Forget for a moment that The Best of Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday was tied into the release of the superb box set, Lady Day: The Complete Billie [more]
...This is the best one-volume release of the Holiday Colombias since the 1950s. (The sound) it's great, at times startling. -Gary Giddins, The Village Voice
Jazz is such a vast world of music that it can express any emotion. From intense explorations to dance music, from witty satires to soulful excursions, jazz is about [more]
One of the most famous jazz singers of all time, Billie Holiday was also unique. Unlike Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, her range was small, she had a [more]
A Musical Romance gathers some of the most romantic songs Billie Holiday recorded with Lester Young, including "The Man I Love," {"Time on My Hands (You in My Arms),"} [more]
Imported from Europe!
Remastered!
Teddy Wilson & His Orch.: These Foolish Things; It's Like Reaching for the Moon; My Melancholy [more]
Imported from Europe!
Remastered!
Benny Goodman & His Orch.: You Turned the Tables on Me; Love Me or Leave Me; St. Louis [more]
Imported from Europe!
Remastered!
Henry Red Allen & His Orch.: Meet Me in the Moonlight; Duke Ellington [more]
One of the greatest legends in jazz history, Billie Holiday had an unlikely career. After surviving a childhood full of turmoil, she [more]
The critics rave!
To commemorate the end of the century, Sony Music assembled the gargantuan 26-disc box set Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century. The title [more]
Shortly after her memoir Lady Sings the Blues was published in 1956, Billie Holiday performed a triumphant concert at [more]
Taken from a couple of sessions taped during 1955-1956, Lady Sings the Blues, Vol. 4 finds Holiday in top form and backed by the sympathetic [more]
48 years after her passing, Billie Holiday was honored with a five-CD set of Rare Live Recordings that includes film soundtracks, concert and club performances, [more]
In conjunction with the release of Ken Burns' ten-part, 19-hour epic PBS documentary {#Jazz}, Columbia issued 22 single-disc compilations devoted to jazz's most significant [more]
During the six days and four sessions covered by this 1997 CD (which in its original form consisted of six songs), Billie Holiday recorded 18 titles; a dozen [more]