HOLIDAY BILLIE/AT JAZZ AT THE PHILARMONIC

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LIMITED 180 GRAM VINYL LP REPRESSING OF THIS CLASSIC JAZZ RELEASE INCLUDING TWO BONUS TRACKS. AFTER AN IMPASSE IN WHICH SHE MOSTLY RECORDED WITH TIGHTLY ARRANGED GROUPS (FOR COMMODORE) AND BIG BANDS WITH STRINGS (FOR DECCA)BILLIE SIGNED HER LAST LONG-TERM CONTRACT WITH NORMAN GRANZ. HE HAD SHOWCASED HER AS A STAR WITH HIS JAZZ AT THE PHILHARMONIC TOURS IN THE MID- AND LATE FORTIESAND WHEN HE SIGNED HER AS A RECORDING ARTIST IN 1952HE TRIED TO REPEAT THE SMALL GROUP MAGIC OF HER EARLY DAYS. SHE PARTICIPATED ON VARIOUS SESSIONS SURROUNDED BY OLD FRIENDS LIKE BENNY CARTERBEN WEBSTERHARRY SWEETS EDISONCHARLIE SHAVERS AND COZY COLEALL OF WHOM HAD PARTICIPATED ON DATES WITH HER IN THE 1930SPLUS OTHER BIG NAMES FROM GRANZS PAYROLL AT THE TIMESUCH AS PAUL QUINICHETTEFLIP PHILLIPSOSCAR PETERSONALVIN STOLLERAND TONY SCOTT. GRANZ HAD RECORDED A FEW OF BILLIES JAZZ AT THE PHILHARMONIC PERFORMANCES FROM THE MID 1940S BUT WASNT ABLE TO ISSUE THEM UNTIL HE HAD THE SINGER ON HIS PAYROLL. CONTRADICTING WHAT GRANZ SAID ON THE ORIGINAL BACK COVERTHIS ALBUM (WHICH BOASTS A BEAUTIFUL COVER DESIGNED BY DAVID STONE MARTIN) WASNT TAPED AT A SINGLE EVENT BUT DURING HOLIDAYS SETS AT THREE DIFFERENT ONES. ALSOTHE PERSONNEL HE GIVES WAS MOSTLY MISTAKEN AND HAS BEEN CORRECTED BY SUBSEQUENT RESEARCH. THESE CLASSIC SIDES WERE ORIGINALLY RECORDED ON ACETATESSO THE SOUND QUALITY HERE IS THAT OF THE ORIGINAL RELEASES.