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.
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 |
Elise Bretton backing vocals |
Miriam Workman backing vocals |
Michael Heatley liner notes |
Drew Heatley other, research assistance |
Glenn Gretlund reissue producer |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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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 |
Billie Holiday - The Lady Sings The Blues US 1987 Jazz and Blues |
Billie Holiday - The Lady Sings The Blues US 1986 Jazz |
Billie Holiday - The Lady Sings The Blues US 1956 Jazz and Blues |