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White Gardenia is an album by jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin with brass and strings which was recorded in 1961 and released on the Riverside label. [1] Intended as a tribute album to jazz singer Billie Holiday, who had died two years earlier, she had sung all of the songs, except for the title track, which is the only original composition by Griffin on the album.
Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday; T. Tony Bennett on Holiday; Trav'lin' Light (Anita O'Day album) Tribute to the Lady; W. White Gardenia; With Billie in Mind
The song has been linked, rather vaguely, to the popular story about a rich heiress, Ann Thomas (1704-27) — the so-called ‘Maid of Cefn Ydfa’, from the parish of Llangynwyd in central Glamorgan, and the somewhat nebulous poet, Wil Hopcyn (1700-41), to whom the song is attributed.
James has received six Grammy Awards. Her first was in 1995, when she was awarded Best Jazz Vocal Performance for the album Mystery Lady, which consisted of covers of Billie Holiday songs. [79] Two other albums have also won awards, Let's Roll (Best Contemporary Blues Album) in 2003, and Blues to the Bone (Best Traditional Blues Album) in 2004.
Other jazz performers who've recorded the song include: Abbey Lincoln – Straight Ahead (with Waldron on piano, 1961) Johnny Griffin – White Gardenia (1961). Jeanne Lee and Ran Blake – The Newest Sound Around (1962) Eric Dolphy and Booker Little – Far Cry (1962) Kimiko Kasai – One For Lady (with Waldron on piano, 1971)
At around 10 a.m. on January 15, 1947, a local female resident found Short’s nude, bisected body lying just off the sidewalk. Her stark, white skin was “offset by jet-black hair,” according ...
"Subways of Your Mind" is a song by German rock band Fex, recorded in 1983. In the 2000s, a recording on a cassette tape from a radio broadcast in the mid-1980s was uploaded online and garnered significant attention.
Blue Gardenia is the title of a torch song composed by Lester Lee and Bob Russell, [1] for the 1953 movie The Blue Gardenia in which a recording of the song serves as a crucial plot point. [2] The song was recorded for The Blue Gardenia by Nat King Cole who also performs the song in the film as a lounge singer .