Summertime / Billie's Blues

by Billie Holiday

Summertime / Billie's Blues cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: August 1936
  • Label: Vocalion
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 4.22/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Adapting a newly penned aria from 'Porgy and Bess', this recording successfully transformed an operatic lullaby into a definitive, swinging jazz standard. The remarkably optimistic vocal phrasing highlights an incredible command of rhythm and subtle, emotional nuance.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, melodic, vintage, bluesy, lounge

Tracklist

  1. Summertime (2:53)
  2. Billie's Blues (2:39)

Credits

  • Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra - primary artist, vocals, written-by
  • Pete Peterson - bass [uncredited]
  • Artie Shaw - clarinet [uncredited]
  • Cozy Cole - drums [uncredited]
  • Dick McDonough - guitar [uncredited]
  • Joe Bushkin - piano [uncredited]
  • Bunny Berigan - trumpet [uncredited]
  • DuBose Heyward - written-by
  • George Gershwin - Written-By
  • Billie Holiday - Written-By

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