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Billie Holiday and Lester Young

As an Easter treat, Geoffrey Smith selects highlights from the immortal partnership of vocal legend Billie Holiday and her saxophonist soulmate Lester Young, co-creators of some of the greatest recordings of the Swing Era.

1 hour

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Sun 1 Apr 201800:00

Music Played

  • Billie Holiday & Lester Young & Billie Holiday & Lester Young

    He Ain't Got Rhythm

    • The Complete Billie Holiday & Lester Young.
    • Fremeaux & Associes.
    • 1.
  • Billie Holiday & Lester Young & Billie Holiday & Lester Young

    This Year's Kisses

    • The Complete Billie Holiday & Lester Young.
    • Fremeaux & Associes.
    • 2.
  • Billie Holiday & Lester Young & Billie Holiday & Lester Young

    Mean To Me

    • The Complete Billie Holiday & Lester Young.
    • Fremeaux & Associes.
    • 7.
  • Billie Holiday & Lester Young & Billie Holiday & Lester Young

    Foolin' Myself

    • The Complete Billie Holiday & Lester Young.
    • Fremeaux & Associes.
    • 9.
  • Billie Holiday & Lester Young & Billie Holiday & Lester Young

    Easy Living

    • The Complete Billie Holiday & Lester Young.
    • Fremeaux & Associes.
    • 10.
  • Billie Holiday & Lester Young & Billie Holiday & Lester Young

    Me, Myself And I

    • The Complete Billie Holiday & Lester Young.
    • Fremeaux & Associes.
    • 12.
  • Billie Holiday & Lester Young & Billie Holiday & Lester Young

    He's Funny That Way

    • The Complete Billie Holiday & Lester Young.
    • Fremeaux & Associes.
    • 21.
  • Billie Holiday & Lester Young & Billie Holiday & Lester Young

    When You're Smiling

    • The Complete Billie Holiday & Lester Young.
    • Fremeaux & Associes.
    • 3.
  • Billie Holiday & Lester Young & Billie Holiday & Lester Young

    Back In Your Own Backyard

    • The Complete Billie Holiday & Lester Young.
    • Fremeaux & Associes.
    • 11.
  • Billie Holiday & Lester Young & Billie Holiday & Lester Young

    The Very Thought of You

    • The Complete Billie Holiday & Lester Young.
    • Fremeaux & Associes.
    • 14.
  • Billie Holiday & Lester Young & Billie Holiday & Lester Young

    I Can't Get Started

    • The Complete Billie Holiday & Lester Young.
    • Fremeaux & Associes.
    • 15.
  • Billie Holiday & Lester Young & Billie Holiday & Lester Young

    The Man I Love

    • The Complete Billie Holiday & Lester Young.
    • Fremeaux & Associes.
    • 1.
  • Billie Holiday & Lester Young & Billie Holiday & Lester Young

    Laughing at Life

    • The Complete Billie Holiday & Lester Young.
    • Fremeaux & Associes.
    • 5.
  • Billie Holiday & Lester Young

    All of Me

    • The Complete Billie Holiday & Lester Young.
    • Fremeaux & Associes.
    • 13.
  • Billie Holiday

    Fine and Mellow

    • Ken Burns Jazz.
    • Verve.
    • 18.

Performers:

Title: He Ain't Got Rhythm
Artist: Billie Holiday & Lester Young 
Composers: Berlin 
Album Title: The Complete Billie Holiday Lester Young 
Label: Fremeaux & Associes Catalogue No: 1-54 
Duration: 02’47
Performers: Buck Clayton, trumpet; Benny Goodman, clarinet; Lester Young, tenor saxophone; Teddy Wilson, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; Walter Page, bass; Jo Jones, drums; Billie Holiday, vocals.

Title: This Year’s Kisses
Artist: Billie Holiday & Lester Young 
Composers: Berlin 
Album Title: The Complete Billie Holiday Lester Young 
Label: Fremeaux & Associes Catalogue No: 1-54 
Duration: 03’06 
Performers: Buck Clayton, trumpet; Benny Goodman, clarinet; Lester Young, tenor saxophone; Teddy Wilson, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; Walter Page, bass; Jo Jones, drums; Billie Holiday, vocals.

Title: Mean To Me
Artist: Billie Holiday & Lester Young 
Composers: Turk/Ahlert 
Album Title: The Complete Billie Holiday Lester Young 
Label: Fremeaux & Associes Catalogue No: 1-54 
Duration: 03’05 
Performers: Buck Clayton, trumpet; Buster Bailey, clarinet; Johnny Hodges, alto saxophone; Lester Young, tenor saxophone; Teddy Wilson, piano; Allan Reuss, guitar; Artie Bernstein, bass; Cozy Cole, drums; Billie Holiday, vocals.

Title: Foolin' Myself
Artist: Billie Holiday & Lester Young 
Composers: Tinturin/Lawrence 
Album Title: The Complete Billie Holiday Lester Young 
Label: Fremeaux & Associes Catalogue No: 1-54 
Duration: 02’59 
Performers: Buck Clayton, trumpet; Buster Bailey, clarinet; Lester Young, tenor saxophone; Teddy Wilson, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; Walter Page, bass; Jo Jones, drums; Billie Holiday, vocals.

Title: Easy Living
Artist: Billie Holiday & Lester Young 
Composers: Ralph Rainger/Leo Robin 
Album Title: The Complete Billie Holiday Lester Young 
Label: Fremeaux & Associes Catalogue No: 1-54 
Duration: 03’00 
Performers: Buck Clayton, trumpet; Buster Bailey, clarinet; Lester Young, tenor saxophone; Teddy Wilson, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; Walter Page, bass; Jo Jones, drums; Billie Holiday, vocals.

Title: Me, Myself and I
Artist: Billie Holiday & Lester Young 
Composers: Gordon/Roberts/Kaufman
Album Title: The Complete Billie Holiday Lester Young 
Label: Fremeaux & Associes Catalogue No: 1-54 
Duration: 02’33 
Performers: Buck Clayton, trumpet; Edmond Hall, clarinet; Lester Young, tenor saxophone; James Sherman, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; Walter Page, bass; Jo Jones, drums; Billie Holiday, vocals.

Title: He’s Funny That Way
Artist: Billie Holiday & Lester Young 
Composers: Moret/Whiting 
Album Title: The Complete Billie Holiday Lester Young 
Label: Fremeaux & Associes Catalogue No: 1-54 
Duration: 02’37 
Performers: Buck Clayton, trumpet; Buster Bailey, clarinet; Lester Young, tenor saxophone; Claude Thornhill, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; Walter Page, bass; Jo Jones, drums; Billie Holiday, vocals.

Title: When You're Smiling
Artist: Billie Holiday & Lester Young 
Composers: Mark Fisher/Joe Goodwin/Larry Shay 
Album Title: The Complete Billie Holiday Lester Young 
Label: Fremeaux & Associes Catalogue No: 1-54 
Duration: 02’48
Performers: Buck Clayton, trumpet; Benny Morton, trombone; Lester Young, tenor saxophone; Teddy Wilson, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; Walter Page, bass; Jo Jones, drums; Billie Holiday, vocals.

Title: Back In Your Own Backyard
Artist: Billie Holiday & Lester Young 
Composers: Jolson/Rose/Dreyer 
Album Title: The Complete Billie Holiday Lester Young 
Label: Fremeaux & Associes Catalogue No: 1-54 
Duration: 02’38
Performers: Buck Clayton, trumpet; Benny Morton, trombone; Lester Young, tenor saxophone; Teddy Wilson, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; Walter Page, bass; Jo Jones, drums; Billie Holiday, vocals

Title: The Very Thought Of You
Artist: Billie Holiday & Lester Young 
Composers: Noble
Album Title: The Complete Billie Holiday Lester Young 
Label: Fremeaux & Associes Catalogue No: 1-54 
Duration: 2’42 
Performers: Buck Clayton, trumpet; Dicky Wells, trombone; Lester Young, tenor saxophone; Margaret ‘Queenie’ Johnson, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; Walter Page, bass; Jo Jones, drums; Billie Holiday, vocals.

Title: I Can't Get Started
Artist: Billie Holiday & Lester Young 
Composers: Ira Gershwin/Vernon Duke 
Album Title: The Complete Billie Holiday Lester Young 
Label: Fremeaux & Associes Catalogue No: 1-54 
Duration: 02’49 
Performers: Buck Clayton, trumpet; Dicky Wells, trombone; Lester Young, tenor saxophone; Margaret ‘Queenie’ Johnson, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; Walter Page, bass; Jo Jones, drums; Billie Holiday, vocals.


Title: The Man I Love
Artist: Billie Holiday & Lester Young 
Composers: George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin
Album Title: The Complete Billie Holiday Lester Young 
Label: Fremeaux & Associes Catalogue No: 1-54 
Duration: 03’05 
Performers: Buck Clayton, Harry Edison, trumpet; Earle Warren, Jack Washington, alto saxophone; Lester Young, tenor saxophone; Joe Sullivan, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; Walter Page, bass; Jo Jones, drums; Billie Holiday, vocals.

Title: Laughing At Life
Artist: Billie Holiday & Lester Young 
Composers: Kenny/Todd
Album Title: The Complete Billie Holiday Lester Young 
Label: Fremeaux & Associes Catalogue No: 1-54 
Duration: 02’52 
Performers: Roy Eldridge, trumpet; Bill Bowen, Joe Eldridge, alto saxophone; Lester Young, Kermit Scott, tenor saxophone; Teddy Wilson, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; Walter Page, bass; Jo Jones, drums; Billie Holiday, vocals

Title: All of Me
Artist: Billie Holiday & Lester Young 
Composers: Gerald Marks/Seymour Simons 
Album Title: The Complete Billie Holiday Lester Young 
Label: Fremeaux & Associes Catalogue No: 1-54 
Duration: 03’51 
Performers: Shad Collins, trumpet; Leslie Johnakins, Eddie Barefield, alto saxophone; Lester Young, tenor saxophone; Eddie Heywood, piano; John Collins, guitar; Ted Sturgis, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums; Billie Holiday, vocals.

Title: Fine and Mellow
Artist: Billie Holiday & Lester Young 
Composers: B. Holiday/M. Gabler 
Album Title: The Complete Billie Holiday Lester Young 
Label: Fremeaux & Associes Catalogue No: 1-54 
Duration: 08’00
Performers: Doc Cheatham, Roy Eldridge, trumpet; Vic Dickenson, trombone; Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Lester Young, tenor saxophone; Gerry Mulligan, baritone saxophone; Mal Waldron, piano; Danny Barker, guitar; Milt Hinton, bass; Osie Johnson, drums; Billie Holiday, vocals.

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  • Sun 27 Mar 201600:00
  • Sun 1 Apr 201800:00

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