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Listen to songs from the album The Complete Commodore Recordings, including 'Strange Fruit (1939 Single)', 'Strange Fruit (Take 2)', 'Yesterdays (1939 Single)', and. Download FLAC Billie Holiday - The Complete Commodore Recordings (2CD) 1997 lossless CD, MP3, M4A. La Bouche Be My Lover Acapella Videos. Billie Holiday: Billie Holiday: The Complete Commodore & Decca Masters jazz review by George Kanzler, published on June 13, 2010. Find thousands reviews.

E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at Title: Billie Holiday: the complete Commodore recordings. Author: Billie Holiday; Lewis Allan; Otto Harbach; Ted Koehler; Harold Arlen; Dorothy Parker; Jack King; Arthur Johnston; Sam Coslow; Roy Turk; Fred E Ahlert; Edward Heyman; Johnny Green; Irving Kahal; Sammy Fain; E Y Harburg; Ira Gershwin; Herman Hupfeld; Neil Moret; Richard A Whiting; Oscar Hammerstein, II; Dorothy Fields; Jimmy McHugh; Jerome Kern; George Gershwin; Sigmund Romberg Publisher: New York, NY: GRP Records, ℗1997. Find more information about: OCLC Number: 36852181 Notes: Program notes by Stuart Nicholson and discography (41 p.: ports.)--inserted in container. Credits: Originally produced by Milt Gabler; reissue produced by Orrin Keepnews & Joel Dorn. Performer(s): Billie Holiday, vocals; with acc. Event notes: Recorded in New York City between Apr.

20, 1939 and Apr. Description: 2 audio discs: digital; 4 3/4 in.

Contents: Disc one.

A Song Title Writer(s) A Fine Romance Fields/Kern A Foggy Day Gershwin/Gershwin A Sailboat In The Moonlight Loeb/Lombardo A Sunbonnet Blue (And A Yellow Straw Hat) Fain/Kahal A Yiddish Momme Pollack/Yellen Ain’t Misbehavin’ (I’m Savin’ My Love For You) Brooks/Razaf/Waller Ain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do Grainger/Robbins All Of Me Marks/Simons All Of You Porter All Or Nothing At All Altman/Lawrence All The Way Cahn/VanHeusen Always Berlin Am I Blue? SIGNIFICANT REFERENCES TO BILLIE John Hammond with Irving Townsend, (1981) John Hammond on Record; Penguin. Autobiography of the jazz buff and record company man. Maya Angelou, (1986) The Heart of a Woman; Virago.

Fourth volume of the great black writer’s autobiography. Jeremy Reed, (1999) Angels Divas and Black Listed Heroes; Peter Owen. A challenging series of essays by poet and novelist. Leslie Gourse, (1995) Madame Jazz; Oxford Univ. The history of women in Jazz.

Sally Placksin, (1985) Jazz Women, 1900 to the Present; Pluto. Words, lives and music of nearly a century of jazz women. Leslie Gourse, (1984) Louis’ Children American Jazz Singers; Quill. A comprehensive overview of the Louis Armstrong legacy. Harry Shapiro, (1988) Waiting for the Man; Quartet.

Drugs and their links to popular music. Arnold Shaw, (1977) 52nd Street, The Street of Jazz; Da Capo. Originally published as “The Street That Never Slept,” a slice of jazz nightlife.

Buck Clayton, (1986) Buck Clayton’s Jazz World; McMillan. Story of the great trumpeter and Billie accompanist.

Ted Fox, (1985) Show Time at the Apollo; Quartet. A survey of 50 years of the great Harlem theatre. Gottleib, (1995) The Golden Age of Jazz; Pomegranate. A nostalgic look back to the 1930’s and 40’s. Charles Fox & Valerie Wilmer, (1971) The Jazz Scene; Hamlyn. A nicely illustrated overview. Joachim Berendt, (1984) The Jazz Book (Revised Edition); Paladin.

One of the truly great jazz histories. Essential Crackers. Ward & Ken Burns, (2000) Jazz, A History of America’s Music; Pimlico.

Excellent research, beautifully illustrated tie in to TV series. Teddy Wilson, A. Van Loo, (1996) Teddy Wilson Talks Jazz; Cassell. A candid account account of Wilson’s life and career.