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Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday

by: Billie Holiday

Release Date October 02, 2001
This is not a good demonstration of Billie Holliday. First, too many songs squeezed into each side. Sound not good. For me, it was a waste of money. One of her best is the Billie Holiday-Lester Young CD " a musical romance"

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The Notebook

by: Various Artists

Release Date June 08, 2004
There isn't much I can say about this beautiful movie, except that it was so touching!
It say's go for the "true love", settle for nothing else no matter what may be in store, because love that is "true" and as beautiful as their's was, is a rare thing!
I absolutely loved the ending.
I also loved that a movie CAN be truly wonderful, beautiful and touching WITHOUT grafic "sex scenes!" Also sadly a rare thing in movies today.

Ever seen "Hanover Street?" Equally beautiful. No SEX scenes either!

Angelfish

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Love Songs

by: Billie Holiday

Release Date March 12, 1996
This one is a must-have if you want to assemble a top-flight Billie Holiday collection. All the recordings were made between 1935-1942 when her perfect natural voice was still like a bell, and her musical instincts were in full bloom. Unlike her later recordings, there is no sign of the sad toll her lifestyle took on her voice. The best treat in this candy dish is hearing her sing with Count Basie on the piano, in THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME. The Sony remasterings are brilliant and even, and very far above the so-so quality of most Lady Day anthologies - don't pass this one up. A NOTE ABOUT THE ALBUM COVER ART - Take a look at the second version of the cover art with Holiday's portrait - this is the cover of the CD we picked up.

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Remixed & Reimagined

by: Billie Holiday

Release Date August 07, 2007
Every song is perfectly remixed with an ambiance of House, Down Tempo, Trip Hop, Funk, and Acid Jazz. If you want to hear Billie Holiday in her natural style then buy the original Billie CD's but if you love remixes that take the past and make it a blast for todays generation, this is it!!! The flow of the CD never misses a beat. Each song is perfect in its remix style. This is much better then the Nina remix because it's smoother and the producers really meshed Billie Holidays vocals and original music to the new remix style they intended. Once again, if your looking for original Billie this is not the CD for you but if you want original Billie with a bit of Cayenne Pepper this is it!!!!

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Lady in Satin

by: Billie Holiday

Release Date September 23, 1997
One day in my early 20s, I was browsing in the small music section that used to exist on the mezzanine floor of the Doubleday bookstore in New York City on Fifth Avenue just south of 57th Street. [You may consider it noteworthy that I remember *exactly* where I was when this happened.]

My fledgling jazz knowledge at that time was such that I knew the importance of Billie Holiday's name - though I couldn't have identified her voice. So I looked over one of her records - but without any particular interest in purchasing one.

Then a strange man, in both senses of the word, who struck me as middle-aged - though anyone between 30 and 60 might have qualified to me then - shook his head at me discouragingly and sighed, "Young ... Read More:

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Lady Day: The Master Takes and Singles

by: Billie Holiday

Release Date September 25, 2007
A rainy night, a fire in the woodstove, thinking of a lost love and Lady Day.

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20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Billie Holiday

by: Billie Holiday

Release Date July 30, 2002
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Billie Holiday tries its best to give us a CD that can be great for people in all income brackets; but it falls short of being anywhere near a true "best of" collection. The sound quality is very good and the artwork is about par for this CD series. How I wish they added at least one or two more songs!

"Strange Fruit," a powerful song if you listen to the lyrics, starts the CD off with one of Billie's greatest hits. Billie sings this with all her heart and soul and her performance lacks nothing--it's all THAT good. The piano sounds great, too. "Fine And Mellow" gets a somewhat jazzy rendition as a young Billie Holiday belts this bluesy tune out to make this number take off like a ... Read More:

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Billie Holiday - Greatest Hits (Sony)

by: Billie Holiday

Release Date November 17, 1998
There are only 13 cuts on this CD--but what a great set of cuts they are! Billie Holiday was a star-crossed talent. But her talent was real, and this CD provides concrete evidence of that. Some of her best works are included, although 13 cuts cannot possibly do justice to her complete oeuvre.

Let's take a look at a sampling of the songs.

"Miss Brown to You": Benny Goodman plays with the Todd Wilson Orchestra--a nice group to accompany Holliday. She displays a smooth, rich voice. The words are clear and easy to pick up. This is a short song, and it is well sung. It is evocative. Nice instrumental backing!

"Billie's Blues": This song is backed by her own orchestra, with Bunny Berrigan and Artie Shaw--not bad! Nice ... Read More:

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Lady in Autumn: The Best of the Verve Years

by: Billie Holiday

Release Date October 22, 1991
The title "Lady in Autumn" says it all, as this is Lady Day at her mature best. "Autumn" picks up following Holiday's departure from Decca Records and serves as a sampler of her Verve Years, mixing live tracks with studio recordings. This particular box set throws in live recordings from the late 1940s through her studio work right up until the time of her passing in 1959. As usual Holiday tackles a variety of songs from the Great American Songbook, all treated with her vocal prowess and naked emotion. Holiday in unafraid of poaching songs others may have owned such as Lena Horne's "Stormy Weather" and her delivery runs the gamut of emotions from wistful sadness, to savage beauty, to a warm embrace. "Autumn" is hardly the definitive collection of her Verve Years, ... Read More:

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Billie Holiday's Greatest Hits (Decca)

by: Billie Holiday

Release Date June 06, 1995
The first time I heard Billie Holiday's voice was when my parents were visiting friends. I looked over their record collection and asked if I might play this Billie Holiday one. (I had never heard of her.) From the first song to the last, I was crazy about her. The cut called "You're My Thrill" was unlike anything I had ever heard before. All these years later, I never forgot that first experience and looked for this music at Amazon. Lucky for me, I found it.