Billie Holiday - Fine and Mellow (1957)

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Reunited after many years with tenor saxophonist Lester Young, Billie's visual reaction to his moving solo remains as eloquent as anything she ever sang; a touching finale to their historic musical partnership. Introduced by Robert Herridge (producer/host of CBS' "The Sound of Jazz"), this is perhaps the single most famous "live jazz" performance in TV history. Other members of the all-star band seen here: Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Gerry Mulligan, Roy Eldridge, Doc Cheatham, Vic Dickenson, Danny Barker, Milt Hinton, Mal Waldron..."We shall not see their likes again."

Channel: Music
Uploaded: May 5, 2006 at 3:40 pm
Author: WhenSwingWasKing

Length: 00:09:04
Rating: 4.94
Views: 406808

Tags: Billie Holiday swing jazz blues TV Hawkins Webster Mulligan Eldridge Cheatham Dickenson

Video Comments:
kenjames64 (November 18, 2008 at 8:02 am)
to answer your question, yimheretoday. Yes, she was a junkie. She was for most of her adult life. It's your assertion that she was nothing more and nothing less. She was so much more. And, sir or ma'am, if you cannot hear that, then why make a comment about her at all?
aenglish88 (November 18, 2008 at 7:55 am)
so what if she did heroin? leave it and enjoy the music you uptight ass
yimheretoday (November 18, 2008 at 7:34 am)
Diana Ross works this song, she owns it now, as well as nearly every holiday song she sings. sorry holiday fans.
yimheretoday (November 18, 2008 at 7:31 am)
?? why should i be ashamed for stating the obvious: she was a heroine addict. do you dispute that?
kenjames64 (November 18, 2008 at 6:33 am)
Why feed the troll?
kenjames64 (November 18, 2008 at 6:26 am)
to yimheretoday: You should be ashamed of yourself. I sincerely hope you are.
kenjames64 (November 18, 2008 at 6:26 am)
And you're a horse's ass, nothing more nor less.
arocenajk (November 18, 2008 at 1:55 am)
No habrá nunca una mujer que cante como ella. Unica.
Escucharla es como entrar por la puerta de la ciudad doliente.
yimheretoday (November 16, 2008 at 8:11 pm)
she was a heroin junkie nothing more nothing less.
rudegirl992003 (November 14, 2008 at 1:26 am)
oh please... what do you know about music?? here let me answer that for you...NOTHING!!