Lady in Autumn: The Best of the Verve Years
Billie Holiday · 1991
128 min · 35 tracks · blues · jazz · swing
A haunting blend of soulful vocals and poignant lyrics that encapsulate the essence of jazz and blues.
Is this for you?
Good fit if you like
- haunting vocals for introspective moments
- wave-like pacing for emotional ebb
- dynamic journey through nostalgic themes
- for late-night solitude
- soulful melodies that linger
Maybe skip if you want
- seekers of upbeat tempos
- prefer standalone tracks only
Where this album fits
- Career context
- Released in 1991, 'Lady in Autumn' is a posthumous compilation that celebrates Billie Holiday's influential Verve years. At this point in her legacy, Holiday had long been established as one of the most iconic jazz vocalists, with her recordings continuing to resonate across generations, despite her passing in 1959.
- Stylistic neighbors
- Ella Fitzgerald· Sarah Vaughan· Nina Simone
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
Disc 1
- 1 Body and Soul 3:26
- 2 Strange Fruit 2:54
- 3 Trav’lin’ Light 3:26
- 4 All of Me 1:58
- 5 There Is No Greater Love 2:37
- 6 I Cover the Waterfront 2:52
- 7 These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) 3:37
- 8 Tenderly 3:23
- 9 Autumn in New York 3:54
- 10 My Man 2:39
- 11 Stormy Weather 3:41
- 12 Yesterdays 2:50
- 13 (I Got a Man Crazy for Me) He’s Funny That Way 3:10
- 14 What a Little Moonlight Can Do 3:14
- 15 I Cried for You (Now It’s Your Turn to Cry Over Me) 2:29
- 16 Too Marvelous for Words 2:16
- 17 I Wished on the Moon 6:47
- 18 I Don’t Want to Cry Anymore 3:58
- 19 Prelude to a Kiss 5:34
Disc 2
- 1 Nice Work If You Can Get It 3:53
- 2 Come Rain or Come Shine 4:20
- 3 What’s New? 4:18
- 4 God Bless the Child 4:01
- 5 Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me 4:15
- 6 April in Paris 3:04
- 7 Lady Sings the Blues 2:38
- 8 Don’t Explain 2:24
- 9 Fine and Mellow 3:22
- 10 I Didn’t Know What Time It Was 6:00
- 11 Stars Fell on Alabama 4:30
- 12 One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) 5:39
- 13 Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You 5:38
- 14 Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) 3:08
- 15 All the Way 3:25
- 16 Don’t Worry ’Bout Me 3:08
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