[Dixielandjazz] Billie Holiday reviewed

[Robert Ringwald]

Billie Holiday reviewed

Billie Holiday: Four Classic Albums Plus (Avid)
by Phil Johnson
London Independent, April 24, 2011
Pure gold: nearly three hours of classic 1950s Holiday (mostly recorded for Norman
Granz on Clef), for about a fiver. She's been anthologised so comprehensively that
it's quite a shock to hear familiar performances in their original sequence. Almost
everything here is beyond praise: whatever the setting, the vocal genius is so inescapable
that it's hard to focus on anything else. A Latin version of "I Get a Kick Out of
You" is worth more than a fiver on its own.


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