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The live recordings included here are among the very best from Billie Holiday's final years. Part of the motivation behind the 1956 Carnegie Hall concert was to promote Billie's autobiography, 'Lady Sings the Blues'. The music was attuned entirely to Billie's character part, reinforced by readings from her book by Gilbert Millstein. Although recorded in 1956, the LP was only issued in 1961, almost two years after Billie's passing on July 17, 1959, at the age of 44.
Tracklist
Reading from Lady Sings the Blues
Lady Sings the Blues
It Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
Travelin' Light With Reading
Reading from Lady Sings the Blues
Billie's Blues
Body and Soul
Reading from Lady Sings the Blues
Don't Explain
Yesterdays
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
I'll Be Seeing You
Reading from Lady Sings the Blues
My Man
I Cried for You
Fine and Mellow
I Cover the Waterfront
Oh, What a Little Moonlight Can Do