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Release Date: 10 May 2024
Label: Poll Winner Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 8436559460644
Description
The Poll Winners label is devoted to the reissue of albums that received the maximum 5-Star review ratings in the iconic jazz magazine DownBeat, this release presents, for the first time ever on a single set, all surviving performances by the great Billie Holiday at Carnegie Hall, covering the years 1946 to 1956. The first CD begins with her most celebrated Carnegie Hall set, taped on November 10, 1956 and released on the album The Essential Billie Holiday -Carnegie Hall Concert (Verve V-8410), followed by all of her other preserved recordings at that venue, some of them only rarely heard. As a bonus, they have added a rare radio show (November 8, 1956) on which Billie sings the lyrics to three of her songs without accompaniment and interviewed about her upcoming Carnegie Hall concert. The closing bonus, also previously unissued, features Billie a few days after the concert relaxing during a party at Leonard Feather's home and singing a unique vocal duet with Helen Merrill with piano accompaniment by their host.
2CD Set + 6 bonus tracks and a 20-page comprehensive booklet.
Tracklisting
Dinah Washington
Art Pepper
Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus & Max Roach
Sonny Stitt Quartet
Sonny Rollins
Eric Dolphy Quintet
Wes Montgomery
Mary Lou Williams
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday
Various Artists
