All or Nothing at All (album)
All or Nothing at All is a studio album by Billie Holiday, released in 1958 on Verve Records, catalog MGV8329. There are 12 songs on the LP taken from five different recording sessions that took place in 1956 and 1957. Holiday was backed by a "relaxed and understanding" small combo which included the trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison and the saxophonist Ben Webster. A 1959 New York Times article noted that Holiday's voice "had become a very limited instrument which she used with the craft and guile of an aging pitcher who can no longer pour his fast one across the plate."
| All or Nothing at All | ||||
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| Released | 1958 | |||
| Recorded | August 1956, January 1957 | |||
| Genre | Jazz, vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 50:36 | |||
| Label | Verve | |||
| Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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| AllMusic | |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |
Album cover art is by David Stone Martin.
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