About The Complete Commodore Recordings This The Complete Commodore Recordings album was released in and featured titles like Strange Fruit, Strange Fruit [#2][Alternate Take] and Yesterdays from Billie Holiday.

BUT you must have the Commodore recordings wnich ar just magical. I particiularly love Johnny Hodges on his own and backing Billie. If you cannot select just one recording of each song this will drive you nuts - 4 copies of many tracks and no obvious differences. Unless of course you want to listen out for the (small) differences.3/5(1).

Label: Commodore - MVCJ~2 • Format: 2x, CD Compilation, Reissue, Remastered Box Set • Country: Japan • Genre: Jazz, Blues • Style: Swing Billie Holiday - The Complete Commodore Recordings (, CD) | Discogs5/5(1).

Apr 06,  · Billie Holiday - The Commodore Master Takes If you're a completist who insists on having everything that Billie Holiday recorded, "The Complete Commodore Recordings" is required listening. But for the more casual listener, it's best to pass on that two-CD set and stick with "The Commodore Master Takes".

CD2, Billie Holiday (vcl) with Artie Shaw and His Orchestra. New York, July 24, Studio recording for RCA Victor. CD2, Billie Holiday (vcl) with Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra. Los Angeles, June 12, Studio recording for Capitol Records.

(%, no extra track(s)) Complete Commodore Recordings, Original American, Vol. 2/2 [Albumtitle] tah when album is new or album info or album tracks is updated. Tracks on this album.

Although many of Billie Holiday's recordings for Commodore and Decca are often overlooked -- at least in comparison to the songs that bookend her career (for Columbia and Verve) -- they include some of her best work, beginning at the end of the '30s with "Strange Fruit" and stretching to the end of the '40s with "God Bless the Child." In , Billie Holiday was a jazz sensation .

Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson Orchestra: 7: Mar New York City, Seventh Avenue: Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood and his Orchestra: Feb New York City, Seventh Avenue: Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson Orchestra: Apr New York City, Broadway, WOR Recording Studios: Billie Holiday with.

Song information for Embraceable You - Billie Holiday on AllMusic. Song information for Embraceable You - Billie Holiday on AllMusic The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve Verve / PolyGram: The Complete Original American Commodore Recordings. GRP / Verve: