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Bug's humbug says farewell to "SantaLand" Denver Post, CO - Nov 27, 2008 "Regardless of what happens in my future, I'll always be able to do my Billie Holiday tribute act," he said. "There's a market for that, right? ...

Brushfire Records to World-Premiere Their First-Ever Holiday CD ... MarketWatch - Nov 6, 2008 Having once performed under the stage name Koko Kaina, Zee has been described as a cross between Norah Jones and Billie Holiday and is currently recording ...

City Stage’s ‘Santaland Diaries’ puts a new twist on holiday cheer encore Online, NC - Dec 03,2008 Highlights of Hatfield’s performance include an impersonation of Billie Holiday singing “Away in a Manger” and his recounting of the appropriately nicknamed ...

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Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday

Excellent CD. A good purchase if you do not want to buy the box set. Has the essentials.

Tracks:
    1. What a Little Moonlight Can Do - Billie Holiday, Woods, Harry
    2. These Foolish Things - Billie Holiday, Link, Harry
    3. I Cried for You - Billie Holiday, Freed, Arthur
    4. Summertime - Billie Holiday, Gershwin, George
    5. Billie's Blues - Billie Holiday, Holiday, Billie
    6. If You Were Mine - Billie Holiday, Malneck, Matty
    7. A Fine Romance - Billie Holiday, Fields, Dorothy
    8. Easy to Love - Billie Holiday, Porter, Cole
    9. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Billie Holiday, Berlin, Irving
    10. I Must Have That Man! - Billie Holiday, Fields, Dorothy
    11. Me, Myself and I - Billie Holiday, Gordon, Irving
    12. They Can't Take That Away from Me - Billie Holiday, Gershwin, George
    13. Easy Living - Billie Holiday, Robin, Leo
    14. A Sailboat in the Moonlight - Billie Holiday, Loeb, John Jacob
    15. Trav'lin' All Alone - Billie Holiday, Johnson, J.C.
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Have Yourself a Jazzy Little Christmas

There's something for everyone on this wonderfully eclectic recording, which ranges from Oscar Peterson's almost lullaby-like piano on "A Child is Born" to Bill Evans's jazzy piano improvisations (overdubbed) on "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," and Sister Rosetta Tharpe's "O, Little Town of Bethlehem," a full-out, hand-clapping, rocking and stomping Gospel song. Containing both vocals and instrumentals, with arrangements which vary from softly sweet to full-out wailing, this CD is full of delightful surprises to keep the Christmas repertoire fresh.

Tracks:
    1. A Child Is Born - Jones, Thad
    2. Christmas Medley: Carol of the Bells/Melodies for the Day/O ... - Traditional
    3. Jingle Bells - Pierpont, J.S.
    4. The Secret of Christmas - Cahn, Sammy
    5. We Free Kings - Kirk, Rahsaan Rolan
    6. Christmas Eve - Carpenter, Carlton
    7. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Berlin, Irving
    8. Ole Santa - Otis, Clyde
    9. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - Coots, J. Fred
    10. White Christmas - Berlin, Irving
    11. O Little Town of Bethlehem - Brooks, Phillip
    12. The Christmas Song - Torme, Mel
    13. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Traditional
    14. Silent Night - Gruber, Franz
    15. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Blane, Ralph

Billie Holiday - Greatest Hits (Sony)

Billie Holiday could sing jazz and the blues unlike any other singer. Ever. Her voice was the ultimate instrument which could convey all the sorrows of her personal life as she sang about life, love and the pain of being discriminated against because she was African-American. We will never see another quite like Billie; this CD of thirteen of Billie's greatest hits from Sony doesn't even begin to scrape the surface of what this remarkably talented lady could do.

The CD track set begins with a number that's actually sassy as well as jazzy; Billie sings of how Emily Brown's "comin' to town;" but it's "Miss Brown to you.

Tracks:
    1. Miss Brown to You - Billie Holiday, Robin, Leo
    2. What a Little Moonlight Can Do - Billie Holiday, Woods, Harry
    3. I Cried for You - Billie Holiday, Lyman, Abe
    4. Billie's Blues - Billie Holiday, Holiday, Billie
    5. A Sailboat in the Moonlight - Billie Holiday, Lombardo, Carmen
    6. I Can't Get Started - Billie Holiday, Gershwin, Ira
    7. When a Woman Loves a Man - Billie Holiday, Mercer, Johnny
    8. Some Other Spring - Billie Holiday, Herzog, Arthur Jr.
    9. Solitude - Billie Holiday, Ellington, Duke
    10. God Bless the Child - Billie Holiday, Herzog, Arthur Jr.
    11. Gloomy Sunday - Billie Holiday, Javor, Laszlo
    12. The Very Thought of You - Billie Holiday, Noble, Ray
    13. Body and Soul - Billie Holiday, Heyman, Edward

Billie Holiday's Greatest Hits (Decca)

Nineteen mellow arrangements and a laid back Ms Holiday make for a very pleasant hour of listening pleasure. It can set the mood for a relaxed dinner party by having this play in the background.

Tracks:
    1. Easy Living - Billie Holiday, Rainger, Ralph
    2. What Is This Thing Called Love? - Billie Holiday, Porter, Cole
    3. Solitude - Billie Holiday, DeLange, Eddie
    4. You're My Thrill - Billie Holiday, Clare, Sidney
    5. Them There Eyes - Billie Holiday, Pinkard, Maceo
    6. No More - Billie Holiday, Camarata, Tutti
    7. God Bless the Child - Billie Holiday, Herzog, Arthur Jr.
    8. My Man - Billie Holiday, Charles, Jacques
    9. Don't Explain - Billie Holiday, Herzog, Arthur Jr.
    10. There Is No Greater Love - Billie Holiday, Jones, Isham
    11. 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness if I Do - Billie Holiday, Grainger, Percy
    12. You Better Go Now - Billie Holiday, Graham, Robert
    13. Big Stuff - Billie Holiday, Bernstein, Leonard
    14. Good Morning Heartache - Billie Holiday, Drake, Ervin
    15. I Loves You, Porgy - Billie Holiday, Gershwin, George
    16. Guilty - Billie Holiday, Akst, Harry
    17. Lover Man - Billie Holiday, Davis, Jimmy [4]
    18. They Can't Take That Away from Me - Billie Holiday, Gershwin, George
    19. That Ole Devil Called Love - Billie Holiday, Fisher, Doris

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