Eleanora Fejgen (engl. Eleanora Fagan; 7. april 1915 — 17. jul 1959), poznatija pod svojim umetničkim imenom Bili Holidej (engl. Billie Holiday), bila je američka džez pevačica i tekstopisac, poznata i pod nadimkom „Lejdi Dej”.
Smatra se jednom od najuticajnijih pevačica ne samo na džez već i na pop muziku. Posebno je prepoznatljiva po ličnom i intimnom načinu interpretiranja pesama. Iako je napisala nevelik broj pesama, nekoliko je upravo podiglo džez standard na viši nivo kao što su "God Bless the Child", "Don’t Explain", "Fine and Mellow," i "Lady Sings the Blues". Danas ove pesme predstavljaju istinske džez klasike.
Uz ove, Bili je snimala i obrade poznatih džez pesama, a neretko je i u takvim pesmama uspevala da da lični pečat koji ih je danas učinio najprepoznatljivijim upravo u njenom izvođenju. U takve pesme se ubrajaju "Easy Living" i "Strange Fruit".
Njen težak život, obeležen diskriminacijom, zavisnošću od droga i alkohola i burne ljubavne afere smatraju se nekom vrstom preteče rokenrol načina života. Snimila je film "New Orleans" i napisala autobiografiju „Ledi peva bluz“...
BILLIE HOLIDAY, vocal, and LESTER YOUNG, tenor sax, on all tracks
Part I
With:
TEDDY WILSON Orchestra: Wilson (p), Buck Clayton (tp), Benny Goodman (cl), Freddie Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (dm) - jan. 25, 1937 00:00 He Ain’t Got Rhythm (Berlin) 02:49 This Year’s Kisses (Berlin) 05:56 Why Was I Born (Hammerstein - Kern) 08:47 I Must Have That Man (Fields - McHugh)
TEDDY WILSON Orchestra: Wilson (p), Buck Clayton (tp), Buster Bailey (cl), Johnny Hodges (as), Allen Reuss (g), Artie Bernstein (b), Cozy Cole (dm) - may 11, 1937 11:41 Sun Sowers (Brown - Freed) 14:48 Yours and Mine (Brown - Freed) 18:03 I’ll Get By (Turk - Ahlert) 21:09 Mean To Me (Turk - Ahlert)
TEDDY WILSON Orchestra: Wilson (p), Buck Clayton (tp), Buster Bailey (cl), Freddie Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (dm) - june 1, 1937 24:15 Foolin’ Myself (Tinturin - Lawrence) 27:15 Easy Living (Robin - Rainger) 30:18 I’ll Never Be the Same (Kahn -Signorelli - Malneck)
Her Orchestra: Buck Clayton (tp), Edmond Hall (cl), James Sherman (p), Freddie Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (dm) - june 15, 1937 33:19 Me, Myself and I (Gordon - Roberts - Kaufman) 35:54 A Sailboat in the Moonlight (Lombardo - Loeb) 38:43 Born To Love (Scholl - Jerome) 41:22 Without Your Love (Lange - Stryker)
Her Orchestra: Buck Clayton (tp), Buster Bailey (cl), Claude Thornhill (p), Freddie Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (dm) - sept. 13, 1937 44:13 Getting Some Fun Out of Life (Leslie - Burke) 47:13 Who Wants Love? (Kahn - Waxman) 49:45 Travelin’ All Alone (Johnson) 51:58 He’s Funny That Way (Moret - Whiting)
TEDDY WILSON Orchestra: Wilson (p), Buck Clayton (tp), Benny Morton (tb), Freddie Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (dm) - jan. 6, 1938 54:36 My First Impression of You (Tobias - Stept) 57:24 When You’re Smiling (Fisher - Goodwin - Shay) 1:00:14 I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love with Me (Gaskill - McHugh) 1:03:03 If Dreams Come True (Sampson - Goodman - Mills)
same. - jan. 12, 1938 1:06:06 On the Sentimental Side (Burke - Monaco) 1:09:09 Now They Call It Swing (Hirsch - De Leath - Clouther - Handman)
Part II
With:
TEDDY WILSON Orchestra: Wilson (p), Buck Clayton (tp), Benny Morton (tb), Freddie Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (dm) - jan. 12, 1938 (00:00) 01. Back in Your Own Backyard (Jolson - Rose - Dryer) (02:40) 02. When A Woman Loves a Man (Mercer - Hanighen - Jenkins)
Her Orchestra: Buck Clayton (tp), Dicky Wells (tb), Margaret Johnson (p), Freddie Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (dm), Young also (cl) - sept. 15, 1938 (05:04) 03. The Very Thought of You (Noble) (07:50) 04 I Can’t Get Started (Gershwin - Duke) (10:36) 05 I’ve Got a Date with a Dream (Gordon - Revel) (13:17) 06. You Can’t Be Mine (Johnson - Webb)
TEDDY WILSON Orchestra: Wilson (p), Harry James (tp), Benny Carter, Edgar Sampson (as), Herschel Evans (ts), Al Casey (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (dm) - oct. 31, 1938 (15:38) 07. Everybody’s Laughin’ (Lerner - Oakland) (18:39) 08. Here It Is Tomorrow Again (Gibbons - Ringwald)
TEDDY WISON Orchestra: same - nov. 9, 1938 (21:23) 09. Say It with a Kiss (Warren - Mercer) (23:57) 10. April in My Heart (Meinardi - Carmichael) (27:04) 11. I’ll Never Fail You (Taylor - Mizzy) (30:01) 12. They Say (Mann - Weiss - Heyman)
Her Orchestra: Buck Clayton, Harry Edison (tp), Earle Warren (as), Jack Washington (as, bar), Joe Sullivan (p), Freddie Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (dm) - dec. 13, 1939 (33:12) 13. Night and Day (Porter) (36:11) 14. The Man I Love (Gershwin) (39:15) 15. You’re Just a No account (Cahn - Chaplin) (42:13) 16. You’re a Lucky Guy (Cahn - Chaplin)
Her Orchestra: Roy Eldridge (tp), Bill Bowen, Joe Eldridge (as), Kermit Scott (ts), Teddy Wilson (p), Freddie Green (g), Walter Page (b), J. C. Heard (dm) - june 7, 1940 (44:57) 17. I’m Pulling Through (Kitchings - Herzog) (48:06) 18. Tell Me More (Holiday) (51:13) 19. Laughing at Life (Kenny - Todd) (54:07) 20. Time on My Hands (Youmans - Adamson - Gordon)
Her Orchestra: Shad Collins (tp), Eddie Barefield, Leslie Johnakins (cl, as), Eddie Heywood (p), John Collins (g), Ted Sturgis (b), Kenny Clarke (dm) - march 21, 1940 (57:12) 21. Let’s Do It (Porter) (1:00:07) 22. Georgia on My Mind (Gorrell - Carmichael) (1:03:25) 23. Romance in the Dark (Coslow - Niesen) (1:05:40) 24. All of Me (Simons - Marks) 1:08:42) 25. All of Me (longer, alternative take)
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