[78-L] Your Mother's Son-In-Law - BG and Billie Holiday on Columbia Blue Shellac

Julian Vein julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk
Fri May 6 04:36:46 PDT 2011


Jeff Sultanof wrote:
> I also found it very interesting that when Teddy Wilson was asked in an
> interview about his series of records on Brunswick, he initially did not
> discuss Holiday. When pressed in a subtle way to name his favorite singers
> on his records, he didn't mention Holiday at that point either. I wish I
> could remember who the interviewer was at this point, but I remember this
> being quite striking.
> 
> Jeff Sultanof
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Was that where he described Holiday as "singing as if her boots were too 
tight"? The best Wilson piano I've heard from that period was with Red 
Evans and Chick Bullock. That must tell you something?

      Julian Vein


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