{"product_id":"billie-holiday-the-essential-carnegie-hall-concert-recorded-live","title":"Billie Holiday - The Essential Carnegie Hall Concert Recorded Live","description":"\u003cp\u003eLP - Limited Edition 180g Virgin Vinyl housed in a Gatefold Sleeve.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe live recordings included here are among the very best from Billie Holiday's final years.\u003cbr\u003ePart of the motivation behind the 1956 Carnegie Hall concert was to promote Billie's autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues.\u003cbr\u003eThe music was attuned entirely to Billie's character part, reinforced by readings from her book by Gilbert Millstein.\u003cbr\u003eAlthough recorded in 1956, the LP was only issued in 1961, almost two years after Billie's passing on July 17, 1959, at the age of 44.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBillie Holiday, vocals Roy Eldridge, trumpet Coleman Hawkins, tenor sax Carl Drinkard, piano Tony Scott, clarinet (piano on Lady Sings the Blues only) Carson Smith, bass Chico Hamilton, drums Gilbert Millstein, readings from the book Lady Sings the Blues Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, November 10, 1956.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WAXTIME","offers":[{"title":"Limited Edition 180G Virgin Vinyl","offer_id":53207032332615,"sku":"TRI-65618","price":22.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/9779\/5655\/files\/d7d900daac2a9c7cd5957ca8264a6db9.jpg?v=1769377511","url":"https:\/\/towerrecords.ie\/products\/billie-holiday-the-essential-carnegie-hall-concert-recorded-live","provider":"Tower Records Dublin Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}