After an impasse in which she mostly recorded with tightly arranged groups (for Commodore) and big bands with strings (for Decca), Billie Holiday signed her last long-term contract with Norman Granz. He tried to repeat the small group magic of her early days. Solitude included Billies first studio sessions for Granz, and features the singer backed by Charlie Shavers on trumpet, Flip Phillips on tenor sax, and the Oscar Peterson Trio plus drummers Alvin Stoller or J. C. Heard. 1. East of the Sun 2. Blue Moon 3. You Go To My Head 4. You Turned the Tables On Me 5. Easy To Love 6. These Foolish Things 7. If the Moon Turns Green 8. April In Paris 9. I Only Have Eyes For You 10. Solitude 11. Everything I Have is Yours 12. Love For Sale 13. Moonglow 14. Tenderly 15. I Ll Be Seeing You
