Holiday, Billie
Lady Love
Though she had been performing professionally since the late 1920s, as a teenager in Harlem, during its Renaissance, the immortal Billie Holiday didn't play a single night on the European continent until 1954. It was in that year that the great journalist and musician Leonard Feather, and a Swedish promoter organized the Jazz Club U.S.A. tour, named after Feather's wildly popular radio program. Featuring Red Norvo, Sonny Clark, and more, the centerpiece of Jazz Club U.S.A. was, undoubtedly, Lady Day. Recorded at various dates across the tour, 'Lady Love' shows Holiday still had it, despite the turmoil, and drug and alcohol abuse, her voice remained strong, a stunning document of one of America's greatest treasures on her first ever tour of Europe. Comes on clear vinyl. SIDE 1: 1. Announcement 2. Blue Moon 3. All Of Me 4. My Man 5. Them Their Eyes 6. I Cried For You 7. What A Little Moonlight Can Do 8. I Cover The Waterfront 9. Detour Ahead 10. Trav'lin' Light SIDE 2: 1. Billie's Blues 2. Lover Come Back To Me 3. Blue Turning Grey Over You 4. Be Fair With Me Baby 5. Rocky Mountain Blues