Tracks:
Billie's Blues
Lover Man
Them There Eyes
My Man
I Cover the Waterfront
Crazy He Calls Me
Lover Come Back to Me
Detour Ahead
Strange Fruit
Drive Me Crazy
Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
All of Me
I Loves You Porgy
Miss Brown to You

Performer Notes:

• Personnel includes: Billie Holiday (vocals).
• Recorded live at Storyville, Boston, Massachusetts. Includes liner notes by Victor Pearlin.
• Digitally remastered by Little Walter DeVenne.
• BILLIE'S BLUES is a live recording taken from a late '50s performance at Boston's famous Storyville Club. Accompanied by only piano, bass, and drums, Lady Day runs through a set that includes many of her most famous songs, including "Lover Man," "Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do," "I Cover The Waterfront," and "Strange Fruit" among them. By this late point in her career, Holiday's much-publicized addictions had taken their toll on her voice. But her phrasing, inflection, and intensely focused emotion are as evident as ever. While not pristine (the CD was dubbed from discs since no master tapes exist), the sound quality is still quite fine, and the opportunity to hear this rare live recording of the great Holiday more than compensates for any shortcomings.

Producer: Ron Bartolucci

Format: CD (1 Disc); Mono

Country: USA

Studio/Live: Live

Release Date: 1 June, 1998

Label: Wolf Records

Dimensions: 12.5 x 14.2 x 1 centimeters (0.11 kg)