Description
Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald – 1956
This album contains four recordings apiece from Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan and two from Lena Horne and Ella Fitzgerald. All of the performances are available elsewhere, and this CD is rather brief in playing time (just 36 minutes, less than half of its capacity). The music is generally excellent with Lady Day heard during 1935-1939, Fitzgerald’s two songs being from a 1936 session with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra, and Lena Horne also being backed by Wilson in 1941. However, Sarah Vaughan takes honors, for she is heard in prime form in 1950 on “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” “East of the Sun,” “Goodnight My Love,” and a classic version of “Ain’t Misbehavin'”; her all-star backup group includes Miles Davis.
Tracking List:
1
The Man I Love
Billie Holiday
3:05
2
My Melancholy Baby
Ella Fitzgerald
3:01
3
Prisoner of Love
Lena Horne & Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra
3:24
4
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Sarah Vaughan & George Treadwell & His All-Stars
2:37
5
I’ll Never Be the Same
Billie Holiday & Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra
3:07
6
East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)
Sarah Vaughan & George Treadwell & His All-Stars
3:08
7
What a Little Moonlight Can Do
Billie Holiday & Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra
2:57
8
Ain’t Misbehavin’
Sarah Vaughan & George Treadwell & His All-Stars
3:01
9
Out of Nowhere
Lena Horne & Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra
3:29
10
All My Life
Ella Fitzgerald & Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra
3:12
11
I’m Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away the Key)
Billie Holiday
2:07
12
Goodnight My Love
Sarah Vaughan & George Treadwell & His All-Stars
