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These rare treasures take you all across Billie's career-from '35, the year she debuted at the Apollo and first charted, to '59, the year she died. The stunning early performances include a 20-year-old Billie with Ellington in '35 and a 1937 radio broadcast from the Savoy Hotel in NY with the Basie Orchestra; you'll also hear rare rehearsal tapes, her Monterey '58 performance, songs on The Eddie Condon Show, The Tonight Show, The Steve Allen Show , an impromptu recording of Billie and friends singing My Yiddish Mamma , and more with Art Tatum, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Hodges, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins and more! Includes 129 tracks: Swing Brother Swing; Fine and Mellow; I'll Get By; Billie's Blues; All of Me; Lover Man; Them There Eyes; You're My Thrill; I Cover the Waterfront; Porgy; Tenderly; God Bless the Child; My Man; Moanin' Low; Ghost of a Chance , and more.
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Additional Information
Manufacturer: | ESP Disk, Ltd. |
Part Number: | WA-12633982 |
Publisher: | ESP Disk, Ltd. |
Studio: | ESP Disk, Ltd. |
MPN: | WA-12633982 |
UPC: | 825481040396 |
EAN: | 0825481040396 |
Item Weight: | 0.54 pounds |
Item Size: | 5.75 x 0.5 x 0.5 inches |
Package Weight: | 0.18 pounds |
Package Size: | 4.97 x 0.54 x 0.54 inches |
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