Album: All or Nothing at All by Billie Holiday (1958)
Genre: Jazz
Format: Album

Description: All or Nothing at All is a studio album by Billie Holiday, recorded in 1956 and 1957 and released by Verve Records in 1958.

A later 2 CD re-issue combined all of the tracks from this and two other Holiday albums recorded at the same time, Body and Soul and Songs for Distingué Lovers, with two additional bonus tracks taken from the same recording sessions. Album cover art is by David Stone Martin.

Artist Background: Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Harris April 7, 1915 - July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. Critic John Bush wrote that Holiday "changed the art of American pop vocals forever." She co-wrote only a few songs, but several of them have ... Part of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Jazz movement.

Related Artists: Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington

Music Scene: Part of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Jazz movement.

Tags: Jazz, classic, Album


All or Nothing at All is a studio album by Billie Holiday, recorded in 1956 and 1957 and released by Verve Records in 1958.

A later 2 CD re-issue combined all of the tracks from this and two other Holiday albums recorded at the same time, Body and Soul and Songs for Distingué Lovers, with two additional bonus tracks taken from the same recording sessions. Album cover art is by David Stone Martin.

All or Nothing at All

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