Name: Jazz 'Round Midnight by Billie Holiday
Brand: Billie Holiday
SKU: 602567829348
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 3 (98 reviews)

COMPILATION

Billie Holiday is predominant among jazz singers. Frank Sinatra said of her, "She was and remains my biggest influence." Sinatra points to the way Holiday could make a song her own. Her dusky, smoky voice conveys more about love and heartache in one syllable than most other singers in any genre will convey in a lifetime. This album is a collection of recordings from the '50s for the Verve and Clef labels. It's a late-night dream for the nights you can't sleep, thinkin' about the love that got away. Holiday is accompanied by some of the music's best players: Ben Webster (king of the big, breathy tenor sax tone), Benny Carter (alto sax), and Jimmy Rowles (one of the most graceful pianists ever). Her take on "Body and Soul" could melt the hardest heart, and imagine yourself at the end of your figurative rope with "Ill Wind." (The latter has great blues-shaded guitar by Barney Kessel, who himself was an influence on rock guitarist Pete Townsend.) A fine introduction to Holiday's twilight years.

1. These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Double Bass: Ray Brown; Performer
Drums: Alvin Stoller; Performer
Electric Guitar: Barney Kessel; Performer
Performer: Barney Kessel
Alvin Stoller
Charlie Shavers
Ray Brown
Flip Phillips
Oscar Peterson; Performer
Piano: Oscar Peterson; Performer
Saxophone: Flip Phillips; Performer
Trumpet: Charlie Shavers; Performer
Composer: Harry Link
Jack Strachey; Composer
Author: Holt Marvell; Production
Producer: Norman Granz; Production

2. What's New

by Billie Holiday

Composer: Robert Haggart
Johnny Burke; Composer
Double Bass: John Simmons; Performer
Lyricist: Johnny Burke; Composer
Drums: Larry Bunker; Performer
Electric Guitar: Barney Kessel; Performer
Keyboard: Jimmy Rowles; Performer
Performer: John Simmons
Billie Holiday
Barney Kessel
Benny Carter
Harry "sweets" Edison
Jimmy Rowles
Larry Bunker; Performer
Engineer: Ralph Thorne; Production
Piano: Jimmy Rowles; Performer
Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Producer: Norman Granz; Production
Saxophone: Benny Carter; Performer
Trumpet: Harry "sweets" Edison; Performer
Vocals: Billie Holiday; Performer
Studio Personnel: Ralph Thorne; Production
Composer Lyricist: Johnny Burke; Other

3. Darn That Dream

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Double Bass: Red Mitchell; Performer
Drums: Alvin Stoller; Performer
Electric Guitar: Barney Kessel; Performer
Performer: Alvin Stoller
Ben Webster
Barney Kessel
Red Mitchell
Harry "sweets" Edison
Jimmy Rowles; Performer
Piano: Jimmy Rowles; Performer
Saxophone: Ben Webster; Performer
Trumpet: Harry "sweets" Edison; Performer
Composer: Eddie Delange
Jimmy Van Heusen; Composer
Lyricist: Jimmy Van Heusen
Eddie Delange; Composer
Producer: Norman Granz; Production
Composer Lyricist: Jimmy Van Heusen
Eddie Delange; Other

4. Come Rain Or Come Shine

by Billie Holiday

Double Bass: John Simmons; Performer
Composer: Johnny Mercer
Harold Arlen; Composer
Lyricist: Harold Arlen
Johnny Mercer; Composer
Drums: Larry Bunker; Performer
Electric Guitar: Barney Kessel; Performer
Engineer: Ralph Thorne; Production
Keyboard: Jimmy Rowles; Performer
Producer: Norman Granz; Production
Performer: John Simmons
Barney Kessel
Benny Carter
Harry "sweets" Edison
Jimmy Rowles
Larry Bunker; Performer
Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Piano: Jimmy Rowles; Performer
Saxophone: Benny Carter; Performer
Trumpet: Harry "sweets" Edison; Performer
Studio Personnel: Ralph Thorne; Production
Composer Lyricist: Johnny Mercer
Harold Arlen; Other

5. Ill Wind

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Double Bass: Joe Mondragon; Performer
Drums: Alvin Stoller; Performer
Electric Guitar: Barney Kessel; Performer
Performer: Alvin Stoller
Barney Kessel
Joe Mondragon
Jimmy Rowles
Ben Webster
Harry "sweets" Edison; Performer
Piano: Jimmy Rowles; Performer
Saxophone: Ben Webster; Performer
Trumpet: Harry "sweets" Edison; Performer
Composer: Harold Arlen; Composer
Author: Ted Koehler; Production
Producer: Norman Granz; Production

6. He's Funny That Way

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Composer: Neil Moret; Composer
Lyricist: Neil Moret; Composer
Author: George Whiting; Production
Producer: Norman Granz; Production
Composer Lyricist: Neil Moret; Other

7. Body And Soul

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Double Bass: Red Mitchell; Performer
Drums: Alvin Stoller; Performer
Guitar: Barney Kessel; Performer
Performer: Alvin Stoller
Ben Webster
Barney Kessel
Red Mitchell
Harry "sweets" Edison
Jimmy Rowles; Performer
Piano: Jimmy Rowles; Performer
Tenor Saxophone: Ben Webster; Performer
Trumpet: Harry "sweets" Edison; Performer
Composer: Frank Eyton
Robert Sour
Edward Heyman
John W. Green; Composer
Lyricist: John W. Green
Edward Heyman
Robert Sour
Frank Eyton; Composer
Producer: Norman Granz; Production
Composer Lyricist: Edward Heyman
Frank Eyton
Robert Sour
John W. Green; Other

8. You Go To My Head

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Double Bass: Ray Brown; Performer
Drums: Alvin Stoller; Performer
Electric Guitar: Barney Kessel; Performer
Performer: Alvin Stoller
Barney Kessel
Oscar Peterson
Flip Phillips
Ray Brown
Charlie Shavers; Performer
Piano: Oscar Peterson; Performer
Saxophone: Flip Phillips; Performer
Trumpet: Charlie Shavers; Performer
Composer: J. Fred Coots
Dizzy Gillespie; Composer
Lyricist: Dizzy Gillespie
J. Fred Coots; Composer
Producer: Norman Granz; Production
Composer Lyricist: J. Fred Coots
Dizzy Gillespie; Other

9. Prelude To A Kiss

by Billie Holiday

Double Bass: John Simmons; Performer
Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Drums: Larry Bunker; Performer
Electric Guitar: Barney Kessel; Performer
Performer: Billie Holiday
Benny Carter
Jimmy Rowles
Harry "sweets" Edison
Barney Kessel
Larry Bunker
John Simmons; Performer
Piano: Jimmy Rowles; Performer
Saxophone: Benny Carter; Performer
Trumpet: Harry "sweets" Edison; Performer
Vocals: Billie Holiday; Performer
Composer: Duke Ellington; Composer
Author: Irving Gordon
Irving Mills; Production
Engineer: Ralph Thorne; Production
Producer: Norman Granz; Production
Studio Personnel: Ralph Thorne; Production

10. We'll Be Together Again

by Billie Holiday

Double Bass: Red Mitchell; Performer
Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Drums: Alvin Stoller; Performer
Electric Guitar: Barney Kessel; Performer
Guitar: Barney Kessel; Performer
Performer: Alvin Stoller
Ben Webster
Barney Kessel
Red Mitchell
Harry "sweets" Edison
Jimmy Rowles; Performer
Piano: Jimmy Rowles; Performer
Saxophone: Ben Webster; Performer
Trumpet: Harry "sweets" Edison; Performer
Composer: Carl Fischer
Frankie Laine; Composer
Lyricist: Frankie Laine
Carl Fischer; Composer
Producer: Norman Granz; Production
Composer Lyricist: Carl Fischer
Frankie Laine; Other

11. Solitude

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Double Bass: Ray Brown; Performer
Drums: Alvin Stoller; Performer
Electric Guitar: Barney Kessel; Performer
Performer: Charlie Shavers
Oscar Peterson
Alvin Stoller
Ray Brown
Barney Kessel
Flip Phillips; Performer
Piano: Oscar Peterson; Performer
Saxophone: Flip Phillips; Performer
Trumpet: Charlie Shavers; Performer
Composer: Duke Ellington; Composer
Author: Eddie Delange
Irving Mills; Production
Producer: Norman Granz; Production

12. It Had To Be You

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Double Bass: John Simmons; Performer
Drums: Larry Bunker; Performer
Electric Guitar: Barney Kessel; Performer
Performer: John Simmons
Barney Kessel
Benny Carter
Harry "sweets" Edison
Jimmy Rowles
Larry Bunker; Performer
Piano: Jimmy Rowles; Performer
Saxophone: Benny Carter; Performer
Trumpet: Harry "sweets" Edison; Performer
Composer: Gus Kahn
Isham Jones; Composer
Lyricist: Isham Jones
Gus Kahn; Composer
Engineer: Ralph Thorne; Production
Producer: Norman Granz; Production
Studio Personnel: Ralph Thorne; Production
Composer Lyricist: Gus Kahn
Isham Jones; Other

13. Embraceable You

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Double Bass: Red Mitchell; Performer
Drums: Larry Bunker; Performer
Electric Guitar: Barney Kessel; Performer
Performer: Jimmy Rowles
Barney Kessel
Larry Bunker
Harry "sweets" Edison
Ben Webster
Red Mitchell; Performer
Piano: Jimmy Rowles; Performer
Saxophone: Ben Webster; Performer
Trumpet: Harry "sweets" Edison; Performer
Composer: George Gershwin; Composer
Author: Ira Gershwin; Production
Producer: Norman Granz; Production

14. You Turned The Tables On Me

by Billie Holiday

Primary Artist: Billie Holiday; Main Performer
Double Bass: Ray Brown; Performer
Drums: Alvin Stoller; Performer
Electric Guitar: Barney Kessel; Performer
Performer: Charlie Shavers
Oscar Peterson
Alvin Stoller
Ray Brown
Barney Kessel
Flip Phillips; Performer
Piano: Oscar Peterson; Performer
Saxophone: Flip Phillips; Performer
Trumpet: Charlie Shavers; Performer
Composer: Louis Alter; Composer
Author: Sidney D. Mitchell; Production
Producer: Norman Granz; Production

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

14 tracks available

Type

COMPILATION

Format

Digital Media

Duration

1 hour, 4 minutes and 41 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 1500x1500 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

All tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

7/14 tracks have synced lyrics

Genres

Vocal Jazz, Jazz, Easy Listening, Swing, Vocal, Standards, Traditional Pop, Blues, Chicago Blues

Label

Verve Reissues

Music Distribution Service

UMG Global

Country

United States

Language

English (United States)

Popularity

Release Date

Dec 31, 1993

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

602567829348

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Jazz 'Round Midnight