Lady Sings the Blues Jamaican Recordings the trumpeter not only laid

the trumpeter not only laid the groundwork for the modalism that immediately followed but tailored a genuine modern-jazz masterwork laden with performances among the most explosive of his distinguished career

Kenny Wheeler is the composer of the nine hauntingly lyrical chamber-elaborations and endows them with his singular timbre on flugelhorn and trumpet in expressive melodic exchanges with alto saxophonist Lee Konitz

his two earlier singles feature on the record

personal music that is full of artistic detail

Lady Sings the Blues Jamaican Recordings the trumpeter not only laid"Lady Sings the Blues" is the name of the Billie Holiday album presented here, as well as the records title track. It was even used as the title of the singers autobiography, which she presented shortly before the making of this amazing LP. The album placed Lady Day in the company of celebrated jazz stars, such as Charlie Shavers, Harry Sweets Edison, Paul Quinichette, Wynton Kelly, Barney Kessel, and Kenny Burrell, and received a five star rating in