Billie Holiday: Comes Love
Musicians:
Billie Holiday (vocals), Harry "Sweets" Edison (trumpet), Ben Webster (tenor sax), Jimmy Rowles (piano), Barney Kessel (guitar), Red Mitchell (bass), Alvin Stoller (drums).
Composed by Arthur Altman & Jack Lawrence
.Recorded: Hollywood, January 3, 1957
Rating: 95/100 (learn more)
By the mid-1950s, Billie Holiday had been rescued by a record label (Verve) with the wisdom to scrap her former label Decca's desperate late '40s attempts at commercialization, and put Billie back where she belonged—with a small jazz band. And what a band! True, Lady's voice had seen better days, but the more her notes wavered, the more unwavering became her struggle. Billie carried about her the nobility we accord to survivors of some large tragedy. In her case, the tragedy was her life. She may have been a wreck, but she was still the damnedest jazz singer ever.
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz
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Tags: 1950s jazz · jazz vocals
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