Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra (w Billie Holiday ) - Miss Brown To You - Brunswick 7501

[SatchmoSings]

As the late George Avakian said, "A sweeping arc of sound."

[stlgtrace]

In opinion Billie Holiday sounded the best in the period 1933-1940 before she hit the drug-hazed whine of her later years.

[JTTagician]

No one have disliked this.

[SatchmoSings]

Recorded with one microphone with no limiters or "auto tune" or any other electronic "engineering."

Just real music . . .

[SatchmoSings]

In early July of 1969, having just graduated Junior High School, my father, who had essentially grown tired of my playing the records typical of a 14 year-old in 1969 said to me, "I want you to hear something."

So he pulled out of a stack, an old Columbia Lp (CL 637) called "Lady Day; Miss Billie Holiday" and the very first track on the record was "Miss Brown To You."

Well, I can assure you, I've never looked back.

Thank you, Atticus70.

[SatchmoSings]

Within a year-and-a-half, I had stopped playing the kind of records you would have expected of a teen at that time.

I was thought of as "weird" and a real nerd but thanks to Ken Burns, I've largely been vindicated.

PS, I now mostly prefer classical music though I still consider this to be "good" music, unlike most of the stuff my peers liked.

[fromthesidelines]

This is the just the THIRD number recorded on that July 2nd session, but Billie and Teddy's boys perform as though they'd worked togther for years....what more can I say?

[SwingMan1937]

Really like how you're putting these in order of the original matrix #'s, Atticus. Not only does it make for slick cataloging, but, listening to 'em successively, you can really hear how a complete session unfolds - every session, no matter if they're the same musicians session-to-session, has its own unique sound.

If this is indeed the "start" of your complete Brunswick/Columbia (1935-1941) Billie Holiday stash, I'll be keeping an extra close eye - the personell span is mindblowing. ;)

[Atticus70]

Thanks! :-D

I will stop before 1941 but yes... Session for session...

[SatchmoSings]

Have you considered mixing in the Billie Holiday records on "Vocalion?"