BILLIE HOLIDAY - Solitude Vinyl

After an impasse in which she mostly recorded with tightly arranged groups (for Commodore) and big bands with strings (for Decca), Billie Holiday signed her last long-term contract with Norman Granz. He had showcased her as a star with his Jazz at the Philharmonic tours in the mid- and late forties, and when he signed her as a recording artist in 1952, he tried to repeat the small group magic of her early days. She participated on various sessions surrounded by old friends like Benny Carter, Ben Webster, Harry Sweets Edison, Charlie Shavers and Cozy Cole, all of whom had participated on dates with her in the 1930s, plus other big names from Granz's payroll at the time, such as Paul Quinichette, Flip Phillips, Oscar Peterson, Alvin Stoller, and Tony Scott.

Tracklist:

East of the Sun
Blue Moon
You Go to My Head
You Turned the Tables on Me
Easy to Love
These Foolish Things
If the Moon Turns Green
April in Paris
I Only Have Eyes for You
Solitude
Everything I Have is Yours
Love for Sale
Moonglow
Tenderly
I Ll Be Seeing You