Detailed item info | Track listing | 1. What a Little Moonlight Can Do 2. Miss Brown to You 3. Twenty Four Hours a Day 4. If You Were Mine 5. I Wish I Had You 6. These 'N' That 'N' Those 7. Spreadin' Rhythm Around 8. I'll Never Fail You 9. You're Gonna See a Lot of Me 10. Hello, My Darling 11. Let's Dream in the Moonlight 12. You're So Desirable 13. Let's Call a Heart a Heart 14. Please Keep Me in Your Dreams
| | Details | | Contributing artists: | Ben Webster, Benny Carter, Benny Goodman, Harry James, Johnny Hodges, Lester Young, Roy Eldridge, Teddy Wilson | | Producer: | Don Grierson (Compilation) | | Distributor: | Ryko Distribution | | Recording type: | Studio | | Recording mode: | Mixed | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
| | Album notes | Personnel: Billie Holiday (vocals); Johnny Hodges, Benny Carter, Edgar Sampson, Toots Mondello, Ted Buckner (alto saxophone); Ben Webster, Chu Berry, Babe Russin, Lester Young, Herschel Evans, Bud Freeman (tenor saxophone); Roy Eldridge, Dick Clarke, Bernard Anderson, Harry James, Bunny Berigan, Jonah Jones (trumpet); Bobby Hackett (cornet); Benny Morton, Trummy Young (trombone); Benny Goodman, Tom Macey, Buster Bailey, Irving Fazola (clarinet); Teddy Wilson, Claude Thornhill, Clyde Hart (piano); John Trueheart, Dave Barbour, Al Casey, Dick McDonough, Allan Reuss (guitar); John Kirby, Grachan Moncur, Walter Page, Milt Hinton (bass); Cozy Cole, Jo Jones (drums). Recorded between July 1935 and November 1938. Includes liner notes by Scott Yanow. All tracks have been digitally remastered. The liner notes to IF YOU WERE MINE, a collection of Holiday recordings from 1935-38, apologize for the selection of songs, claiming that they are of inferior quality to the tried and true standards for which Holiday is well known. While tunes such as "What A Little Moonlight Can Do," "Spreadin' Rhythm Around" and "You're Gonna See A Lot Of Me" haven't had the longevity of the Gershwin or Cole Porter songbooks, part of the joy of this album, at least for those already familiar with Lady Day's work, is the chance to hear her perform these lesser known yet still wonderful songs. Holiday's voice is refreshingly light and flexible here, qualities which were later replaced by a darker tone and a heavier stylization. Her performances on tracks like "If You Were Mine," and "Let's Call A Heart A Heart," stand up against her best work and solos by legendary musicians like Benny Goodman, Roy Eldridge, Johnny Hodges and Lester Young make IF YOU WERE MINE a valuable and distinctive collection of Holiday recordings.
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