Billie Holiday & Lester Young - A Musical Romance
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Artist: Billie Holiday & Lester YoungBrand: Sony
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-07-30
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- The Man I Love
- This Year's Kisses
- Mean to Me
- Back in Your Own Backyard
- I'll Never Be the Same
- Me, Myself and I
- Time on My Hands (You in My Arms)
- Who Wants Love
- I Must Have That Man
- Foolin' Myself
- When You Are Smiling
- A Sailboat in the Moonlight
- He's Funny That Way
- Laughing At Life
- Without Your Love
- Fine and Mellow
Music reviews of A Musical Romance
Music Review: Lady Day and Pres' Most Romantic Moments
Rating: 5 Stars
"In their recordings, especially those from 1937 and 1938, their voices wound around one another like twin strands of some beautiful vine. At their best, they became, almost literally, one voice." ~ Tom Piazza ~
Every jazz lover knows that "Lady Day" was the nickname Lester Young gave to Billie Holiday and she called the great tenor saxophonist "Pres" - short for "The President." Together, they have made beautiful music as showcased in this essential CD, "A Musical Romance." It is a compilation of songs with beautiful melodies and dramatic lyrics they both recorded between 1937 and 1958 starting with one of the most-recorded gems from George and Ira Gershwin, "The Man I Love" highlighting Lester Young's remarkable sax solo.
Billie Holiday and Lester Young complement each other and their performances on all sixteen tracks are all winners. Likewise, all the song interpretations remained faithful to the very essence of this album's romantic theme. Ms. Holiday's unique vocals and Mr. Young's mastery of his favorite instrument blended so well to make an incredible chemistry. The result is truly "a musical romance."
One of the most incredible tracks is an exuberant and very pleasant version of "When You're Smiling." You'll also be delighted with "I'll Never Be The Same" recorded in 1937 showcasing Pres' stunningly beautiful obligato, and same is true with "He's Funny That Way."
Some of the greatest musicians involved in these recordings include Benny Goodman and Buster Bailey (clarinet), Johnny Hodges (alto sax), Teddy Wilson and Mal Waldron (piano), Harry Edison and Buck Clayton (trumpet), Freddie Green (guitar), Walter Page (string bass), Jo Jones (drums), Benny Morton (trombone), Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster (tenor sax), among others.
This is one of the best-ever compilations produced by Sony Music and I most definitely recommend it to all jazz enthusiasts' listening pleasure.
"If music be the food of love, play on." ~ William Shakespeare (1564-1616) ~
Description of A Musical Romance
Romeo and Juliet...Eloise and Abelard...Tracy and Hepburn. These are among history's great romantic relationships, but perhaps the deepest of all romances - in all of American music, at any rate - was the one that was carried on in the recording studio between Billie Holiday (1915-1959) and Lester Young (1910-1959). "Lady Day" and "The President" (they gave one another their nicknames) made a series of "sides," as they were called in those days, that to this day absolutely define love in tune. She was - and is - the greatest of all jazz vocalists. His tenor saxophone style delivered the real Birth of the Cool. Together, they sang and played with an unparalleled sense of intimacy, warmth, and sensuous, behind-the-beat swing, whether the melody was pure gold (like "The Man I Love," "Time On My Hands") or closer to brass ("When You're Smiling," "Back In Your Own Backyard"). Originally produced by the redoubtable John Hammond, and intended first and foremost for jukeboxes, these sixteen seminal performances have been culled from the Grammy-winning 10-CD boxed set Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia, 1933-1944. They also feature vital contributions from, among others, pianist-arranger Teddy Wilson, who served as leader on many of Holiday's record dates, Swing era superstar clarinetist Benny Goodman, ace trumpeter Buck Clayton (Young's cohort from Count Basie's definitive swing band), the sublime Ellingtonian alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges, and Roy Eldridge, little giant of the trumpet. But Lady Day and Pres, forever dancing in the dark, make this a musical romance that will never die.General CDs
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