A Musical Romance

by Billie Holiday

Overview

A Musical Romance gathers some of the most romantic songs Billie Holiday recorded with Lester Young, including "The Man I Love," "Time on My Hands (You in My Arms)," "I Must Have That Man," and "Who Wants Love?" Essentially a collection of some of the love songs featured on the excellent Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia (1933 - 1944) box set, A Musical Romance offers a more focused -- and, arguably, easily digested -- way to explore the romantic side of her music. Though much of her work dealt with love won and lost, her collaborations with Young are especially lively and alluring, "He's Funny That Way," "A Sailboat in the Moonlight," and "Back in Your Own Backyard" chief among them. A charming and concise collection, A Fine Romance presents some of the very best moments from Holiday and Young's time together. ~ Heather Phares

Product Details

Release Date:	04/28/2009
Label:	Sbme Special Mkts.
UPC:	0886974848721
Rank:	31020

Tracks

1. The Man I Love
2. This Year's Kisses
3. Mean to Me
4. Back in Your Own Backyard
5. I'll Never Be the Same
6. Me, Myself and I
7. Time on My Hands (You in My Arms)
8. Who Wants Love?
9. I Must Have That Man
10. Foolin' Myself
11. When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)
12. A Sailboat in the Moonlight
13. He's Funny That Way
14. Laughing at Life
15. Without Your Love
16. Fine and Mellow

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Billie Holiday   Primary Artist,Vocals
Lester Young   Primary Artist,Sax (Tenor)
Teddy Wilson   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Piano
Mal Waldron   Primary Artist,Piano
Doc Cheatham   Guest Artist,Trumpet
Roy Eldridge   Guest Artist,Trumpet
Cozy Cole   Guest Artist,Drums
Benny Goodman   Guest Artist,Clarinet
Harry "Sweets" Edison   Guest Artist,Trumpet
Buck Clayton   Guest Artist,Trumpet
Artie Bernstein   String Bass
Kermit Scott   Sax (Tenor)
Jim Atlas   Bass
Bill Bowen   Sax (Alto)
Joe Eldridge   Sax (Alto)
Allan Reuss   Guitar
Jimmy Sherman   Piano
Jo Jones   Drums
Claude Thornhill   Piano
Freddie Green   Guitar
Edmond Hall   Clarinet
Earle Warren   Sax (Alto)
Vic Dickenson   Trombone
Joe Sullivan   Piano
Walter Page   String Bass
Johnny Hodges   Sax (Alto)
Buster Bailey   Clarinet
Danny Barker   Guitar
Benny Morton   Trombone
Coleman Hawkins   Sax (Tenor)
J.C. Heard   Drums
Jack Washington   Sax (Alto)
Ben Webster   Sax (Tenor)

Technical Credits

Fred E. Ahlert   Composer
Carmen Lombardo   Composer
Dorothy Fields   Composer
Mack Gordon   Composer
Matty Malneck   Composer
Seth Rothstein   Project Director
John Lange   Composer
Howard Fritzson   Art Direction
Charles Peterson   Photography
Randall Martin   Design
Tom Piazza   Liner Notes
Fred Stryker   Composer
Mark Unterberger   Packaging Manager
Allan Roberts   Composer
Seth Foster   Mastering
Steven Berkowitz   A&R
Bernie Hanighen   Original Recording Producer
Bob Todd   Composer
Billie Holiday   Composer
Billy Rose   Composer
Jack Lawrence   Composer
Irving Townsend   Original Recording Producer
Cornell Todd   Composer
Irving Berlin   Composer
Irving Gordon   Composer
Joe Goodwin   Composer
Frank Driggs   Cover Photo
Larry Shay   Composer
Frank Signorelli   Composer
Charles F. Kenny   Composer
Franz Waxman   Composer
John Jacob Loeb   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
Mark Fisher   Composer
Jeff Rosen   Compilation Producer
Lester Young   Performer
Peter Tinturin   Composer
Neil Moret   Composer
Mark Wilder   Mastering
Richard A. Whiting   Composer
Roy Turk   Composer
Nick A. Kenny   Composer
Alvin Kaufman   Composer
Al Jolson   Composer
Gus Kahn   Composer
Harold Adamson   Composer
Vincent Youmans   Composer
Dave Dreyer   Composer
Darren Salmieri   A&R,Artist Coordination
Jimmy McHugh   Composer