Molly Johnson - Because Of Billie (2014)
Molly Johnson - Because Of Billie (2014)
MP3 320 kbps CBR | 60:01 min | 143 MB
Genre: Vocal Jazz | Label: Decca (UMO)
MP3 320 kbps CBR | 60:01 min | 143 MB
Genre: Vocal Jazz | Label: Decca (UMO)
An easy-street, rather than ‘troubled’, Billie Holiday encountered here, in the Dee Dee Bridgewater mould, from Canadian singer Molly Johnson, backed by a small combo. Most of the songs you’d expect on a Holiday songbook album are included, Because of Billie bookended by ‘Body and Soul’, and ‘Don’t Explain’, yet more unexpectedly, given the possibilities, ‘Now or Never’ really suits the Juno-winning singer, in a lively version with its raucous “straighten up and fly right” atmosphere suggesting Kansas City and jump jive styles.
Tracklist:
1. Body And Soul
2. What A Little Moonlight Can Do
3. Fine And Mellow
4. Them There Eyes
5. You've Changed
6. God Bless The Child
7. How Deep Is The Ocean?
8. Strange Fruit
9. Lady Sings The Blues
10. Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me
11. You Go To My Head
12. They Can't Take That Away From Me
13. Now Or Never
14. Don't Explain