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Billie Holiday
The Lady Sings The Blues
Compil. UK 2010 on Not Now Music label
Jazz and Blues (Big Band, Piano Blues, Swing)
This 5 CD set comes in a cardboard box with inner card sleeves. Five original albums including 20 page booklet. Digitally remastered on 5 CDs. CD 1: "Solitude" Recorded March 26th, 1952 & April, 1952. Originally released on Verve Records Solitude V6-8074 CD 2: "All Or Nothing At All" Recorded August 1956 & January 1957. Originally released on Verve Records All Or Nothing At All MGV 8329 CD 3: "Lady Sings The Blues" Recorded 1954 - 1956. Originally released on Clef Records Lady Sings The Blues MGC 713 CD 4: "Lady In Satin" Recorded February 19th-21st, 1958. Originally released on Columbia Records Lady In Satin CL 1156 Original title: "Billie Holiday With Ray Ellis And His Orchestra – Lady In Satin" CD 5: "Last Recordings" Recorded March 3rd, 4th & 11th, 1959, New York, NY. Originally released on MGM Records Billie Holiday E 3764 Original title: "Billie Holiday With Ray Ellis And His Orchestra – Billie Holiday" (p) & (c) 2010 Not Now Music Limited. Distributed by Not Now Music Limited. Made in the E.U.
Musicians
 | Billie Holiday voc, 1915-1959 US vocals, album by, written by |
 | Gene Quill as, 1927-1988 US alto saxophone |
 | Willie "The Lion" Smith p, 1893-1973 US alto saxophone |
 | Romeo Penque fl, sax, 1916-1985 US alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet |
 | Ray Ellis , 1923-2008 US arranged by, conductor |
 | Danny Bank bs, bcl, 1922-2010 US baritone saxophone, flute |
 | Aaron Bell b, 1921-2003 US bass |
 | Joe Benjamin b, 1919-1974 US bass |
 | Joe Mondragon b, 1920-1987 US bass |
 | Leonard Gaskin b, 1920-2009 US bass |
 | Milt Hinton b, 1910-2000 US bass |
 | Red Mitchell b, 1927-1992 US bass |
 | David Soyer vc, 1923-2010 US cello |
 | Anthony Sciacca cl, clarinet |
 | Ray Brown b, 1926-2002 US double bass |
 | Alvin Stoller dr, 1925-1992 US drums |
 | Chico Hamilton dr, 1921-2013 US drums |
 | Cozy Cole dr, 1909-1981 US drums |
 | Lenny McBrowne dr, *1933 US drums |
 | Osie Johnson dr, 1923-1966 US drums |
 | Phil Bodner sax, 1917-2008 US flute |
 | Barney Kessel g, 1923-2004 US guitar |
 | Barry Galbraith g, 1919-1983 US guitar |
 | Kenny Burrell g, *1931 US guitar |
 | Janet Putnam hrp, *1921 US harp |
 | Billy Taylor p, 1921-2010 US piano |
 | Bobby Tucker p, 1923-2007 US piano |
 | Hank Jones p, 1918-2010 US piano |
 | Jimmy Rowles p, 1918-1996 US piano |
 | Mal Waldron p, 1925-2002 US piano |
 | Oscar Peterson p, 1925-2007 CA piano |
 | Al Cohn ts, 1925-1988 US tenor saxophone |
 | Ben Webster ts, 1909-1973 US tenor saxophone |
 | Flip Phillips ts, sax, 1915-2001 US tenor saxophone |
 | Paul Quinichette ts, 1916-1983 US tenor saxophone |
 | Billy Byers tb, 1927-1996 US trombone |
 | J.J. Johnson tb, 1924-2001 US trombone |
 | Jimmy Cleveland tb, 1926-2008 US trombone |
 | Thomas Mitchell tb, 1926-2003 US trombone |
 | Urbie Green tb, *1926 US trombone |
 | Charlie Shavers tr, 1920-1971 US trumpet |
 | Harry Edison tr, US trumpet |
 | Joe Wilder tr, 1922-2014 US trumpet |
 | Mel Davis tr, 1931-2004 US trumpet |
 | George Ockner vn, 1916-1970 violin, concertmaster |
Producers
| Elise Bretton backing vocals |
| Miriam Workman backing vocals |
| Michael Heatley liner notes |
| Drew Heatley other, research assistance |
| Glenn Gretlund reissue producer |
Composers
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solitude | Billie Holiday | ||
| 2 | East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon) | Billie Holiday | Brooks Bowman | |
| 3 | Blue Moon | Billie Holiday | Rodgers & Hart | |
| 4 | You Go To My Head | Billie Holiday | Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots | |
| 5 | You Turned The Tables On Me | Billie Holiday | Louis Alter, Sidney Mitchell | |
| 6 | Easy To Love | Billie Holiday | Cole Porter | |
| 7 | These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) | Billie Holiday | Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey | |
| 8 | I Only Have Eyes For You | Billie Holiday | Al Dubin, Harry Warren | |
| 9 | Solitude | Billie Holiday | Duke Ellington, Eddie Delange, Irving Mills | |
| 10 | Everything I Have Is Yours | Billie Holiday | Burton Lane, Harold Adamson | |
| 11 | Love For Sale | Billie Holiday | Cole Porter | |
| 12 | Moonglow | Billie Holiday | Eddie Delange, Irving Mills, Will Hudson | |
| 13 | Tenderly | Billie Holiday | Jack Lawrence, Walter Gross | |
| 14 | All Or Nothing At All | Billie Holiday | ||
| 15 | Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me | Billie Holiday | Bob Russell, Duke Ellington | |
| 16 | Cheek To Cheek | Billie Holiday | Irving Berlin | |
| 17 | Ill Wind | Billie Holiday | Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler | |
| 18 | Speak Low | Billie Holiday | Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash | |
| 19 | We'll Be Together Again | Billie Holiday | Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine | |
| 20 | All Or Nothing At All | Billie Holiday | Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence | |
| 21 | Sophisticated Lady | Billie Holiday | Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish | |
| 22 | April In Paris | Billie Holiday | E.Y. Harburg, Vernon Duke | |
| 23 | I Wished On The Moon | Billie Holiday | Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger | |
| 24 | But Not For Me | Billie Holiday | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | |
| 25 | Say It Isn't So | Billie Holiday | Irving Berlin | |
| 26 | Our Love Is Here To Stay | Billie Holiday | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | |
| 27 | Lady Sings The Blues | Billie Holiday | ||
| 28 | Lady Sings The Blues | Billie Holiday | Billie Holiday, Herbie Nichols | |
| 29 | Trav'lin Light | Billie Holiday | Jimmy Mundy, Johnny Mercer, Trummy Young | |
| 30 | I Must Have That Man | Billie Holiday | Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh | |
| 31 | Some Other Spring | Billie Holiday | Arthur Herzog, Jr., Irene Kitchings | |
| 32 | Strange Fruit | Billie Holiday | Lewis Allan | |
| 33 | No Good Man | Billie Holiday | Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham | |
| 34 | God Bless The Child | Billie Holiday | Arthur Herzog, Jr., Billie Holiday | |
| 35 | Good Morning Heartache | Billie Holiday | Dan Fisher, Ervin Drake, Irene Higginbotham | |
| 36 | Love Me Or Leave Me | Billie Holiday | Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson | |
| 37 | Too Marvellous For Words | Billie Holiday | Johnny Mercer, Richard Whiting | |
| 38 | Willow Weep For Me | Billie Holiday | Ann Ronell | |
| 39 | I Thought About You | Billie Holiday | Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer | |
| 40 | Lady In Satin | Billie Holiday | ||
| 41 | I'm A Fool To Want You | Billie Holiday | Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf, Joel Herron | |
| 42 | For Heaven's Sake | Billie Holiday | Donald Meyer, Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards | |
| 43 | You Don't Know What Love Is | Billie Holiday | Don Raye, Gene DePaul | |
| 44 | I Get Along Without You Very Well | Billie Holiday | Hoagy Carmichael | |
| 45 | For All We Know | Billie Holiday | J. Fred Coots, Sam Lewis | |
| 46 | Violets For Your Furs | Billie Holiday | Matt Dennis, Tom Adair | |
| 47 | You've Changed | Billie Holiday | Bill Carey, Carl Fischer | |
| 48 | It's Easy To Remember | Billie Holiday | Rodgers & Hart | |
| 49 | But Beautiful | Billie Holiday | Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke | |
| 50 | Glad To Be Unhappy | Billie Holiday | Rodgers & Hart | |
| 51 | I'll Be Around | Billie Holiday | Alec Wilder | |
| 52 | The End Of A Love Affair | Billie Holiday | E.C. Redding | |
| 53 | Last Recordings | Billie Holiday | ||
| 54 | All Of You | Billie Holiday | Cole Porter | |
| 55 | Sometimes I'm Happy | Billie Holiday | Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans | |
| 56 | You Took Advantage Of Me | Billie Holiday | Rodgers & Hart | |
| 57 | When It's Sleepy Time Down South | Billie Holiday | Clarence Muse, Leon Rene, Otis Rene | |
| 58 | There'll Be Some Changes Made | Billie Holiday | Billy Higgins, W. Benton Overstreet | |
| 59 | 'Deed I Do | Billie Holiday | Fred Rose, Walter Hirsch | |
| 60 | Don't Worry 'Bout Me | Billie Holiday | Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler | |
| 61 | All The Way | Billie Holiday | Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen | |
| 62 | Just One More Chance | Billie Holiday | Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow | |
| 63 | It's Not For Me To Say | Billie Holiday | Al Stillman, Robert Allen | |
| 64 | I'll Never Smile Again | Billie Holiday | Ruth Lowe | |
| 65 | Baby Won't You Please Come Home | Billie Holiday | Clarence Williams |
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