PRICE:
$56.00
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ARTIST
TITLE
Rare Live Recordings 1934-1959
FORMAT
5CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
ESPDISK 4039CD ESPDISK 4039CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
11/26/2007

During the more than twenty-five years of her career, Billie 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.