Solitude

by Billie Holiday

Solitude cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1956
  • Label: Clef
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 38:39
  • Community rating: 4.13/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Repackaging material originally released on a 1952 10-inch LP, 'Solitude' features the vocalist backed by a small combo including Oscar Peterson and Charlie Shavers. The recordings emphasize her interpretive depth and intimate, conversational phrasing on a selection of jazz standards.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, female-vocals, bluesy, ballad, crooning

Tracklist

  1. East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon) (2:54)
  2. Blue Moon (3:27)
  3. You Go To My Head (2:54)
  4. You Turned The Tables On Me (3:26)
  5. Easy To Love (2:59)
  6. These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) (3:35)
  7. I Only Have Eyes For You (2:53)
  8. Solitude (3:27)
  9. Everything I Have Is Yours - 10'' Version (3:44)
  10. Love For Sale (2:56)
  11. Moonglow (2:59)
  12. Tenderly (3:19)

Credits

  • Terra Ferma - primary artist
  • Mark Neal - sleeve
  • Grant Cowan - arranged by [additional]
  • Billie Holiday - Primary Artist
  • Brooks Bowman - Written-By
  • Rodgers & Hart - Written-By
  • Haven Gillespie - Written-By
  • J. Fred Coots - Written-By
  • Louis Alter - Written-By
  • Sidney Mitchell - Written-By
  • Cole Porter - Written-By
  • Eric Maschwitz - Written-By
  • Harry Link - Written-By
  • Jack Strachey - Written-By
  • Al Dubin - Written-By
  • Harry Warren - Written-By
  • Duke Ellington - Written-By
  • Eddie Delange - Written-By
  • Irving Mills - Written-By
  • Burton Lane - Written-By
  • Harold Adamson - Written-By
  • Will Hudson - Written-By
  • Jack Lawrence - Written-By
  • Walter Gross - Written-By

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