Billie Holiday - Fine and Mellow (1957)

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Reunited after many years with tenor saxophonist Lester Young, Billie's visual reaction to his moving solo remains as eloquent as anything she ever sang; a touching finale to their historic musical partnership. Introduced by Robert Herridge (producer/host of CBS' "The Sound of Jazz"), this is perhaps the single most famous "live jazz" performance in TV history. Other members of the all-star band seen here: Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Gerry Mulligan, Roy Eldridge, Doc Cheatham, Vic Dickenson, Danny Barker, Milt Hinton, Mal Waldron..."We shall not see their likes again."

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It's Ben Webster, ... ( 1 month ago by handrixyall)

It's Ben Webster, then Lester Young

one word.... wow ( 1 month ago by cjacja21)

one word.... wow

Fine and ... ( 1 month ago by lilyofthevalley7)

Fine and Mellooooooooo!!! Go Billie!!!

Correct. Hawk has ... ( 1 month ago by Amileoj)

Correct. Hawk has the third tenor solo.

Lester Young's solo ... ( 1 month ago by ciscokiddynamo)

Lester Young's solo is so beautiful. Ben Webster's is great too, but Young played such pure, soulful blues.

Lester, Lester, ... ( 1 month ago by swampgravy)

Lester, Lester, Lester, yes, yes yes.

"The stripes are ... ( 1 month ago by swampgravy)

"The stripes are really yellow."
Mr. Mulligan, it's your chorus.

All this talk about ... ( 1 month ago by Cerigan)

All this talk about the icing - didn't anyone notice the cake?

what a talent, so ... ( 1 month ago by loopydeloop08)

what a talent, so much passion and i dont think she ever knew how great, powerful and poetic her words and song were. long live taht jazz...

Yeah, take any ... ( 1 month ago by dSOOCH)

Yeah, take any black man: Sean Diddy Combs for instance... He never copied anyone in his whole life . . . he's the REAL musical genius; Completely original. NOT!!! It's true that white artists were influenced by black artists, and in many cases have jacked their styles & even ripped off their music, too. But "SPEAKONIT", there are SO many examples of original artists (of ALL COLORS) that disprove your angry statement. Let it go, YO!!!

Amazing. No one can ... ( 4 weeks ago by camking88)

Amazing. No one can even come close to Lady Day!

this is Absolute! ( 4 weeks ago by trejul)

this is Absolute!

what pure class! ( 3 weeks ago by sa8vsaxman)

what pure class!

I read in her ... ( 3 weeks ago by WhiskeyyWoman)

I read in her autobiography that from 33-44 she didn't get the royalties. She started getting em when she signed with Decca. She says that royalties were virtually unheard of in her day. Anyway, I don't know whose getting em now. You're gonna have to search.

Marijuana isn't ... ( 3 weeks ago by WhiskeyyWoman)

Marijuana isn't poison. In many ways it opened up music to new thoughts and things. If you want the truth, the old Jazz musicians sound just like a marijuana high if it had one. The strongest and best everlasting high you could ever ask for.

Some times the old ... ( 2 weeks ago by tokokuken)

Some times the old ways are best, no?

this is fantastic ... ( 2 weeks ago by 9jem)

this is fantastic but must if this is the full clip watch out for roy eldrige trumpet solo spine chiling

like the comment ... ( 2 weeks ago by 9jem)

like the comment its beter than arguing over who did what

Emotion. Pure ... ( 1 week ago by danielgotac)

Emotion. Pure emotion!
Tears!

legendary,vocal ... ( 1 week ago by MissBJ)

legendary,vocal artistry at its best, she wrote the book on phrasing

amazing. ( 1 week ago by xdeathxxkissesx)

amazing.

Wow - that was one ... ( 1 week ago by Plasticsoul)

Wow - that was one of the greatest things I've ever seen in my life. Talk about pure human emotion. Not just Billie but every perfomer on that stage. That was so beautiful it literally made me cry.

To add on to that ... ( 6 days ago by KassanovaBrowne)

To add on to that last comment: The "chemistry" between all musicians and Ms. Holiday is so fluid, free, smooth, easy, and the "CHILL" in Coolness....lol...Billie, Ella and Sarah were the top and leading female singers that were the epitome of Jazz, and that legacy goes to this very day.....

Music in it's ... ( 8 hours ago by redrose000)

Music in it's simplest form. Phenomenal sounds!

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