Compil. US 1996 on Columbia label
Jazz and Blues (Soul-Jazz, Big Band, Vocal, Ballad, Swing)
All song are 20-bit digitally remastered. All the tracks were recorded in New York. Track 1: Recorded on March 21, 1941 Track 2: Recorded on May 11, 1938 Track 3: Recorded on February 10, 1942 Track 4: Recorded on November 1, 1939 Track 5: Recorded on September 15, 1938 Track 6: Recorded on June 1, 1937 Track 7: Recorded on June 30, 1937 Track 8: Recorded on January 30, 1937 Track 9: Recorded on July 5, 1937 Track 10: Recorded on December 13, 1939 Track 11: Recorded on December 13, 1939 Track 12: Recorded on June 15, 1937 Track 13: Recorded on October 21, 1936 Track 14: Recorded on October 25, 1935 Track 15: Recorded on January 27, 1938 Track 16: Recorded on March 21, 1941.
![]() | Billie Holiday voc, 1915-1959 US vocals, album by, leader |
![]() | Delfeayo Marsalis tb, *1965 US liner notes, essay |
![]() | Ted Sturgis b, 1913-1995 US acoustic bass, string bass |
![]() | Eddie Barefield cl, as, 1909-1991 US alto saxophone |
![]() | Leslie Johnakins bs, sax, US alto saxophone |
![]() | Kenny Clarke dr, 1914-1985 US drums |
![]() | John Collins g, 1913-2001 US guitar |
![]() | Eddie Heywood p, 1915-1989 US piano |
![]() | Shad Collins tr, 1910-1978 US trumpet |
![]() | John Kirby b, cb, 1908-1952 US acoustic bass, string bass |
![]() | Buster Bailey cl, 1902-1967 US clarinet |
![]() | Cozy Cole dr, 1909-1981 US drums |
![]() | Claude Thornhill p, 1909-1965 US piano |
![]() | Babe Russin sax, ts, 1911-1984 US tenor saxophone |
![]() | Charlie Shavers tr, 1920-1971 US trumpet |
![]() | Johnny Williams b, 1908-1998 US acoustic bass, string bass |
![]() | Hymie Schertzer sax, as, 1909-1977 alto saxophone |
![]() | Jimmy Hamilton sax, cl, ts, 1917-1994 US clarinet |
![]() | J.C. Heard dr, 1917-1988 US drums |
![]() | Al Casey g, *1915 US guitar |
![]() | Teddy Wilson p, 1912-1986 US piano |
![]() | Emmett Berry tr, 1915-1993 US trumpet |
![]() | Walter Page b, 1900-1957 US acoustic bass, string bass |
![]() | Prince Robinson cl, ts, 1907-1960 US clarinet |
![]() | Swing Roo , drums |
![]() | Allan Reuss g, 1915-1988 US guitar |
![]() | Vido Musso ts, sax, 1913-1982 US tenor saxophone, clarinet |
![]() | Buck Clayton tr, 1911-1991 US trumpet |
![]() | Lester Young ts, 1909-1959 US clarinet, tenor saxophone |
![]() | Jo Jones dr, 1911-1985 US drums |
![]() | Freddie Green g, 1911-1987 US guitar |
![]() | Margaret Johnson p, 1919-1939 US piano |
![]() | Earle Warren as, sax, 1914-1994 US alto saxophone |
![]() | Jack Washington bs, sax, 1910-1964 US alto saxophone, baritone saxophone |
![]() | Count Basie p, 1904-1984 US piano, leader |
![]() | Herschel Evans ts, sax, 1909-1939 US tenor saxophone |
![]() | Dan Minor tb, 1909-1982 US trombone |
![]() | George Hunt tb, 1906-1946 US trombone |
![]() | Bobby Moore tr, *1919 trumpet |
![]() | Ed Lewis tr, US trumpet |
![]() | Edgar Sampson ts, 1907-1973 US clarinet, alto saxophone |
![]() | Ben Webster ts, 1909-1973 US tenor saxophone |
![]() | Jonah Jones tr, voc, 1909-2000 US trumpet |
![]() | Tab Smith sax, voc, 1909-1971 US alto saxophone, soprano saxophone |
![]() | Eddie Dougherty dr, *1915 US drums |
![]() | Jimmy McLin g, 1908-1983 US guitar |
![]() | Kenny Kersey p, 1916-1983 CA piano |
![]() | Kenneth Hollon voc, sax, 1909-1974 US tenor saxophone |
![]() | Stanley Payne sax, US tenor saxophone |
![]() | Joe Sullivan p, 1906-1971 US piano |
![]() | Harry Edison tr, US trumpet |
![]() | Edmond Hall cl, 1901-1967 US clarinet |
![]() | Jimmy Sherman p, 1908-1975 US piano |
![]() | Milt Hinton b, 1910-2000 US acoustic bass, string bass |
![]() | Gene Krupa dr, 1909-1973 US drums |
![]() | Irving Randolph tr, 1943-1997 US trumpet |
![]() | Dave Barbour g, 1912-1965 US guitar |
![]() | Leon "Chu" Berry ts, 1908-1941 US tenor saxophone |
![]() | Benny Morton tb, 1907-1985 US trombone |
![]() | Roy Eldridge tr, 1911-1989 US trumpet |
Josephine DiDonato art direction, design |
Jennifer Ebert management, packaging manager |
Michael Ochs Archives photography by, additional photos |
Lester Glassner Collection photography by, cover photo provided by |
Neal Peters photography by, cover photo |
Mark Wilder reissue producer, remastered by |
Steve Berkowitz reissue producer |
Michael Brooks research, additional research |
Will Friedwald research, additional research |
No | ![]() |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | All Of Me | Billie Holiday | Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons | 3:02 |
2 | ![]() | You Go To My Head | Billie Holiday | Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots | 2:49 |
3 | ![]() | Until The Real Thing Comes Along | Billie Holiday | Alberta Nichols, L.E. Freeman, Mann Holiner, Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin | 3:09 |
4 | ![]() | My Man | Billie Holiday | Albert Willemetz, Channing Pollock, Jacques Charles, Maurice Yvain | 3:01 |
5 | ![]() | The Very Thought Of You | Billie Holiday | Ray Noble | 2:45 |
6 | ![]() | Easy Living | Billie Holiday | Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger | 3:01 |
7 | ![]() | They Can't Take That Away From Me | Billie Holiday | George & Ira Gershwin | 3:02 |
8 | ![]() | I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm | Billie Holiday | Irving Berlin | 2:55 |
9 | ![]() | Them There Eyes | Billie Holiday | Doris Tauber, Maceo Pinkard, William Tracey | 2:49 |
10 | ![]() | Night And Day | Billie Holiday | Cole Porter | 2:58 |
11 | ![]() | The Man I Love | Billie Holiday | George & Ira Gershwin | 3:05 |
12 | ![]() | Me, Myself And I | Billie Holiday | Allan Roberts, Alvin Kaufman, Irving Gordon | 2:32 |
13 | ![]() | The Way You Look Tonight | Billie Holiday | Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern | 3:03 |
14 | ![]() | If You Were Mine | Billie Holiday | Johnny Mercer, Matty Malneck | 3:12 |
15 | ![]() | I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me | Billie Holiday | Clarence Gaskill, Jimmy McHugh | 2:47 |
16 | Let's Do It | Billie Holiday | Cole Porter | 2:55 |
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