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During the more than twenty-five years of her career,
Holiday gave an unknown number of live performances on TV and radio and in clubs
and concert halls, many of which were recorded both officially and unofficially
by sound engineers, fellow musicians, and fans. Today ESP-Disk Records, which
for many years has been assembling unofficial recordings of several artists from
before 1972, has released one of the most comprehensive collections of live
Billie Holiday recordings to date, some previously available but most not. These
Holiday recordings, laid out in chronological order, not only demonstrate the
arc of Holiday’s development as a vocalist, but give a rare behind-the-scenes
look into how the singer approached her musicians and her audience.
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Press Quotes "But none of the previous reissues, as imperishable as
they are, have as intense a presence of Lady as in the truly historic new
five-disc set "Billie Holiday: Rare Live Recordings 1934-1959" on Bernard
Stollman's ESP-Disk label." "Anyone new to Holiday gets a sense of the entire sweep of her career; anyone familiar with the often superior studio material gets an excellent portrait of the Holiday career in context." - Stuart Broomer, Signal To Noise "...this fascinating anthology of her uncommon works can and will act as a richly rewarding appendix to the more familiar portions of her legacy." - Arwulf Arwulf, All Music Guide |
(ESP-Disk')
