{"product_id":"billie-holiday-lester-young-a-musical-romance-cd","title":"A Musical Romance (CD)","description":"\u003ch6\u003eDetails\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eRomeo and Juliet...Eloise and Abelard...Tracy and Hepburn. These are among history's great romantic relationships, but perhaps the deepest of all romances - in all of American music, at any rate - was the one that was carried on in the recording studio between \u003cstrong\u003eBillie Holiday\u003c\/strong\u003e (1915-1959) and \u003cstrong\u003eLester Young\u003c\/strong\u003e (1910-1959). \"Lady Day\" and \"The President\" (they gave one another their nicknames) made a series of \"sides,\" as they were called in those days, that to this day absolutely define love in tune. She was - and is - the greatest of all jazz vocalists. His tenor saxophone style delivered the real Birth of the Cool.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTogether, they sang and played with an unparalleled sense of intimacy, warmth, and sensuous, behind-the-beat swing, whether the melody was pure gold (like \"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Man I Love\u003c\/strong\u003e,\" \"\u003cstrong\u003eTime On My Hands\u003c\/strong\u003e\") or closer to brass (\"\u003cstrong\u003eWhen You're Smiling\u003c\/strong\u003e,\" \"\u003cstrong\u003eBack In Your Own Backyard\u003c\/strong\u003e\"). Originally produced by the redoubtable \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Hammond\u003c\/strong\u003e, and intended first and foremost for jukeboxes, these sixteen seminal performances have been culled from the GRAMMY®-winning 10-CD boxed set \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia, 1933-1944\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey also feature vital contributions from, among others, pianist-arranger \u003cstrong\u003eTeddy Wilson\u003c\/strong\u003e, who served as leader on many of Holiday's record dates, Swing era superstar clarinetist \u003cstrong\u003eBenny Goodman\u003c\/strong\u003e, ace trumpeter \u003cstrong\u003eBuck Clayton\u003c\/strong\u003e (Young's cohort from \u003cstrong\u003eCount Basie\u003c\/strong\u003e's definitive swing band), the sublime Ellington-ian alto saxophonist \u003cstrong\u003eJohnny Hodges\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eRoy Eldridge\u003c\/strong\u003e, little giant of the trumpet. But Lady Day and Pres, forever dancing in the dark, make this a musical romance that will never die.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBillie Holiday \u0026amp; Her Orchestra - The Man I Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeddy Wilson \u0026amp; His Orchestra - This Year's Kisses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeddy Wilson \u0026amp; His Orchestra - Mean To Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBillie Holiday \u0026amp; Her Orchestra - Back In Your Own Backyard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeddy Wilson \u0026amp; His Orchestra - I'll Never Be The Same\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBillie Holiday \u0026amp; Her Orchestra - Me, Myself And I\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBillie Holiday \u0026amp; Her Orchestra - Time On My Hands (You In My Arms)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBillie Holiday \u0026amp; Her Orchestra - Who Wants Love?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeddy Wilson \u0026amp; His Orchestra - I Must Have That Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeddy Wilson \u0026amp; His Orchestra - Foolin' Myself\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeddy Wilson \u0026amp; His Orchestra - When You're Smiling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBillie Holiday \u0026amp; Her Orchestra - A Sailboat In The Moonlight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBillie Holiday \u0026amp; Her Orchestra - He's Funny That Way\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBillie Holiday \u0026amp; Her Orchestra - Laughing At Life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBillie Holiday \u0026amp; Her Orchestra - Without Your Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBillie Holiday With The Mal Waldron All-Stars - Fine And Mellow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Billie Holiday","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41306571276453,"sku":"886974848721","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0015\/0840\/9399\/products\/BillieHoliday_LesterYoung-AMusicalRomance.png?v=1643495796","url":"https:\/\/lovefashun.com\/products\/billie-holiday-lester-young-a-musical-romance-cd","provider":"lovefashun","version":"1.0","type":"link"}