Billie Holiday - All Or Nothing At All [LP - Verve Acoustic Sounds]

Release Date: 5/23/2025
Label: Verve

Recorded in five sessions over 1956/1957 and released in 1958, this 12-track affair is loaded with the classic standards from Berlin, Ellington, Gershwin and more. Though some claimed Billie Holiday was beyond her peak at this point, it was Miles Davis who countered that this was her most effective time with her "deepest understanding and control" of the repertoire she was performing. Her supporting cast on this album contributes to that as well, which included Barney Kessel (Guitar), Ben Webster (Tenor Sax), "Sweets" Edison (Trumpet), and Jimmy Rowles (Piano). Verve Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.

Tracklist

1. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
2. Cheek To Cheek
3. Ill Wind
4. Speak Low
5. I Wished On The Moon
6. But Not For Me
7. All Or Nothing At All
8. We'll Be Together Again
9. Sophisticated Lady
10. April In Paris
11. Say It Isn't So
12. Love Is Here To Stay