[Fine And Mellow] 1944 Billie Holiday

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Fine And Mellow -1957, Billie Holiday With Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Ben Webster, Gerry Mulligan, Vic Dickenson, Roy Eldridge.Luxury cast.thanks:bluerob.

Channel: Music
Uploaded: November 10, 2006 at 3:07 pm
Author: jane8948

Length: 00:08:27
Rating: 4.97
Views: 153431

Tags: fineandmellow Billie Holiday Jazz Coleman Hawkins Lester Young Ben Webster Gerry Mulligan Vic Dickenson Roy Eldridge

Video Comments:
todokios (November 18, 2008 at 5:43 pm)
real blues. fantastiko.
MyohoSound (November 18, 2008 at 3:58 am)
Next to Strange Fruit this has to be my favourite Billie video and recording too. How I wish that I still had the beautiful colour poster of her with an orchid in her hair that I had back in the 70's. It'd take prime place nowadays, and framed to whit.
jased30 (November 18, 2008 at 3:50 am)
its music, not philosophy..shush and listen ;O
tiranchula (November 16, 2008 at 7:09 pm)
I can listen to her music all day long!
BigWinehousefan (November 13, 2008 at 10:05 pm)
I (L) her voice xD
bvscfanatic (November 2, 2008 at 4:00 am)
Thank you for that input, cornelius. Indeed, she truly is one of the greatest artists of the 20th or any century, and she was surrounded by the great artists. I have only seen limited video footage of her, and I cherish every opportunity to see that rare and beautiful smile that comes not only from her lips, but also from her eyes!!!
corneliuswashington (November 2, 2008 at 4:45 am)
no problem..people need to know the TRUTH in the 21st century...instead of all the LIES that people perpetuate on artists who have accomplished IMMORTALITY..through sharing their lives..and passions...instead of sitting on the sidelines ENVIOUS..trying to play it off by being insulting...BRAVO..TO THE LADY...
yimheretoday (November 1, 2008 at 2:35 am)
yes, britney spears, madonna, jessica simpson, all of them are better than this heifer. she was hot enough to get a old white dude, she should have it would have helped her flailing career.
bvscfanatic (November 3, 2008 at 10:22 pm)
Billie Holiday's record speaks for itself; nobody needs to defend it. And I'm not merely referring to her popularity among those who enjoy music, but the adoration she enjoyed from fellow artists who were as mesmerized as I am by the genius she had for getting inside of a song and delivering it with an interpretation, with a timing and tonality and feeling that is unparalleled in jazz singing.

What puzzles me, yimhertoday, is what you or anybody could possibly gain from putting her down.
yimheretoday (November 3, 2008 at 10:55 pm)
oh everyone idolizes the dead, she was ok, mostly she had good material to work with and great musicians.