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For Lady (subtitled songs Billie Holiday made famous... an instrumental tribute to her great talents) is an album by the American jazz cornetist Webster Young.[1][2] It contains tracks recorded in 1957 for the Prestige label.[3][4]

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For Lady
Studio album by Webster Young
Released	1957
Recorded	June 14, 1957 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:09
Label	Prestige PR 7106
Producer	Bob Weinstock
Webster Young chronology
Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors (1957) For Lady (1957) Webster Young Plays the Miles Davis Songbook (1961)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars, with its review by Jim Todd stating: "While trumpeter Webster Young pays tribute to Billie Holiday on this, his only studio date as a leader, the set is equally a tribute to Young's musical role model, Miles Davis."[5] All About Jazz praised the album's "sleepy sadness," writing that "Young's approach to the trumpet was relaxed and steady ... bucking the trend toward the poker-hot heat beginning to be exhibited by Lee Morgan and Freddie Hubbard."[4]

Track listing

1. "The Lady" (Webster Young) – 7:00
2. "God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) – 7:05
3. "Moanin' Low" (Howard Dietz, Ralph Rainger) – 7:42
4. "Good Morning Heartache" (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) – 8:54
5. "Don't Explain" (Holiday, Herzog) – 7:10
6. "Strange Fruit" (Abel Meeropol) – 4:18

Personnel

• Webster Young – cornet
• Paul Quinichette – tenor saxophone
• Mal Waldron – piano
• Joe Puma – guitar
• Earl May – double bass
• Ed Thigpen – drums

References

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