Billie Holiday - Ultimate Collection
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Actor: Danny Barker, Doc Cheatham, Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge, Vic DickensonBrand: Universal Studios
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
DVD Release Date: 2005-10-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Verve
Product features:
- Track List 1 The Saddest Tale 2 New Orleans Film Title Screen 3 The Blues Are Brewin' 4 Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? 5 Stars Of Jazz Opening Instrumental & Introduction 6 Stars Of Jazz Billie Holiday Introduction 7 Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone 8 Stars Of Jazz Introduction 9 My Man (Mon Homme) 10 Stars Of Jazz Lady Sings The Blues Introduction 11
DVD Reviews of Billie Holiday - Ultimate Collection
DVD Review: Precious but not ultimate
Summary: 4 Stars
Indeed, the footage of Lady Day is preciously rare, they say, so this DVD might contain basically everything. However, the film with Duke Ellington's orchestra is not complete. They shouldn't have cut it after the part where Billie appears, regardless of the fact that this is definitively not the best Ellington perfomance of the period (to say the least...). Also, the fabulous "Sound of Jazz" performance with Young, Hawkins, Eldridge, Mulligan, Webster and Dickenson is seen and heard in much better shape on the "Sound of Jazz" DVD (the one with Henry Red Allen, Count Basie, Miles Davis and others)...
On the other hand, it's a great thrill to see and hear Billie in other rare TV occasions (even as her self-destructive life obviously took its toll, she is still impressive even in her last TV appearance...)... The very useful "timeline" feature mentions, among other things, an appearance on British television; it would be very nice if that footage would surface at some point....
The interviews audios (with Billie, John Hammond...) and the rehearsal with Jimmy Rowles on piano are also very useful and interesting...
BTW; the Bessie Smith flick is a welcome addition (as is the Armstrong big band number), but they should have presented the entire film...
Also; although the interactive part is useful and amusing and the interviews at times amazing, the selection of songs for the audio part should have been a bit more "ultimate"...
Also, there are some mistakes in the liner notes: James P. Johnson is the musical director, not the director of "St. Louis Blues" short film while, although Jo Jones is listed as the drummer on "Fine and Mellow" video-number, the announcer in the beginning of the clip mentions Ossie Johnson at the drums (still, in this case the announcer might be wrong...).
All in all, this is a must have for a Lady Day fan, but the editors and producers should have done better...
Description of Billie Holiday - Ultimate Collection
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.FILM AND TV PERFORMANCES
Saddest Tale
The Blues Are Brewin?
Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
My Man (Mon Homme)
Please Don?t Talk About Me When I?m Gone
Billie?s Blues
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 Wallace, Night Beat
Timeline: Hundreds Of Images And Interactive Features
Complete Recording History For Okeh, Vocalion, Brunswick, Aladdin, Columbia, Commodore, Capitol, Decca, Clef And Verve
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