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Specially prepared liner notes by renowned music writer Brian Morton.

After an impasse in which she mostly recorded with tightly arranged groups (for Commodore) and big bands with strings (for Decca), Billie Holiday signed her last long-term contract with Norman Granz who tried to repeat the small group magic of her early days.

Solitude was among Billie's first studio sessions for Granz and features the singer backed by Charlie Shavers, Flip Phillips, the Oscar Peterson Trio, and Alvin Stoller or J. C. Heard.

TRACK LISTING

East Of The Sun
Blue Moon
You Go To My Head
You Turned The Tables On Me
Easy To Love
These Foolish Things
If The Moon Turns Green
April In Paris
I Only Have Eyes For You
Solitude
Everything I Have Is Yours
Love For Sale
Moonglow
Tenderly
I'll Be Seeing You