Billie Holiday - Billie Holiday Sings flac album

Lady Sings the Blues is an album by American jazz vocalist Billie Holiday released in December 1956. It was Holiday's last album released on Clef Records; the following year, the label would be absorbed by Verve Records. Lady Sings the Blues was taken from sessions taped during 1954 and 1956. It was released simultaneously with her ghostwritten autobiography of the same name.

The discography of Billie Holiday consists of twelve studio albums, three live albums, twenty-four compilations, and five box sets.

Billie Holiday and Vivian Fears. Billie Holiday, Vivan Fears. Billie Holiday, Ray Ellis & His Orchestra. 2016 Original Album plus Bonus Tracks 1959.

Back when Billie Holiday was first accorded the accolade it really meant something. So we’re attempting the impossible, to come up with 20 tracks that tell the story of her career in just 20 Billie Holiday songs. As usual we’ll start at the very beginning – well almost. Billie’s first visit to a recording studio was on 18 October 1933 with clarinettist, Benny Goodman and his Orchestra that included Gene Krupa on drums. A few weeks later she did another session for the same album where she did the equally haunting, ‘Tenderly’ that gives you everything that makes Billie so loved and respected as a singer. The session included the brilliant Oscar Peterson with Flip Phillips playing a beautiful tenor sax accompaniment, Charlie Shavers’ s muted trumpet and Barney Kessel’s guitar adding sweet little frills; musical perfection.

Billie Holiday ( MG C-161) is the third 10 inch LP album of original material by jazz singer Billie Holiday, released on Clef Records in 1954 (her final album would also be given the same title, prior to being changed to Last Recording instead). The recordings took place in 1952 and 1954. Holiday never entered the recording studio in 1953.