15. Autumn In New York (LP Take)
- 15. Autumn in New York [LP Take]
- 16. Autumn in New York [78 RPM Take]
- 16. Autumn In New York (78 RPM Take)
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Solitude [Verve] by Billie Holiday on CD
Billie Holiday's first recordings for Norman Granz' Clef Records present a vocalist truly at the top of her craft, although she would begin a rapid decline soon thereafter. This 1952 recording (originally issued as a 10" LP, Billie Holiday Sings) places Holiday in front of small piano and tenor saxophone-led groups including jazz luminaries such as Oscar Peterson and Charlie Shavers, where her gentle phrasing sets the tone for the sessions, evoking lazy evenings and dreamy afternoons. The alcoholism and heroin use that would be her downfall by the end of this decade seems to be almost unfathomable during these recordings since Holiday is in as fine a voice as her work in the '30s, and the musical environment seems ideal for these slow torch songs. Solitude runs as the common theme throughout these 16 tracks; the idle breathiness of "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" finds the vocalist casually reminiscing, and Barney Kessel's warm guitar lines frame the title track beautifully. Several of Holiday's best-known recordings came from this session, including outstanding versions of "I Only Have Eyes for You" and a darkly emotional "Love for Sale," making this album far and away the best work of her later years, and certainly a noteworthy moment of her entire career. ~ Zac Johnson, Rovi
- Artist: Billie Holiday
- UPC: 731451981029
- Item Number: 232051X
- Release date: 10/19/1993
- Label: Pid
- 16 Most Requested Songs
- 18 Greatest
- 1935-1958
- 1949-52 Radio & TV Broadcasts
- 1953-1956 Radio & TV Broadcast
- 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Billie Holiday
- All or Nothing at All
- Anthology (Deluxe Edition)
- At Carnegie Hall: The Billie Holiday Story, Vol. 6
- At Monterey, 1958
- At Storyville
- Beautiful Ballads & Love Songs
- Best of Billie Holiday [MRA]
- Billie Holiday [Kala]
- Billie Holiday for Lovers
- Billie Holiday for Lovers [Japan]
- Billie Holiday Sings
- Billie Holiday's Greatest Hits [MCA]
- Billie Holiday, Vol. 1 & 2
- Billie Holiday, Vol. 1: The Best
- Billie Holiday, Vol. 2 [Platinum Disc]
- Billie Holliday
- Billie's Best
- Billie's Blues [Blue Note]
- Billy Remembers Billie
- Blue Billie [Saga] (Import)
- Body and Soul [Bonus Tracks]
- Complete Billie Holiday [Universal]
- Complete Commodore Recordings
- Definitive Gold [Bonus DVD] (Import)
- Early Lady Day: 1933-1937
- Essentials
- Fine & Mellow [Passport]
- Fine & Mellow: Golden Classics
- From the Heart
- Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You
- Ghost of Yesterday
- God Bless the Child [Universal Special Product]
- God Bless the Child: The Very Best of Billie Holiday
- Gold
- Gold Collection [Fine Tune]
- Golden Classics
- Golden Hits
- Greatest Hits [Columbia/Legacy]
- Happy Billie (Import)
- Happy Holiday (Import)
- I Like Jazz: The Essence of Billie Holiday
- I'll Get By
- In a Soulful Mood
- Jazz 'Round Midnight: Billie Holiday
- Jazz After Hours
- Jazz at the Philharmonic
- Jazz Collection: Billie Holiday and Friends
- Jazz Masters
- Jazz Moods: 'Round Midnight
- Jukebox Hits 1935-1946
- Ken Burns Jazz
- Ladies Sing the Blues [ASV/Living Era]
- Lady Day [Golden Stars] (Import)
- Lady Day Live
- Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday
- Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday
- Lady Day: The Complete Columbia Golden Years
- Lady Day: The Master Takes and Singles
- Lady in Autumn: The Best of the Verve Years
- Lady in Satin
- Lady Sings the Blues
- Lady Sings the Blues [Japan]
- Lady Sings the Blues: The Billie Holiday Story, Vol. 4
- Last Recordings
- Legends of Country Music [Sri]
- Legends: Billie Holiday
- Live at Birdland
- Love Songs [Columbia Portrait Cover]
- Love Songs, Vol. 2
- Lover Man [Universal Japan]
- Masters of Jazz
- Moanin' Low
- New Orleans
- No Greater Love
- No Regrets
- Playlist: The Very Best of Billie Holiday
- Priceless Jazz
- Priceless Jazz: More Billie Holiday
- Remixed & Reimagined
- Remixed & Reimagined [Bonus Track]
- Remixed Hits
- Romance in the Dark
- Songs for Distingue Lovers
- Strange Fruit [Jazz World]
- Strange Fruit [Universal Japan]
- Strange Fruit: Alternate Takes
- Summertime: Very Best of Billie Holiday
- Super Hits
- Swing! Brother Swing! [Priceless]
- The Best of Billie Holiday [Compendia]
- The Billie Holiday Collection [Columbia/Legacy]
- The Billie Holiday Collection, Vol. 1
- The Billie Holiday Songbook (Import)
- The Billie Holiday Story [Chrome Dreams]
- The Billie Holiday Story, Vol. 5: Music for Torching
- The Commodore Master Takes
- The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959
- The Complete Commodore & Decca Masters
- The Complete Commodore Recordings
- The Complete Decca Recordings
- The Complete Verve Studio Master Takes
- The Definitive Collection [Verve]
- The Diva Series
- The Diva Series
- The Early Classics
- The Essential Billie Holiday [Metro] (Import)
- The Essential Billie Holiday [Verve]
- The Essential Collection [West End]
- The Essentials [Deluxe Edition]
- The Great Billie Holiday, Vol. 7
- The Incomparable Vol. 2 (Hepcat)
- The Incomparable, Vol. 1
- The Incomparable, Vol. 3
- The Incomparable, Vol. 4
- The Quintessence New York - Los Angeles: 1935-1944
- The Ultimate Billie Holiday
- The Ultimate Collection
- V-Disc Recordings: A Musical Contribution by America's Best for Our Armed Forces Overse
- Verve Jazz Masters 12: Billie Holiday
- Verve Jazz Masters 47: Sings Standards
- Very Best of Billie Holiday [Music Brokers] (Import)
- Very Best of Billie Holiday [Universal]
- Wishing on the Moon
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