9/10/20 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: Billie Holiday And Her All-Star Band ” Fine And Mellow ” (1957)

Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan (April 7, 1915 — July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter.

Nicknamed “Lady Day” by her friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday was a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo.

Billie Holiday And Her All-Star Band ” Fine And Mellow ” (1957)

                                                                                       All-Star Band                                                                                   Lester YOUNG (ts) , Ben WEBSTER (ts) , Coleman HAWKINS (ts) , Roy ELDRIDGE (t) , Doc CHEATHAM (t) , Vic DICKENSON (tb) , Gerry MULLIGAN (bars) , Danny BARKER (g) , Mal WALDRON (p) , Milt HINTON (b) , Osie JOHNSON (d)

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