Trummy Young and Johnny Mercer wrote “Travelin’ Light.†Billie Holiday owned it. This version with an unidentified pianist was made in Paris in 1959, the year she died. It is one of her most affecting treatments of a song that became one of her signature pieces.
For more about Billie and “Travelin’ Light,†including her original recording of the song and an unusual version by Chet Baker, visit Bruno Leicht’s new blog entry.