Billie Holiday - Remixed & Reimagined (Dig)
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Artist: Billie HolidayEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-08-07
Music Label: Sony Legacy
Soundtracks:
- I Hear Music (Swingsett & Takuya's Mighty Fine Remix)
- More Than You Know (Jazzeem's Throwback Remix)
- Spreadin' Rhythm Around (Lady Bug vs. Lady Day RR Remix)
- Long Gone Blues (GXR Remix)
- Trav'lin' All Alone (Nickodemus & Zeb Remix)
- He Ain't Got Rhythm (Poppyseed Remix)
- Summertime (Organica Remix)
- I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away The Key) (Madison Park Remix)
- Glad To Be Unhappy (DJ Logic Remix)
- Billie's Blues (Daniel Y Remix)
- You're So Desirable (Sunday People Remix)
- Pennies From Heaven (Count De Money Remix)
- But Beautiful (Tony Humphries THP Remix)
- All Of Me (Charles Feelgood Remix)
Free Music Notes for Remixed & Reimagined (Dig)
Free Music Review: Reimagined imaginatively
Hit: 5 Stars
If you're a Billie Holiday purist, as some of these other reviewers seem to be, this is not the CD for you. But if your taste in music ranges from classic jazz to downtempo, this is a terrific compilation.
True, Billie Holiday's voice is borrowed in bits and piece and the songs are not played all the way, per se, but I think the mixes highlight the genius of her phrasing and range of voice. She sounds completely contemporary, as if she had sung the songs for the tracks. I also liked the range of styles included. With some CDs of this sort, you get things that sound like they blend together (and not in a good way), but on this CD, each song has a unique presence.
In "Spreadin' the Rhythm Around" the RR Remix, you can almost picture her with Lady Bug on a stage in one of those live let's-bring-together-all-kinds-of-artists performances, that often disappoints, but sometimes produces concert magic. The energy is contagious.
Another one of my favorites is Poppyseed's remix of "He Ain't Got Rhythm" which juxtoposes an excellent rhythm section against the words of the song. The message, unsung, is that she has enough rhythm for both of them.
Love it!
Remixed & Reimagined (Dig) Poster
Hot on the heels of Nina Simone's like-minded project, this 14-track disk takes Billie Holiday's masterful and mourning vocals of 1935 to 1958 to the 21st-century digital dance floor, courtesy of some resourceful remixers and DJs from Swingsett & Takuya and Nickodemus & Zeb to Organica and Poppyseed. You have to give these aural alchemists credit for their daring, but some tracks work better than others. The best include "Spreadin? Rhythm Around," featuring Digable Planet's Ladybug Mecca, the echoplexed embers of GXR's "Long Gone Blues," DJ Logic's string-centric "Glad to be Unhappy," and Daniel Y's infectious, Soul to Soul/Loose Ends grooved "Billie's Blues." With augmentation provided by live guitarists, keyboardists, and percussionists, these scientists of sound don't desecrate the gardenia-wearing goddess's eternal artistry; rather, they globally reposition it for this era's electronica-fueled iPod generation, from the downbeat to the download. --Eugene Holley, Jr.Blues Music CDs
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