The album was recorded in 1993.[1] The musicians were pianist John Hicks, bassist Ray Drummond, and drummer Victor Lewis.[1] Hicks's playing imitates the vocal style of Billie Holiday: "on 'God Bless the Child', for example, Hicks uses broken chords to imitate the way Holiday would slide into a phrase, build it up and then let it trail off. He preserves the melody of the song but surrounds it with tenderly crushed chords that capture the harmonic and emotional overtones of her singing."[2]
Lover Man: A Tribute to Billie Holiday was released by Red Baron Records in 1993.[1] The AllMusic reviewer described the music as "tasteful, relaxed, melodic and somewhat predictable".[3]
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