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Title: a beautiful program of Holiday ballads
Review: There have been many fine recorded tributes to Billie Holiday, ranging from Zoot SimsFor Lady Dayto Hank JonesFlowers for Lady Day, but this beautiful album by John Hicks is one of the best of them. The songs Hicks has chosen to play are representative of Holiday, and like the great ballad singer, he moves forward gently, playing with character and color. His playing is like liquid gold matched by recorded sound that's perfect.Here are the tracks and timings:Lover Man 8:31What a Little Moonlight Can Do 5:58Fine and Mellow 8:55God Bless' The Child 7:10Easy Living 7:42Billie's Blues 8:47Some Other Spring 6:40I Thought About You 8:03Warmly recommended.
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