Off The Tracks

Off The Tracks
  • Blog
    • Interviews
    • Miscellany
    • Special Guests
    • Reviews
  • Podcasts
  • The Vinyl Countdown
  • Back Catalogue
  • About
    • About
    • About the banner image
    • On Song

Posts Tagged Fine and Mellow

Archive

November 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Billie Holiday & The Sonhouse All Stars: BILLIE – The Original Soundtrack

Billie Holiday & The Sonhouse All Stars BILLIE: The Original Soundtrack Verve The story behind the just released new Billie Holiday documentary is nearly as interesting as the film itself. BILLIE was started in 1971 by a journalist interested in the background story. Holiday had died, nearly penniless 12 years earlier. She had, for a […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], Album Review, BILLIE, Billie Holiday, Billie Holiday & The Sonhouse All Stars, Billie Holiday & The Sonhouse All Stars: BILLIE - The Original Soundtrack, BILLIE: The Original Soundtrack, Documentary, Film, Fine and Mellow, Movie, Porgy, Score, Soundtrack, Strange Fruit, The Original Soundtrack, The Sonhouse All Stars, Verve, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

Archive

March 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 150

Billie Holiday, Fine and Mellow 1939 and 1944 (1979) I’m interested in these random compilations that turn up – if it’s an artist I love I’m curious about the compilations as well as the studio albums. And any readers of this blog will know I’m a big time Billie Holiday fan and on a kick […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1939, 1944, 1979, Billie Holiday, Commodore Classics, Compilation, Fine and Mellow, Fine and Mellow 1939 and 1944, LP, Strange Fruit, The Vinyl Countdown # 150, Vinyl ·

Archive

April 13, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

José James: Yesterday I Had The Blues – The Music of Billie Holiday

José James Yesterday I Had The Blues: The Music of Billie Holiday Blue Note Of all the “100 Year” celebrations to honour Billie Holiday this felt the most necessary – a brave new voice taking on that wonderful music. Because, at the time, Billie Holiday was exactly that: a brave new voice taking on that […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Al Jarreau, Album Review, Billie Holiday, Body and Soul, Eric Harland, Everybody Loves The Sunshine, Fine and Mellow, God Bless The Child, I Thought About You, Jason Moran, Jazz, John Patitucci, José James, José James Yesterday I Had The Blues: The Music of Billie Holiday, Lover Man, Rising Son, Roy Ayers, Standards, Strange Fruit, Takayu Kuroda, Tenderly, The Music of Billie Holiday, Vocal, Vocals, Yesterday I Had The Blues, Yesterday I Had The Blues - The Music of Billie Holiday ·

Popular

  • The Best Guitarist in The World: # 8 – Mark Knopfler
  • The Sad Story of Bob Welch: Fleetwood Mac’s Most Undervalued Member
  • Janna Lapidus Leblanc: Four Years In Pictures
  • The Best Guitarist in The World: # 11 – Lindsey Buckingham
  • Time Casts Its Spell: When Silver Springs Became The Secret Weapon It Had Always Threatened To Be
  • Everything Must Go: My Last Time At The Record Fair
  • Prince: Tokyo Dome 1990
  • Where Have All The Kiwi Soundtracks Gone?
  • The Way It Is With Prince
  • R.I.P. Ronny Jordan

Archives

Tags

Album Review Auckland Blog Book Book Review Chat Compilation DJ DVD DVD Review EP Film Film Review Gig Gig Review Guest Blog Guitar Interview Jazz Live Live Gig LP Movie Music NZ Podcast Poem Poetry Record Records Simon Sweetman Soundtrack Spines Spotify Stub Stubs Sweetman Podcast The Vinyl Countdown Vinyl Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron Wellington Wgtn Writing You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron [OST]

Categories

  • Back Catalogue
  • Blog
  • Interviews
  • Miscellany
  • Mixtapes
  • Playlists
  • Podcasts
  • Reviews
  • Scene Of The Day
  • Special Guests
  • The Vinyl Countdown

Off The Tracks is the home of Sweetman Podcast, a weekly interview/chat-based pod. It's also home to my reviews across film, TV, music and books and some creative writing as well.

Off The Tracks aims to provide quality reviews and essays, regular blog updates about the shows, albums, books and movies you should be experiencing.

It's a passion project. Your support will help to keep Off The Tracks online.

All content © 2022 by Off The Tracks. WordPress Themes by Graph Paper Press