Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie with Love from Dee Dee Bridgewater

Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee Bridgewater
Studio album by Dee Dee Bridgewater
Released March 15, 2010
Recorded June 5–7, 2009
Studio Avatar Studios, New York, NY
Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Genre Vocal jazz
Length 51:47
Label EmArcy
Producer Dee Dee Brdgewater
Dee Dee Bridgewater chronology
Red Earth
(2007)		 Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee Bridgewater
(2010)		 Midnight Sun
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
PopMatters5/10[2]

Eleanora Fagan (1915–1959): To Billie with Love From Dee Dee Bridgewater is a 2009 studio album by Dee Dee Bridgewater, recorded in tribute to Billie Holiday.[1] It won the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album, Bridgewater's third Grammy win in her career. Bridgewater had previously starred in Lady Day in the late 1980s, a biographical play about Holiday.

Track listing

  1. "Lady Sings the Blues" (Billie Holiday, Herbie Nichols) – 3:31
  2. "All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) – 2:58
  3. "Good Morning Heartache" (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) – 5:10
  4. "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" (Jimmy Davis, Roger ("Ram") Ramirez, and James Sherman) – 4:43
  5. "You've Changed" (Bill Carey, Carl Fischer) – 5:11
  6. "Miss Brown to You" (Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting, Ralph Rainger) – 2:12
  7. "Don't Explain" (Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) – 6:15
  8. "Fine and Mellow" (Holiday) – 4:55
  9. "Mother's Son-In-Law" (Alberta Nichols, Mann Holiner) – 2:46
  10. "God Bless the Child" (Holiday, Herzog) – 5:13
  11. "A Foggy Day" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:33
  12. "Strange Fruit" (Abel Meeropol) – 4:16

Personnel

Production
  • Steve Genewick - assistant engineer
  • Justin Gerrish
  • Sangwook "Sunny" Nam - assistant mastering engineer
  • Al Schmitt - engineer
  • Tulani Bridgewater Kowalski - graphic supervision
  • Dan Ouellette - liner notes
  • Edward Powell - make-up
  • Doug Sax - mastering
  • Mark Higashino - photography

Chart positions

Chart (2010) Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP)[3] 134
Greek Albums (IFPI)[4] 6
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[5] 42
US Jazz Albums (Billboard)[6] 19

References

  1. 1 2 Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee Bridgewater at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Layman, Will (28 February 2010). "Dee Dee Bridgewater: Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie with Love from Dee Dee Bridgewater". PopMatters. popmatters.com. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Dee Dee Bridgewater – ELEANORA FAGAN (1915-1959) - TO BILLIE WITH LOVE FROM DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Greekcharts.com – Dee Dee Bridgewater – ELEANORA FAGAN (1915-1959) - TO BILLIE WITH LOVE FROM DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Dee Dee Bridgewater – ELEANORA FAGAN (1915-1959) - TO BILLIE WITH LOVE FROM DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  6. ↑ Dee Dee Bridgewater - Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie with Love from Dee Dee Awards. Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
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