Billie, Ella, Lena, Sarah

Performer: Various Artists/Billie Holiday
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Personnel includes: Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Sarah Vaughn (vocals), Earl Warren, Jack Washington, Lester Young (saxophone), Jerry Blake (alto saxophone, clarinet), Teddy McRae (tenor saxophone), Buck Clayton, Harry Edison, Frankie Newtown (trumpet), Bennie Morton, Benny Green (trombone), Tony Scott (clarinet), Joe Sullivan, Teddy Wilson (piano), Freddie Green, John Trueheart (guitar), Walter Page, Lee Stanfield (bass), Jo Jones, Cozy Cole (drums). Reissue producer: John Snyder. Includes liner notes by Morte Goode and Chris Albertson. All tracks have been digitally remastered. This is part of the Columbia Jazz Masterpieces series. This album contains four recordings apiece from Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan and two from Lena Horne and Ella Fitzgerald. All of the performances are available elsewhere, and this CD is rather brief in playing time (just 36 minutes, less than half of its capacity). The music is generally excellent with Lady Day heard during 1935-1939, Fitzgerald's two songs being from a 1936 session with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra, and Lena Horne also being backed by Wilson in 1941. However, Sarah Vaughan takes honors, for she is heard in prime form in 1950 on "Nice Work If You Can Get It," "East of the Sun," "Goodnight My Love," and a classic version of "Ain't Misbehavin'"; her all-star backup group includes Miles Davis. ~ Scott Yanow

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