Blue Note Plays Billie Holiday

• Artist: Various Artists
• Release Date: June 27, 2006
• Type: Collection (various artists)
• Genre: Jazz

Review

Blue Note Plays Billie Holiday is a solid single-disc collection of standards associated with legendary vocalist Billie Holiday that were culled from various Blue Note releases. Included are such cuts as trumpeter Clifford Brown's 1953 version of "Easy Living" off New Star on the Horizon and tenor saxophonist Ike Quebec's take on "Lover Man" from his 1961 album It Might as Well Be Spring. While hardcore collectors will most likely own the complete albums these recordings are taken from, this is nonetheless a very enjoyable collection. As an introduction to the classic Blue Note catalog, the Blue Note Plays... collections are a nice place to start. ~ Matt Collar, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
You've Changed		Dexter Gordon	(7:26)
Yesterdays		Miles Davis	(3:45)
Lady Sings the Blues	Herbie Nichols	Herbie Nichols	(4:24)
Easy Living		Clifford Brown	(3:43)
Lover Man		Ike Quebec	(5:57)
I Cover the Waterfront		Sonny Clark	(4:40)
Body and Soul		Freddie Hubbard	(6:30)
God Bless the Child		Lee Morgan	(7:18)

Credits

Pepper Adams (Sax (Baritone)), Philly Joe Jones (Drums), Mickey Roker (Drums), Donald Elfman (Liner Notes), Richard Seidel (Compilation Producer), Miles Davis (Trumpet), Gil Coggins (Piano), Herbie Nichols (Piano), Charlie Rouse (Sax (Tenor)), Gordon Jee (Design), James Spaulding (Flute), Kenny Clarke (Drums), John Richard Lewis (Piano), Ike Quebec (Sax (Tenor)), Gordon Jee (Creative Director), Max Roach (Drums), Art Blakey (Drums), Cedar Walton (Piano), Herbie Hancock (Piano), Oscar Pettiford (Bass), Freddie Roach (Organ), Horace Parlan (Piano), James Spaulding (Sax (Alto)), Dexter Gordon (Sax (Tenor)), Milt Hinton (Bass), Gigi Gryce (Sax (Alto)), Gigi Gryce (Flute), Sonny Clark (Piano), Kurt Lundvall (Mastering), Alfred Lion (Producer), Freddie Hubbard (Trumpet), Wesley Landers (Drums), Wayne Shorter (Sax (Tenor)), Reggie Workman (Bass), Duke Pearson (Arranger), Percy Heath (Bass), Al McKibbon (Bass), Al Harewood (Drums)