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Billie Holiday - Fine and Mellow (1957)


Reunited after many years with tenor saxophonist Lester Young, Billie's visual reaction to his moving solo remains as eloquent as anything she ever sang; a touching finale to their historic musical partnership. Introduced by Robert Herridge (producer/host of CBS' "The Sound of Jazz"), this is perhaps the single most famous "live jazz" performance in TV history. Other members of the all-star band seen here: Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Gerry Mulligan, Roy Eldridge, Doc Cheatham, Vic Dickenson, Danny Barker, Milt Hinton, Mal Waldron..."We shall not see their likes again."

Billie Holiday：“I don't think I ever sing a song the same way twice... Anything I do sing is a part of my life.”

註：我非常非常喜歡這場表演啊！演出者都是一時之選（註一）不說，
更難得的，是可以看到 Lady Day的眼神，真的是充滿韻味呢～
（尤其是她看Lester Young時～真的是很有意思的表情呢！^^）
我很喜歡Billie Holiday的，非常非常喜歡！～
聽她的歌，從演唱到詞意（啊真的是讓人無奈又不得不會心一笑的歌詞啊～^^"），
常常可以感受到一種"雖知如此，仍然一往無悔"的執著與氣魄！
但同時，又是那麼充滿理解與包容......總之，是既能帶給人勇氣，又不橫加苛責的感覺。......

不過，她自己的人生，倒也是一塌糊塗（話說費滋傑羅的也是......）
想想也是令人感慨吧！有時人生啊～就算是分明明白，卻又無法擺脫......
超脫之路，還真是不易而遙遠啊～（笑）

Song composed by Billie Holiday (1939)

My man don't love me
Treats me oh so mean
My man he don't love me
Treats me awfully
He's the lowest man
That I've ever see

He wears high trimmed pan
Stripes are really yellow
He wears high trimmed pan
Stripes are really yellow

But when he starts in to love me
He's so fine and mellow

Love will make you drink and gamble
Make you stay out all night long repeat
Love will make you drink and gamble
Make you stay out all night long repeat

Love will make you do things
That you know is wrong

But if you treat me right baby
I'll stay home everyday
But if you treat me right baby
I'll stay home everyday

But your'e so mean to me baby
I know you're gonna drive me away

Love is just like the faucet
It turns off and on
Love is just like the faucet
It turns off and on

Sometimes when you think its on baby
It has turned off and gone

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fine and Mellow is a jazz standard written by Billie Holiday, who first recorded it on April 20, 1939 on the Commodore label.
It is a blues lamenting the bad treatment of a woman at the hands of "my man".
The song was famously performed by Billie Holiday in 1957 in a television special, The Sound of Jazz.
The lineup included several jazz legends (the first six are listed in the order of their solos):

註一：
Ben Webster – tenor saxophone
Lester Young – tenor saxophone
Vic Dickenson – trombone
Gerry Mulligan – baritone saxophone
Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
Roy Eldridge – trumpet
Doc Cheatham
Danny Barker
Milt Hinton
Mal Waldron