I’ve shown in Part 1 and Part 2 that Holiday designed many, maybe most, of her arrangements of songs, even though that has never previously been discussed. We started by looking at “Them There Eyes.” Louis Armstrong recorded it in 1931 (his radio broadcast versions in 1937 and ‘38 are very similar to the 1931 recording), and Billie’s 1939 version is influenced by his.
Interesting as usual! Just a minor remark: Some readers might get the impression that George Wein was the pianist at the Storyville recording while it in fact was Carl Drinkard, Billie's pianist at that time.
Interesting as usual! Just a minor remark: Some readers might get the impression that George Wein was the pianist at the Storyville recording while it in fact was Carl Drinkard, Billie's pianist at that time.
Absolutely--I mentioned Drinkard in Part 1 but I forgot to mention him here--I just added him--THANK YOU BO