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"Lady Sings the Blues" is a song written by jazz
Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
 singer Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer and songwriter.Nicknamed Lady Day by her loyal friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday was a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing....
, and jazz
Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
 pianist
Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an musical ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers....
 Herbie Nichols
Herbie Nichols

Herbie Nichols , was an American jazz pianist and composer. Obscure during his lifetime, he is now highly regarded by many musicians and critics....
.

It is the title song to her 1956 album, released on Clef/Verve Records (MGC 721/Verve MV 2047).








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"Lady Sings the Blues" is a song written by jazz
Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
 singer Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer and songwriter.Nicknamed Lady Day by her loyal friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday was a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing....
, and jazz
Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
 pianist
Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an musical ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers....
 Herbie Nichols
Herbie Nichols

Herbie Nichols , was an American jazz pianist and composer. Obscure during his lifetime, he is now highly regarded by many musicians and critics....
.

It is the title song to her 1956 album, released on Clef/Verve Records (MGC 721/Verve MV 2047).

Recording Session


Studio Session #75 New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
, June 6, 1956, Tony Scott
Tony Scott (musician)

Tony Scott was a jazz clarinetist known for an interest in folk music around the world. For most of his career he was held in some esteem in New Age music circles because of his decades-long involvement in music linked to Asian cultures and to meditation....
 & His Orchestra (Verve
Verve Records

Verve Records is an United States Jazz record label now owned by the Universal Music Group. It was founded by Norman Granz in 1956, absorbing the catalogues of his earlier labels: Norgran Records and Clef Records and material which had been licensed to Mercury Records previously....
), with Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers

Charlie James Shavers was a Swing era jazz trumpet player who played at one time or another with Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Johnny Dodds, Jimmy Noone, Sidney Bechet, Midge Williams and Billie Holiday....
 (clarinet), Tony Scott
Tony Scott (musician)

Tony Scott was a jazz clarinetist known for an interest in folk music around the world. For most of his career he was held in some esteem in New Age music circles because of his decades-long involvement in music linked to Asian cultures and to meditation....
 (clarinet), Paul Quinichette
Paul Quinichette

Paul Quinichette was a jazz tenor saxophone musician. He was known as the Vice President or Vice Prez for his uncanny emulation of the breathy style of Lester Young, known as President....
 (tenor saxophone), Wynton Kelly
Wynton Kelly

Wynton Kelly was a jazz pianist who spent his career in the United States. He is perhaps best known for working with trumpeter Miles Davis in the '50s....
 (piano), Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell

Kenneth Earl "Kenny" Burrell is an United States jazz guitarist. His playing is grounded in bebop and blues; he has performed and recorded with a wide range of jazz musicians....
 (guitar), Aaron Bell (bass), Lennie Mc Browne (drums), Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer and songwriter.Nicknamed Lady Day by her loyal friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday was a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing....
 (vocal)

Notable cover versions


  • Ella Fitzgerald
    Ella Fitzgerald

    Ella Jane Fitzgerald , also known as "Jazz royalty" and the "First Lady of Song", is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century....
     (1957)
  • Archie Shepp
    Archie Shepp

    Archie Shepp is a prominent American jazz saxophonist. Shepp is best known for his passionately Afrocentrism music of the late 1960s which focused on highlighting the injustices faced by the African Race , as well as for his work with the New York Contemporary Five, Horace Parlan, and his collaborations with his "New Thing" contemporaries,...
     (1966)
  • Diana Ross
    Diana Ross

    Diane Ernestine "Diana" Ross is a recording artist, actress, and entertainer. During the 1960s, she helped shape the Motown Sound as lead singer of The Supremes before leaving for a solo career in the beginning of 1970....
     (1972)
  • Terence Blanchard
    Terence Blanchard

    Terence Blanchard is an internationally renowned jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, arranger, and Golden Globe-nominated film score composer....
     (1993)
  • Peter Nero
    Peter Nero

    Peter Nero is an United States pianist and pop music Conductor ....
     (1995)
  • Nnenna Freelon
    Nnenna Freelon

    Nnenna Freelon, , is an USA jazz singer, composer, producer, and arranger. She has been nominated for five Grammy Awards for her vocal work, and has performed and toured with such top artists as Ray Charles, Ellis Marsalis, Al Jarreau, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin, Dianne Reeves, Diana Krall, Ramsey Lewis, George Benson, Clark Terry, Herbie H...
     (1999)
  • Lonnie Liston Smith
    Lonnie Liston Smith

    He is to be distinguished from the other jazz organist and keyboardist, Dr. Lonnie Smith. Lonnie Liston Smith, Jr. is an United States jazz, soul music, and funk musician....
     (1999)
  • Smokey Robinson
    Smokey Robinson

    William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. is an USA R&B and soul music singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson is noted for being one of the primary figures associated with Motown Records, second only to the company's founder, Berry Gordy....
     (2001)


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