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Billie's Blues
Blue Note, 1988

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Most of this excellent CD features one of Billie Holiday's finest concert recordings of the 1950s. Recorded in Europe before an admiring audience, this enjoyable set finds Lady Day performing seven of her standards with her trio and joining in for jam session versions of "Billie's Blues" and "Lover Come Back to Me" with an all-star group starring clarinetist Buddy DeFranco, vibraphonist Red Norvo and guitarist Jimmy Raney. These performances (which find Holiday in stronger voice than on her studio recordings of the period) have also been included in Verve's massive CD box set. This program concludes with Holiday's four rare sides for Aladdin in 1951 (between her Decca and Verve periods) which are highlighted by two blues and "Detour Ahead," and her 1942 studio recording of "Trav'lin' Light" with Paul Whiteman's Orchestra.
~Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Tracklist
1. Announcement By Leonard Feather
2. Blue Moon (live)
3. All Of Me (live)
4. My Man (live)
5. Them Their Eyes (live)
6. I Cried For You (live)
7. What A Little Moonlight Can Do (live)
8. I Cover The Waterfront (live)
9. Anouncement By Billie Holiday (hidden track)
10. Billie's Blues (live)
11. Lover Come Back To Me (live)
12. Blue Turning Grey Over You
13. Be Fair With Me Baby
14. Rocky Mountain Blues
15. Detour Ahead
16. Trav'lin' Light

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Chet Baker - Baker's Holiday
Recording date: 1965
Release date: 2004
Verve

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BAKER'S HOLIDAY is an endearing and smoky tribute to singing legend Billie Holiday. Backed by a smartly arranged reed section, Chet Baker and his quartet swing with great dynamism on all 10 tracks. Jimmy Mundy's arrangements give this album the feel of a 1940's big band, and Baker seems comfortable recreating some of the mystique and elegance of a bygone era.

On this album, Baker plays only the flugelhorn; the instrument's dark and mellow tone only adds to Baker's already wistful sense of melodiousness. We hear this most poignantly on "Don't Explain," a composition co-written by Billie Holiday herself. Here, Baker mournfully "sings" the melody on his horn, while an English horn echoes him hauntingly. Baker sings on four of the 10 tracks, and his boyish, soft-spoken singing style is right at home with these classic tunes. Here, without copying Holiday, Baker through his elusive musical genius conjures her magic.
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Review by Scott Yanow
Baker's Holiday finds Chet Baker effectively paying tribute to Billie Holiday with mellow trumpet solos and occasional vocals. Baker is backed by a full sax section and a four-piece rhythm section that includes pianist Hank Jones; Jimmy Mundy contributed the colorful arrangements. His performance of ten songs associated with Lady Day (most of which he had not recorded previously) is often exquisite.

Tracklist:
01 - Travelin' Light
02 - Easy Living
03 - That Ole Devil Called Love
04 - You're My Thrill
05 - Crazy She Calls Me
06 - When Your Lover Has Gone
07 - Mean To Me
08 - These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)
09 - There Is No Greater Love
10 - Don't Explain

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Billie Holiday
Demon Music Group Ltd., 2002

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Tracklist:
01 - I'm a Fool to Want You
02 - A Foggy Day
03 - You Don't Know What Love Is
04 - Body and Soul
05 - P.S. I Love You
06 - I Didn't Know What Time It Was
07 - You've Changed
08 - Yesterdays
09 - Don't Explain
10 - The End of a Love Affair
11 - Sophisticated Lady
12 - The Man I Love
13 - Good Morning Heartache
14 - My man

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Billie Holiday
Gala Records, Welcome to Jazz Series, 1987
CDOR 8913

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Tracklist:
01 - East Of The Sun
02 - Blue Moon
03 - You Go To My Head
04 - These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)
05 - I Only Have Eyes For You
06 - Solitude
07 - Love For Sale
08 - Tenderly
09 - Autumn In New York
10 - Stormy Weather
11 - Yesterdays
12 - How Deep Is The Ocean

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Jazz Ballads 12 (2 CD)
Membran, 2004

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Tracklist:

CD1:
01. Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Bee)
02. No More
03. Don't Explain
04. You Better Go Now
05. What Is This Thing Called Love
06. Baby, I Don't Cry Over You
07. I'll Look Around
08. You're My Thrill
09. Crazy He Calls Me
10. Please Tell Me Now
11. Somebody's on My Mind
12. East of the Sun
13. Blue Moon
14. You Go to My Head
15. You Turned the Tables on Me
16. Easy to Love
17. These Foolish Things
18. Solitude
19. My Man
20. Stormy Weather
21. Yesterdays
22. He's Funny That Way

CD2:
23. That Old Devil Called Love
24. Body and Soul
25. Good Morning Heartache
26. No Good Man
27. Big Stuff
28. Man I Love
29. There Is No Greater Love
30. Easy Living
31. I Loves You Porgy
32. God Bless the Child
33. Blue Turning Grey Over Me
34. Detour Ahead
35. Everything I Have Is Yours
36. Love for Sale
37. Moonglow
38. Tenderly
39. If the Moon Turns Green
40. Autumn in New York
41. Love Me or Leave Me
42. P.S. I Love You
43. Softly
44. I Thought About It
45. Willow Weep for Me

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Lady Sings the Blues, 10 CD box-set
Membran, 2009

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Пожалуй, самое странное издание. Десятидисковый бокс, подготовленный Membran, растиражировани по всему интернету, и встретить его можно чаще, чем любой другой сборник Билли Холидей. Тем не менее, информации о боксе практически нет, и купить его можно только в немецком отделении Амазона. К тому же бокс отсутствует в Большой дискографии, и если б не Амазон и не объявление на Е-бэе, то бокс можно было бы считать бутлегом.
Есть подозрение, что это просто переоформленный десятидисковый сет 2005 года от Membran.

Tracklist

CD1 - I Cried for You

01. Saddest Tale (2:59)
02. I Cried for You (Live) (2:35)
03. They Can't Take That Away from Me (Live) (3:29)
04. Swing, Brother, Swing (1:56)
05. I Can't Get Started (2:52)
06. Jeepers Creepers (3:08)
07. Fine and Mellow (3:16)
08. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues (Alternative Version) (2:52)
09. Strange Fruit (Alternative Version) (3:19)
10. Yesterdays (3:25)
11. Strange Fruit (3:12)
12. Yesterdays (Alternative Version) (3:00)
13. I'll Get By (1:46)
14. Honeysuckle Rose (1:48)
15. Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me (3:38)
16. Billie's Blues (i.e. I Love My Man) (4:24)
17. I'll Be Seeing You (Alternative Version) (3:28)
18. Embraceable You (Alternative Version) (3:12)
19. I'm Yours (Alternative Version) (3:22)
20. As Time Goes By (Alternative Version) (3:07)

CD2 - Strange Fruit

01. Body and Soul (3:28)
02. Strange Fruit (3:12)
03. The Man I Love (3:11)
04. Billie's Blues (i.e. I Love My Man) (3:44)
05. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You? (2:27)
06. All of Me (2:11)
07. The Blues Are Brewin' (3:48)
08. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? (2:16)
09. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? (1:51)
10. He's Funny That Way (3:02)
11. Trav'lin' Light (3:32)
12. Solitude (3:18)
13. My Man (Mon Homme) (3:10)
14. My Man (2:38)
15. Miss Brown to You (2:08)
16. Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do (3:27)
17. Baby Get Lost (3:22)
18. Keeps on Rainin'? (2:53)
19. Them There Eyes (2:25)

CD3 - Do Your Duty

01. Keep on A-Rainin' (3:20)
02. Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer (2:49)
03. Do Your Duty (3:20)
04. (Interview) (1:52)
05. All of Me (1:55)
06. I Cover the Waterfront (3:51)
07. My Sweet Hunk of Trash (3:25)
08. You Can't Lose a Broken Heart (3:19)
09. Now or Never (3:21)
10. My Sweet Hunk o' Trash (3:24)
11. Somebody's on My Mind (3:00)
12. You're My Thrill (3:27)
13. Crazy He Calls Me (3:07)
14. Please Tell Me Now (3:19)
15. This Is Heaven to Me (2:57)
16. God Bless the Child (3:14)
17. You're My Thrill (3:28)

CD4 - Blue Turning Grey Over You

01. Detour Ahead (3:14)
02. Blue Turning Grey Over You (2:10)
03. Rocky Mountain Blues (3:16)
04. Be Fair to Me Baby (2:48)
05. Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do (2:29)
06. Lover Come Back to Me (2:26)
07. You're Driving Me Crazy (1:18)
08. He's Funny That Way (3:12)
09. Miss Brown to You (2:05)
10. Billie's Blues (i.e. I Love My Man) (3:34)
11. There Foolish Things (3:46)
12. Solitude (3:40)
13. I Only Have Eyes for You (3:02)
14. Blue Moon (3:37)
15. East of the Sun (West of the Moon) (3:04)
16. You Go to My Head (3:03)
17. Easy to Love (3:08)
18. You Turned the Tables On Me (3:29)

CD5 - If the Moon Turns Green

01. Autumn in New York (3:49)
02. Love for Sale (3:07)
03. Everything I Have Is Yours (3:56)
04. Remember (2:45)
05. Autumn in New York (3:47)
06. Tenderly (3:34)
07. If the Moon Turns Green (2:54)
08. He's Funny That Way (3:18)
09. My Man (2:47)
10. Stormy Weather (3:51)
11. Yesterdays (2:55)
12. I Can't Face the Music (3:25)
13. Lover Come Back to Me (3:41)
14. Fine and Mellow (3:49)
15. Lover Come Back to Me (1:57)
16. I Cover the Waterfront (3:45)

CD6 - God Bless the Child

01. My Man (2:59)
02. Tenderly (3:00)
03. God Bless the Child (2:36)
04. (Announcement) (0:27)
05. Blue Moon (2:10)
06. All of Me (1:45)
07. My Man (2:50)
08. Them There Eyes (1:40)
09. I Cried for You (3:22)
10. What a Little Moonlight Can Do (2:32)
11. I Cover the Waterfront (3:32)
12. Billie's Blues (i.e. I Love My Man) (11:43)
13. Lover Come Back to Me (6:44)
14. I Cried for You (2:36)
15. Stormy Blues (3:33)
16. How Deep Is the Ocean? (How High Is the Sky?) (3:04)
17. I Can't Face the Music (3:18)

CD7 - Willow Weep for Me

01. Too Marvelous for Words (2:20)
02. I Thought About You (2:56)
03. Willow Weep for Me (3:17)
04. Love Me or Leave Me (2:43)
05. Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) (2:37)
06. Them There Eyes (1:59)
07. Stormy Weather (3:48)
08. (I Don't Stand a) Ghost of a Chance (4:33)
09. Nice Work If You Can Get It (3:57)
10. It Had to Be You (4:08)
11. Gone With the Wind (3:30)
12. When Your Lover Has Gone (5:07)
13. I Don't Want to Cry Anymore (4:00)
14. Please, Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (4:29)
15. Prelude to a Kiss (5:37)

CD8 - I Get a Kick Out of You

01. What's New? (4:27)
02. Everything I Have Is Yours (4:43)
03. I Get a Kick Out of You (5:44)
04. Isn't This a Lovely Day (4:19)
05. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues (6:01)
06. I Hadn't Anyone Till You (4:14)
07. Come Rain or Come Shine (4:29)
08. A Fine Romance (3:39)
09. (I Don't Stand a) Ghost of a Chance (3:37)
10. Trav'lin' Light (3:19)
11. Lady Sings the Blues (3:56)
12. I Must Have That Man (3:14)
13. Some Other Spring (3:40)

CD9 - No Good Man

01. God Bless the Child (4:10)
02. Good Morning Heartache (3:35)
03. No Good Man (3:30)
04. Strange Fruit (3:13)
05. Willow Weep for Me (3:31)
06. I Only Have Eyes for You (1:54)
07. Please, Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (2:02)
08. God Bless the Child (2:59)
09. Please, Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (1:59)
10. (I Love You) Porgy (2:36)
11. Nice Work If You Can Get It (5:28)
12. My Man (8:54)
13. What a Little Moonlight Can Do (5:19)
14. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off (3:29)
15. Comes Love (4:03)
16. They Can't Take That Away from Me (4:06)

CD10 - A Foggy Day

01. Day In, Day Out (6:49)
02. A Foggy Day (4:44)
03. Stars Fell on Alabama (4:34)
04. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) (5:41)
05. Just One of Those Things (5:35)
06. I Didn't Know What Time It Was (6:05)
07. Embraceable You (6:49)
08. Fine and Mellow (6:22)


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All of Me
Marshall Cavendish, Digitally Remastered, 1995

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Как я уже говорил в моем обзоре двухдискового альбома Lady Day от Sony, этот распроданный сборник Билли Холидей, изначально выпускавшийся в серии от журнала Jazz Greats, самый лучший по звучанию (насколько это возможно) диск-знакомство с певицей в самом ее расцвете: если у вас нет альбомов Холидей, начните с него.
Как и в большинстве дисков в серии Jazz Greats, перенос (оцифровка с пластинки) был сделан Джоном Дэвисом, который действительно понимал, как сохранить оригинальный звук: слишком многие диски с записями старше 50 лет были лишены цвета и жизни в попытке изгладить царапины; это, тем не менее, значит, что вы уничтожаете то, что Дэвис называет "воздухом" ("прямым эфиром"?) в записях - и в любом случае, ухо слушателя в состоянии настроиться и отфильтровать большую часть шума.
Звук двухдискового сета Sony в порядке (лучше, чем их ранний сборник Quintessential Billie Holiday), но местами звуки слишком яркие, так что отдельные элементы, различные инструменты и голос, не звучат правильно по отношению друг к другу; Дэвис позволяет вам услышать все в правильной звуковой перспективе (или как еще это назвать), и легче слушать в течение долгого времени в результате и наслаждаться деталями аккомпанемента, также как и пения.
Я распространяюсь об этом всем потому, что есть много плохих переносов; качество самих представлений без вопросов - как сказал Бенни Грин, все, что Билли Холидей записала в молодые годы, стало искусством, независимо от попсовости происхождения песни.
Выбор представлений сам по себе почти безупречен. Billie's Blues, тем не менее, живая версия, не оригинал. Также на диске есть трэк Этель Уотрес и дуэт с Луи Армстронгом. Это не примечательные вещи для всей ее карьеры, тем не менее, так как журнал выходил в 1996, включить записи после второй половины сороковых было невозможно - но многие посчитают и это благословением: здесь Билли предстает перед нами в свои лучшие молодые годы.
~Pismotality, отзыв покупателя на Амазоне

As I said in my review of Sony's two CD set Lady Day, this out-of-print Billie Holiday compilation, originally sold with issue one of the Jazz Greats magazine series, is the best possible sounding single disc introduction to the singe in her prime: if you don't have a Holiday album, start here.
Like most CDs in the Jazz Greats series, transfers were made by the late John R.T. Davies, who really understood how to preserve the original sound: too many CDs of public domain (over fifty years old) recordings have the life drained out of them in an effort to obliterate the scratches; doing this, however, means that you destroy what Davies called the "air" in a recording - and in any case the listener's ear is able to tune out much of the noise anyway.
The sound of the Sony 2 disc set is okay (better than their earlier Quintessential Billie Holiday series) but in places sounds too bright, so that the individual elements, the various instruments and voice, don't sound quite right in relation to each other; Davies, a musician himself, allows you to hear everything in the appropriate sound perspective (or whatever the term is), and it's easier to listen for a sustained period as a result, and delight in details of the backing as well as the singing.
I'm going on about this because there are lots of bad transfers out there; the quality of the performances is not in question - as Benny Green said, almost everything Billie Holiday recorded in her early days became art, no matter the Tin Pan Alley-ish origins of the song.
The selection of performances itself is just about faultless, not that choosing classics can have been much of a task. Billie's Blues is a live version, however, not the studio original. You also get a track by Ethel Waters and a duet with Louis Armstrong. It's not representative of her entire career (see Lady Day review for a summary of three distinct stages in her recording life): as the magazine was issued in 1996 they wouldn't have been able to include recordings after the mid-forties - but many would consider that a blessing: here you have her at her springtime best.
~Pismotality, customer's review on Amazon

Tracklist:
01 - They Can't Take That Away From me
02 - These Foolish Things
03 - I Can't Give You Anything But Love
04 - Strange Fruit
05 - Pennies From Heaven
06 - I Cover The Waterfront
07 - All Of Me
08 - What A Little Moonlight Can Do
09 - Miss Brown To You
10 - Back In Your Own Backyard
11 - Easy Living
12 - Summertime
13 - Them There Eyes
14 - God Bless The Child
15 - One, Two, Button Your Shoe
16 - Swing, Brother, Swing
17 - Mean To Me 18. Foolin' Myself
19 - Me, Myself And I
20 - I Love My Man (Billie's Blues)
21 - Porgy - Ethel Waters
22 - Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? - with Louis Armstrong

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Обновлены ссылки на 10-ти дисковый бокс-сет The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve.
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Наконец-то перезалит альбом Billie's Love Songs (Remastered by Robert Parker).

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Lady In Autumn: The Best Of The Verve Years
Polygram, Verve, 1991

Recorded between 1946 and 1959. Includes liner notes by Joel E. Siegel.
Digitally remastered by Dennis Drake, Andrew Nicholas, Thomas Ruff and Mark Wilder (PolyGram Studios) and Gert Van Hoeyen (PolyGram, The Netherlands).

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covers, booklet


Мудрость, приобретенная с поздними работами исполнительницы трагических песен о любви - из этих 35 треков шесть были записаны в 1946 и 47, остальные в 50-х, - состоит в том, что ее талант интерпретации скомпенсировал ослабление ее голоса. На самом деле, серьезные изломы в ее диапазоне не появляются влоть до второго диска данного набора, и это не походит на лихорадочное карканье на протяжении всей песни "Lady in Satin". Но Билли полагается на несколько вокальных трюков и номеров, годами бывшие в ее репертуаре, чтобы приблизиться к тому великолепию, которым когде-то обладал ее голос. Временами, тем не менее, в результате получаются скорее милые и разбивающие сердце, нежели печальные композиции, особенно с таким приятным аккомпанементом на сессиях Verve.
~Douglas Wolk, Amazon.com

Этот двухдисковый сборник, с превосходными аннотациями Леонарда Малтина внутри, - это исторический релиз. Все материалы были отобраны очень тщательно и продуманно, не как в других изданиях, так что из всего, что было в распоряжении, эти диски сделаны идеально от начала и до конца. Сборник демонстрирует Билли в ее осеннем величии, начиная с живых записей, заканчивая не вошедшими на альбомы сессиями, которые лучше оригинальных. Если вы хотите сборник, который показывает, что значила Билли в ее поздние годы, возьмите этот. Он проведет вас по ее многим путям печального, отчаянного, счастливого и просто талантливого периода. Великолепный сборник для начинающих.
~Forrest W. Barton, отзыв покупателя на Amazon'е

Есть непрекращающийся спор между поклонниками Холидей: более интересна ли она в начале ее карьеры, когда голос был в расцвете сил, или в конце, когда наибольшего развития добился ее талант интерпретации? Я отдаю предпочтение позднему периоду, и альбом Lady in Autumn отличную выборку из поздних записей Билли Холидей.
Даже в лучшие молодые годы, харАктерный, очень необычный голос Билли Холидей никогда не был отмечен теми качествами, за которые мы обычно апплодируем великим певцам: ее диапазон, сила и дыхание всегда были более чем скромными. Но Холидей показала замечательную легкость в придании своему голосу формы, подобно скульптору, и она превратила дефекты в поразительную личную идиому, которая никогда не претерпевала неудачу, смешивая музыкальное наслаждение с мощью обнаженных эмоций. И эта способность была на высоте как раз в конце карьеры.
Тем не менее, поздние записи Холидей приобрели особый вкус, и слушателей, не знакомых с уникальным стилем певицы, может отталкивать резкость голоса в поздних работах. Но для тех, кто уже послушал ранние работы и насладился ими, альбом Lady in Autumn Билли Холидей будет откровением.
~Gary F. Taylor, отзыв покупателя на Amazon'е

The received wisdom on the tragic torch singer's later work--of these 35 tracks, six were recorded in 1946 and '47, and the rest in the '50s--is that her interpretive skill made up for the collapse of her voice. In fact, the serious cracks in her pitch don't appear until the second disc of this set, and it doesn't approach the febrile croak of Lady in Satin until the END. But she relies on a handful of vocal tricks, and some numbers that had been in her repertoire for ages, to approximate the glory that her voice once was. At times, though, the results are lovely and heartbroken rather than saddening, especially with the simpatico musical backing she got in these sessions.
~Douglas Wolk, Amazon.com

This two CD set, with incredible liner notes by Leonard Maltin, Yes, the Television guy, is a landmark release. The chosing of ALL the material here is very carefully thought out, not like others, with whatever they can get to fit, whatever condition, this one is constructed top to bottom with perfection. This set displays Billie in all her Autumn glory, from live recordings, to outtakes that are better than the originals. If you want a set that represents what Billie meant in her later years, get this one. It will take you down her many paths, of pathos, despair, happiness, and just great talent, period. An EXCELLENT starter set.
~Forrest W. Barton, customer's review at Amazon.com

There is an on-going dispute between Holiday fans: is Billie Holiday more interesting at the beginning of her career, when her voice was at its best, or at the end of her career, when her interpretive skills were at their finest? My preference is for the latter, and LADY IN AUTUMN offers a truly fine sampling of later Billie Holiday recordings.
Even at its youthful best, Billie Holiday's distinctive, very quirky voice was never noted for any of the qualities we usually applaud in great singers: Holiday's range, power, and breath support were always more than a little ify. But Holiday showed a remarkable facility for shaping her voice much as sculptor might, and she transformed her vocal defects into an astonishing personal idiom that has never failed to mix musical delight with raw emotional power. And this ability was at its height toward the end of her career.
It is true, however, that Holiday's later recordings are an acquired taste, and listeners who are new to her unique stylings may be put off by the vocal roughness of her later work. But for those who have already listened to an enjoyed her earlier work, Billie Holiday's LADY IN AUTUMN will be a revelation.
~Gary F. Taylor, customer's review at Amazon.com

Tracklist:

CD1
01 - Body And Sou
02 - Strange Fruit
03 - Trav'lin' Light
04 - All Of Me
05 - There Is No Greater Love
06 - I Cover The Waterfront
07 - These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)
08 - Tenderly
09 - Autumn In New York
10 - My Man
11 - Stormy Weather
12 - Yesterdays
13 - He's Funny That Way
14 - What A Little Moonlight Can Do
15 - I Cried For You (Now It's Your Turn To Cry Over Me)
16 - Too Marvelous For Words
17 - I Wished On The Moon
18 - I Don't Want To Cry Anymore
19 - Prelude To A Kiss

CD2
01 - Nice Work If You Can Get It (Damsel In Distress)
02 - Come Rain Or Come Shine
03 - What's New
04 - God Bless The Child
05 - Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
06 - April In Paris
07 - Lady Sings The Blues
08 - Don't Explain
09 - Fine And Mellow
10 - I Didn't Know What Time It Was
11 - Stars Fell On Alabama
12 - One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
13 - Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You
14 - Lover Man
15 - All The Way
16 - Don't Worry 'Bout Me

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