Print and download in pdf or midi all of me billie holiday solo composer. All of me not john legend sheet music for piano, trumpet. Choose from billie holiday sheet music for such popular songs as the way you look tonight, stormy weather, and cant help lovin dat man. You took my kisses and all my love, you taught me how to care, am i to be just remnant of a one side love affair. Billie holiday songs for all instruments and levels. All of me chords by billie holiday learn how to play chords diagrams. Nicknamed lady day by her friend and music partner lester young, holiday had a seminal influence on jazz music and pop singing. It has an abac structure, and is written in the key.
Columbia records on its subsidiary labels brunswick records, vocalion records, and okeh records, from 1933 through 1942. Print and download all of me sheet music by billie holiday. Nicknamed lady day by her loyal friend and musical partner lester young, holiday was a highly original influence on jazz and pop singing. All of me by billie holiday features 10 standards performed by the famed jazz singer. Billie holiday was a great jazz singer, possibly the greatest of all time. What instrument plays a solo in billie holidays all of me. Love me or leave me remixed and reimagined billies blues glad to be unhappy pennies from heaven spreadin rhythm around travlin all alone stealing beauty ill be seeing you the complete billie holiday stars fell on alabama torch songs disc 2 body and soul ultimate billie holiday body and soul dont explain god bless the child lady sings. Complete billie holiday on columbia 19331944 billie. So, looking through the jazz real book, i came upon the standardest standard of all jazz history. Billie holiday eine komplexe lady udiscover germany.
Billie holiday all of me high quality sheet music available for download. The song became a very frequently covered jazz standard, with billie holiday being one of the artists to perform covers of the song. Lets call the whole thing off they cant take that away from me, 1. All of me by billie holiday song catalog the current. Gerald marks and seymour simons wrote the words and music of all of me in 1931. Wellwritten and meticulously researched, the author, john szweddirector of the center for jazz studies at columbia universityknows his stuff, and disabuses the oftmistaken notion that holiday was primarily a blues singer and not the masterful jazz singer that she actually was. Billie holiday was born eleanora harris in baltimore on april 7, 1915. Quintessential jazz singer whose reedy voice and laconic style made her a legend for the ages. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing. To mark what would have been lady days birthday on 7 april, heres a piece. Despite being one of the most recognizable names in the world of jazz, billie holidays early life gave very little indication of the superstar she would become. Learn to play guitar by chord tabs using chord diagrams, transpose the key, watch video lessons and much more.
See all 8 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. High quality and interactive, transposable in any key, play along. All of me why not take all of me cant you see im no good without you take my lips i want to lose them take my arms i never use them your goodbye left me with. Unlike frank sinatra, whose centenary we also mark this year, she did not enjoy a sixdecade career, wrapping up with sellout stadium tours and number one celebrity duet cds with bono and jimmy buffett. From the great depression to midcentury, billie holiday sang for her peopleanyone in pain and. Find billie holidays phone number, address, and email on spokeo, the leading online directory for contact information. All of me alto saxophone as hilton jefferson bass b john kirby clarinet cl cecil scott drums d cozy cole guitar g lawrence lucie piano p teddy wilson tenor saxophone ts ben webster trumpet t roy eldridge vocals voc. A distinctive and lasting voice in popular music her music stands unsurpassed at the apex of jazz singing. Good news, im not dead i feel so bad about leaving you all hanging for so long. Listen free to billie holiday all of me my man, them there eyes and more. It was been a reeeally long time since ive uploaded so i decided i need to get something together. All of me, why not take all of me cant you see im no good without you take my lips i want to lose them take my arms ill never use them y. All of me for voice and piano, intermediate voice sheet music.
All of me is a popular song and jazz standard written by gerald marks and seymour simons in 1931. One hundred years ago today april 7th 1915 billie holiday was born in philadelphia. Song information for all of me billie holiday on allmusic. Holiday all of me sheet music for voice and piano pdf. Billie holiday anthology lady day had a right to sing the blues. Though she had no formal training, and her voice was limited in range, it was poignant, expressive and displayed a. I love the looks of you, the lure of you the sweet of you, the pure of you the eyes, the arms, the m. Print instantly, or sync to our free pc, web and mobile apps. And handle even the heart and soul of you so love at least a small percent of me do for i. All of me chords by billie holiday with chords drawings, easy version, 12 key variations and much more. Nicknamed lady day by her loyal friend and musical partner, lester young, holiday was a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Buy a cheap copy of lady sings the blues book by billie holiday. After a troubled childhood, billie holiday discovered the harlem jazz scene.
Blue moon you saw me standing alone without a dream in my heart without a love of my own blue moon you knew just what i was there for you heard me saying a prayer for. Licensed to virtual sheet music by hal leonard publishing company. Born eleanora fagan, holidays father was a jazz musicianbut he had no role in raising her. Billie holiday eleanora fagan gough, philadelphia, pa, april 7, 1915 new york city, ny, july 17, 1959 was an american jazz singer and songwriter. All of me is a popular song written in 1931 by gerald marks and seymour simons. Heres billie in 1941 accompanied by a pickup band that included her great musical and personal platonic love, tenor saxist lester young. The discography of billie holiday consists of twelve studio albums, three live albums, twentyfour compilations, five box sets, and 38 singles holiday recorded extensively for six labels. This work presents the billie holiday story her rise to the top from the slums and the streets, to the eventual slide down.
Billie holiday all of me 1995, partwork, cd discogs. She had a pure jazz style and improvised brilliantly with other musicians. A mustread not only for billie holiday fans, but for anyone with even a passing interest in musical history. Theyre writing songs of love but not for me a lucky stars above but not for me with love to lead the way ive found more clouds of gray th. Love me or leave me remixed and reimagined billie s blues glad to be unhappy pennies from heaven spreadin rhythm around travlin all alone stealing beauty ill be seeing you the complete billie holiday stars fell on alabama torch songs disc 2 body and soul ultimate billie holiday body and soul dont explain god bless the child lady sings. After countless listens to billies blues and gloomy sunday, it struck me that her deep, velvet voice and honest, poetic lyrics were iconic and representative of the times. Billie holiday biography billie holiday april 7, 1915 july 17, 1959 was an american jazz singer and songwriter. Billie holiday eleanora fagan gough, philadelphia, pa, april 7, 1915 new york city, ny. Billie holiday tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including god bless the child, all of me, crazy he calls me, lover man, ill be seeing you. Thanks to jack cochrane for correcting these lyrics. Miss holidays life was short and turbulent, fading out just as sinatra, her almost exact. All s remain the properties of their respective author.
Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Sheet music arranged for pianovocalchords, and singer pro in f major transposable. Her father, clarence holiday, a professional guitarist, abandoned mother and child, and didnt acknowledge billie as his daughter until she became successful. Billie holidays phone number, email, address spokeo. Her unmarried parents were young and impoverished, and holiday was often left in the care. Eleanora fagan april 7, 1915 july 17, 1959, professionally known as billie holiday, was an american jazz singer with a career spanning nearly thirty years. All you took, i gladly gave, there is nothing left for me to save. Billie holiday lyrics all of you i love the looks of you, the lure of you the sweet of you, the pure of you the eyes, the arms, the mouth of you. Download and print sheet music or learn how to play online. All of me billie holiday solo sheet music for piano. Billie holiday all of me jazz greats volume 1 tracklist. Includes an high quality pdf file to download instantly. Holiday is backed on the album by jazz pianist teddy wilson.
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