Take 5 With Lester Young With Billie Holiday

A few months ago I posted a Take 5 of Lester Young during his time with Count Basie. At the time of his first recordings with the count, he was also on many recordings the great singer, Billie Holiday made. This Take 5 focuses on the music they made together.

First up is "Without Your Love."

Next up from 1937 is "All of Me."

Then there is "When You're Smiling."

Here is "I Must Have That Man."

All of those above recordings were small group sessions led by the great pianist, Teddy Wilson. to close this edition of Take 5, we have this celebrated video clip from the legendary TV show "The Sound of Jazz," with Holiday singing "Fine and Mellow" with a band that included Young, Coleman Hawkins, and Ben Webster.

There is so much great Billie Holiday with Lester Young, I will be doing another playlist soon.