专辑名称：The Complete Billie Holiday On Verve 1945-1959

演唱歌手：Billie Holiday

专辑风格：爵士乐

录音时间：1945-1959

发行公司：Verve

唱片版本：美国版

唱片编号：517 658-2

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专辑介绍：

这套10CD合辑收录了比莉·荷莉黛1945-1959年在Verve唱片公司录制的全部歌曲，由Wynton Kelly、Tony Scott、Jo Jones、Billie Holiday、Lester Young共同完成。

比莉·荷莉黛（Billie Holiday，1915-1959）一直都是最有名的爵士乐女歌手，甚至在她逝世40年后，还是如此。“Lady Day”（Lester Young这样称呼她）有一副音量不高而且也不吵杂的嗓音，但她的创新意识却使她在音乐界具有很大的影响力。她将自己的感情融入她所演唱的歌曲中（尤其是在她演唱生涯的后半期），这给人留下了深刻的印象，有些时候她的全身心投入甚至会让人感到震惊。她有时的确生活在她所演唱歌曲的世界里。她的原名和出生地很长一段时间里都被搞错了，但感谢Donald ClarkMoon上找到了Billie Holiday的权威性的生平介绍，我们才能准确写下她的名字。

 

比莉·荷莉黛的早年生活充满了传奇色彩，这要归咎与她离奇的自传《Lady Sings the Blues》，但说她的生活不稳定却并不过分。她的父亲Clarence Holiday (他从未娶过Billie的母亲)曾和Fletcher Henderson一起演奏吉他。他很早就抛弃了他的家庭，而她母亲也不是一个好的典范。Billie在很大程度上说是独自一人长大的，没人爱和终身自卑的感觉一直缠绕着她，这也导致她一生中都勇于冒险以及渐渐变得有些自我破坏欲。 

比莉·荷莉黛因在Harlem club演唱而被John Hammod发现后，生活有了改善。他安排Holiday在1993年与Benny Goodman合作录制了几首歌，虽然并未获得怎样的成功但却标志着Holiday已经开始了自己的事业。两年以后Holiday与Teddy Wilson领导的乐队走到了一起。在1935年~1942年期间，她推出了她演唱生涯最好的几张唱片。此时她的表演带有很大的爵士乐风格，她融合了Louis Armstrong的旋转和Bessie Smith的声音，结果便形成了她全新的风格。在1937年，Lester Young和Buck Clayton都开始邀请Holiday与他们合作录制唱片，此后在这三人之间产生了无休无尽的相互影响。 

Lady Day在1937年曾与Count Basies的乐队合作，但因为双方属于不同的唱片公司，他们的合作成果仅包括三首在电台播放的歌曲。在1938年Holiday又与Artie Shaw Orchestra合作了一段时间，但存在同样的问题（他们仅合作录制了一首歌），而且她还不得不处理面临的种族问题，不仅在她的Southern旅行演出中，在New York她也遇到了同样的问题。1939年在Café Society的一段时间里，Holiday的星路有所升温。在那一年Holiday以一曲恐怖独特Strange Fruit（也被认为是反种族问题的宣言）给世人留下了深刻的印象。这一歌曲也成了她表演的保留节目。她1940-1942年的唱片让人们更多体会到的是，与以前相比，她“扮演”了举足轻重的配唱角色。 

虽然比莉·荷莉黛的演唱不如以前那样充满爵士乐风格，但在1944-1949年期间，她的声音却是最强有力的。她已经推出了《Fine and Mellow》(1939)和《God Bless the Child》(1941)，但却是在Decca中才产生了她最有影响力的歌曲《Lover Man》，以及《Don't Explain》、《Good Morning》和她翻唱的歌曲《Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do》、《Them There Eyes, Crazy He Calls Me》。然而不幸的是，在专集发行之前她就已经染上了海洛因，1947年的大部分时间里她是在监狱里度过的。但由于她的知名程度，她成了一个反面的“杰出人物”，听众的数量反而激增。在1946年Lady Day有机会在Hollywood的电影New Orleans中演出，虽然对自己仅在剧中表演一个女仆而感到沮丧，但Holiday还是与她以前的偶像Louis Armstrong在剧中进行了合作。

 

1950年以后比莉·荷莉黛开始走下坡路，虽然她在Norman Granz公司（成立于1952年）的唱片使她重新成为爵士乐全明星组合中的一员（其他人包括Charlie Shavers、Buddy DeFranco、Harry “Sweets”Edison和Ben Webster），但是她的音质下滑很快。她的不愉快的个人生活使她感到沮丧，而且她继续吸食海洛因和酗酒，到1956年她已经失去了一流音乐人的位置。在1957年比莉·荷莉黛释放了她的最后一颗卫星——在The Sound of Jazz电视广播中演唱了单曲《Fine and Mellow》（参加者还包括Lester Young、Ben Webster、Coleman Hawkins、Gerry Mulligan和Roy Eldridge），但结束的日子似乎已经近了。在1958年比莉·荷莉黛推出了专集《Lady in Saint》。然而在接下来的一年中这位歌手终于倒下了，在她生命最后的“篇章”里，她在病床上因被发现私自窝藏海洛而被捕。值得庆幸的是，比莉·荷莉黛的唱片在她去世后又受到了人们比她在世时更狂热的喜好，几乎她所有的歌曲都制成了CD。

专辑曲目：

cd01

01. Body And Soul 

02. Strange Fruit 

03. I Cried For You 

04. Fine And Mellow 

05. He's Funny That Way 

06. The Man I Love 

07. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You? 

08. All Of Me 

09. Billie's Blues (Aka I Love My Man) 

10. Travelin' Light 

11. He's Funny That Way 

12. Norman Granz 'Announcement' 

13. You Better Go Now 

14. You're Driving Me Crazy 

15. There Is No Greater Love 

16. I Cover The Waterfront 

17. Norman Granz 'Announcement' 

18. East Of The Sun 

19. Blue Moon 

20. You Go To My Head 

21. You Turned The Tables On Me 

22. Easy To Love 

23. These Foolish Things 

24. I Only Have Eyes For You 

25. Solitude

cd02

01. Everything I Have Is Yours 

02. Love For Sale 

03. Moonglow 

04. Tenderly 

05. If The Moon Turns Green 

06. Remember 

07. Autumn In New York (Common Take - LP) 

08. Autumn In New York (Rare Take - 78 RPM) 

09. My Man 

10. Lover, Come Back To Me 

11. Stormy Weather 

12. Yesterdays 

13. He's Funny That Way 

14. I Can't Face The Music 

15. MC and Leonard Feather 'Announcements' 

16. Blue Moon 

17. All Of Me 

18. My Man 

19. Them There Eyes 

20. I Cried For You 

21. What A Little Moonlight Can Do 

22. I Cover The Waterfront 

23. Leonard Feather 'Announcement' 

24. Billie's Blues (I Love My Man)

cd03

01. Lover, Come Back To Me 

02. How Deep Is The Ocean? 

03. What A Little Moonlight Can Do 

04. I Cried For You 

05. Love Me Or Leave Me 

06. P.S. I Love You 

07. Too Marvelous For Words 

08. Softly 

09. I Thought About You 

10. Willow Weep For Me 

11. Stormy Blues 

12. Say It Isn't So 

13. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm 

14. I Wished On The Moon 

15. Always 

16. Everything Happens To Me 

17. Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me 

18. Ain't Misbehavin'

cd04

01. Nice Work If You Can Get It - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

02. Discussion; Nice Work If You Can Get It - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

03. Mandy Is Two - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

04. Prelude To A Kiss - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

05. I Must Have That Man! - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

06. Jeepers Creepers - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

07. Jeepers Creepers - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

08. Discussion/Jeepers Creepers - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

09. Discussion/Jeepers Creepers - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

10. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

11. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

12. Discussion/Moonlight In Vermont - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

13. Misery - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

14. Restless - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

15. Moonlight In Vermont - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

16. Everything Happens To Me - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

17. Discussion - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

18. I Don't Want To Cry Any More - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

19. I Don't Want To Cry Any More - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

20. Discussion/I Don't Want To Cry Any More - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

21. Everything Happens To Me - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

22. Discussion - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

23. When You Are Away, Dear - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

24. Discussion - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

25. It Had To Be You - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

26. The Mood That I'm In - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

27. Gone With The Wind - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

28. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

29. Discussion - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

30. A Sunbonnet Blue - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

31. (I Dont' Stand A) Ghost Of A Chance - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

32. Discussion - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

33. I'm Walkin' Though Heaven With You - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

34. Discussion - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

35. Just Friends - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

36. The Nearness Of You - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

37. Discussion - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

38. It's Too Hot For Words - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

39. They Say - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro 

40. I Won't Believe It - With Jimmy Rowles/Artie Shapiro

cd05

01. I Don't Want To Cry Any More (Take 1 - False Start) 

02. I Don't Want To Cry Any More (Take 2 - Master Take) 

03. Studio Talk: Prelude To A Kiss (Take 1 - False Start) 

04. Studio Talk: Prelude To A Kiss (Take 2 - Incomplete Take) 

05. Prelude To A Kiss (Take 3 - Master Take) 

06. (I Don't Stand A) Ghost Of A Chance 

07. When Your Lover has Gone (Take 1 - Incomplete Take) 

08. Studio Talk: When Your Lover Has Gone (Take 2 - Incomplete Take) 

09. Studio Talk 

10. When Your Lover Has Gone (Take 3 - Master Take) 

11. Gone With The Wind 

12. Studio Talk 

13. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone 

14. It Had To Be You 

15. Studio Talk 

16. Nice Work If You Can Get It 

17. Come Rain Or Come Shine 

18. I Got A Right To Sing The Blues 

19. What's New? 

20. A Fine Romance (Take 1 - Incomplete Take) 

21. A Fine Romance (Take 2 - Alternate Take) 

22. A Fine Romance (Take 3 - False Start) 

23. A Fine Romance (Take 4 - Incomplete Take) 

24. A Fine Romance (Take 5 - Incomplete Take) 

25. A Fine Romance (Take 6 - False Start) 

26. A Fine Romance (Take 7 - Incomplete Take) 

27. A Fine Romance (Take 8 - Master Take) 

28. Studio Talk 

29. I Hadn't Anyone Till You

cd06

01. I Get A Kick Out Of You 

02. Everything I Have Is Yours 

03. Isn't This A Lovely Day? 

04. Discussion/Misery 

05. Israel 

06. Misery 

07. Discussion 

08. I Must Have That Man! 

09. Discussion 

10. Strange Fruit 

11. Discussion: God Bless The Child 

12. Discussion 

13. God Bless The Child 

14. God Bless The Child 

15. Discussion 

16. God Bless The Child 

17. One Never Knows, Does One? 

18. Discussion 

19. Beer Barrel Polka (Aka Roll Out The Barrel) 

20. Some Of These Days 

21. A Yiddishe Momme 

22. A Yiddishe Momme 

23. Discussion 

24. Lady's Back In Town 

25. Discussion 

26. Discussion 

27. One Never Knows, Does One? 

28. Discussion 

29. (Unknown Title)

cd07

01. Travelin' Light 

02. I Must Have That Man! 

03. Some Other Spring 

04. Lady Sings The Blues 

05. Strange Fruit 

06. God Bless The Child 

07. Good Morning Heartache 

08. No Good Man 

09. Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me 

10. Cheek To Cheek 

11. Ill Wind 

12. Speak Low 

13. We'll Be Together Again 

14. All Or Nothing At All 

15. Sophisticated Lady 

16. April In Paris

cd08

01. Lady Sings The Blues (With Reading From 'Lady Sings The Blues')

02. Lady Sings The Blues

03. Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do

04. Travelin' Light (With Reading From 'Lady Sings The Blues')

05. Reading From 'Lady Sings The Blues'

06. Billie's Blues (Aka I Love My Man)

07. Body and Soul

08. Reading From 'Lady Sings The Blues'

09. Don't Explain

10. Yesterdays

11. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone

12. I'll Be Seeing You

13. Reading From 'Lady Sings The Blues'

14. My Man

15. I Cried For You

16. Fine And Mellow

17. I Cover The Waterfront

18. What A Little Moonlight Can Do

19. I Wished On The Moon

20. Moonlight In Vermont

21. A Foggy Day (Stereo)

22. I Didn't Know What Time It Was

23. Just One Of Those Things (Take 7 - Incomplete Take)

24. Studio Talk

25. Just One Of Those Things (Take 8 - Master Take)

26. Studio Talk

27. Comes Love (Take 1 - Alternate Take)

28. Comes Love (Take 2 - False Start)

29. Comes Love (Take 3 - False Start)

30. Comes Love (Take 4 - Master Take)

cd09

01. Day In, Day Out (Stereo)

02. Darn That Dream

03. But Not For Me

04. Body And Soul

05. Studio Talk

06. Just Friends (Instrumental)

07. Studio Talk

08. Stars Fell On Alabama (Take 1 - Incomplete Take)

09. Stars Fell On Alabama (Take 2 - Master Take) (Stereo)

10. Studio Talk: Say It Isn't So (Take 1 - Incomplete Take)

11. Say It Isn't So (Take 2 - Master Take)

12. Studio Talk: Our Love Is Here To Stay (Take 1 - False Start)

13. Our Love Is Here To Stay (Take 2 - Master Take)

14. Studio Talk: One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) (Take 1 - False Start)

15. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) (Take 2 - Incomplete Take)

16. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) (Take 3 - Master Take)

17. They Can't Take That Away From Me

18. Embraceable You

19. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off

20. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You?

cd10

01. Wills Conover Announcement

02. Johnny Mercer Announcement

03. Fanfare From Oh, Lady Be Good

04. Nice Work If You Can Get It

05. Willow Weep For Me

06. My Man

07. Lover, Come Back To Me

08. Lady Sings The Blues

09. What A Little Moonlight Can Do

10. Fanfare From Oh, Lady Be Good With Conover Announcement

11. Leonard Feather Announcement

12. I Wished On The Moon

13. Lover Man

14. All The Way

15. It's Not For Me To Say

16. I'll Never Smile Again

17. Just One More Chance

18. When It's Sleepy Time Down South

19. Don't Worry `Bout Me

20. Sometimes I'm Happy

21. You Took Advantage Me

22. There'll Be Some Changes Made

23. `Deed I Do

24. All Of You

25. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?