Special features: timeline: hundreds of images and interactive features ; complete recording history for OKeh, vocalion , Brunswick, Aladdin, Columbia, Commodore, Capitol, Decca, Clef and Veve. Billie Holiday with musicians.
Contents:
Film and TV performance. Saddest tale ; The blues are brewin' ; Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans ; Please don't talk about me when I'm gone ; Billie's blues ; My man (Mon homme) ; Fine and mellow ; What a little moonlight can do ; St. Louis blues / Bessie Smith ; I cover the waterfront / Louis Armstrong -- Audio performances. Swing! Brother, Swing! ; They can't take that away from me ; Do nothing till you hear from me ; I'll get by ; I wonder where our love has gone -- Audio interviews. John Hammond, Jo Jones, Roy Eldridge, Barney Josephson, Tiny Grimes, Billy Eckstine, Jimmy Rowles, Sylvia Syms, Corky Hale ; 1955 audio rehearsal : Billie Holiday and Jimmy Rowles for "Jeepers Creepers" ; 1956 audio interview : Billie Holiday with Mike Wallce, Night Beat.
Summary:
The Billie Holiday The Ultimate Collection DVD features rare TV and film performances, an especially rare radio interview with Mike Wallace, an audio-only rehearsal session with pianist Jimmy Rowles, audio interviews with friends and fellow musicians, an interactive timeline and an evocative photo-document gallery featuring hundreds of images, from rare photos to personal letters, plus Lady Day's complete recording history for major record companies. Performance highlights include three from 1956's Stars Of Jazz TV that are seen here for the first time since their original broadcast, Holiday's first appearance on film, Duke Ellington's "Saddest Tale," and the classic "Fine And Mellow" with Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, and other jazz greats.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.