Billie Holiday - The Ultimate DVD Collection CD
Billie Holiday - Billie Holiday - The Ultimate DVD Collection
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Release Date: 24 October 2005
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Description
This remarkable DVD includes rare TV and film performances, an especially rare radio interview with Mike Wallace, an audio-only rehearsal session with pianist Jimmy Rowles, audio interviews with friends and fellow musicians, an interactive timeline and an evocative photo-document gallery featuring hundreds of dates and images, from rare photos to personal letters, plus Lady Day's complete recording history for major record companies. Performance highlights include three from 1956's Stars Of Jazz TV that are seen here for the first time since their original broadcast, Holiday's first appearance on film, Duke Ellington's "Saddest Tale", and the classic "Fine And Mellow" with Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, and other jazz greats.
Film And TV Performances;
01. Saddest Tale
02. The Blues Are Brewin'
03. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
04. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
05. Billie's Blues
06. My Man (Mon Homme)
07. Fine And Mellow
08. What A Little Moonlight Can Do
09. St. Louis Blues - Bessie Smith
10. I Cover The Waterfront - Louis Armstrong
Audio Performances;
01. Swing! Brother, Swing!
02. They Can't Take That Away From Me
03. Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
04. I'll Get By
05. I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone.
Audio Interviews;
John Hammond, Jo Jones, Roy Eldridge, Barney Josephson, Tiny Grimes, Billy Eckstine, Jimmy Rowles, Sylvia Syms, Corky Hale.
