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The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Vol. 5 (1937-1938) ()

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  1. Born to Love
  2. Without Your Love
  3. Getting Some Fun Out of Life
  4. Who Wants Love?
  5. Trav'lin' All Alone
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  1. Born to Love
  2. Without Your Love
  3. Getting Some Fun Out of Life
  4. Who Wants Love?
  5. Trav'lin' All Alone
  6. He's Funny That Way
  7. Nice Work If You Can Get It
  8. Things Are Looking Up
  9. My Man
  10. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
  11. My First Impression of You
  12. When You're Smiling
  13. I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me
  14. If Dreams Come True
  15. Now They Call It Swing
  16. On the Sentimental Side
  17. Back in Your Own Backyard
  18. When a Woman Loves a Man
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The fifth of nine CDs in the complete reissue of Billie Holiday's early recordings (sans alternate takes), this great set has 18 selections, all but four featuring tenor saxophonist Lester Young and trumpeter Buck Clayton. Among the classics are "Getting Some Fun Out of Life," "Trav'lin' All Alone," "He's Funny That Way," "My Man," "When You're Smiling" (on which Prez takes a perfect solo), "If Dreams Come True," and "Now They Call It Swing." All nine volumes in this series are highly recommended, but if one can only ...

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The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Vol. 5 (1937-1938) 1990, Columbia

UPC: 074644442328

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