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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
PortraitBillie Holiday voc, 1915-1959 US
vocals, album by, written by
PortraitGene Quill as, 1927-1988 US
alto saxophone
PortraitWillie "The Lion" Smith p, 1893-1973 US
alto saxophone
PortraitRomeo Penque fl, sax, 1916-1985 US
alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
PortraitRay Ellis , 1923-2008 US
arranged by, conductor
PortraitDanny Bank bs, bcl, 1922-2010 US
baritone saxophone, flute
PortraitAaron Bell b, 1921-2003 US
bass
PortraitJoe Benjamin b, 1919-1974 US
bass
PortraitJoe Mondragon b, 1920-1987 US
bass
PortraitLeonard Gaskin b, 1920-2009 US
bass
PortraitMilt Hinton b, 1910-2000 US
bass
PortraitRed Mitchell b, 1927-1992 US
bass
PortraitDavid Soyer vc, 1923-2010 US
cello
PortraitAnthony Sciacca cl,
clarinet
PortraitRay Brown b, 1926-2002 US
double bass
PortraitAlvin Stoller dr, 1925-1992 US
drums
PortraitChico Hamilton dr, 1921-2013 US
drums
PortraitCozy Cole dr, 1909-1981 US
drums
PortraitLenny McBrowne dr, *1933 US
drums
PortraitOsie Johnson dr, 1923-1966 US
drums
PortraitPhil Bodner sax, 1917-2008 US
flute
PortraitBarney Kessel g, 1923-2004 US
guitar
PortraitBarry Galbraith g, 1919-1983 US
guitar
PortraitKenny Burrell g, *1931 US
guitar
PortraitJanet Putnam hrp, *1921 US
harp
PortraitBilly Taylor p, 1921-2010 US
piano
PortraitBobby Tucker p, 1923-2007 US
piano
PortraitHank Jones p, 1918-2010 US
piano
PortraitJimmy Rowles p, 1918-1996 US
piano
PortraitMal Waldron p, 1925-2002 US
piano
PortraitOscar Peterson p, 1925-2007 CA
piano
PortraitAl Cohn ts, 1925-1988 US
tenor saxophone
PortraitBen Webster ts, 1909-1973 US
tenor saxophone
PortraitFlip Phillips ts, sax, 1915-2001 US
tenor saxophone
PortraitPaul Quinichette ts, 1916-1983 US
tenor saxophone
PortraitBilly Byers tb, 1927-1996 US
trombone
PortraitJ.J. Johnson tb, 1924-2001 US
trombone
PortraitJimmy Cleveland tb, 1926-2008 US
trombone
PortraitThomas Mitchell tb, 1926-2003 US
trombone
PortraitUrbie Green tb, *1926 US
trombone
PortraitCharlie Shavers tr, 1920-1971 US
trumpet
PortraitHarry Edison tr, US
trumpet
PortraitJoe Wilder tr, 1922-2014 US
trumpet
PortraitMel Davis tr, 1931-2004 US
trumpet
PortraitGeorge 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
Album Tracks
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1SolitudeBillie Holiday
2East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon)Billie HolidayBrooks Bowman
3Blue MoonBillie HolidayRodgers & Hart
4You Go To My HeadBillie HolidayHaven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots
5You Turned The Tables On MeBillie HolidayLouis Alter, Sidney Mitchell
6Easy To LoveBillie HolidayCole Porter
7These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)Billie HolidayHolt Marvell, Jack Strachey
8I Only Have Eyes For YouBillie HolidayAl Dubin, Harry Warren
9SolitudeBillie HolidayDuke Ellington, Eddie Delange, Irving Mills
10Everything I Have Is YoursBillie HolidayBurton Lane, Harold Adamson
11Love For SaleBillie HolidayCole Porter
12MoonglowBillie HolidayEddie Delange, Irving Mills, Will Hudson
13TenderlyBillie HolidayJack Lawrence, Walter Gross
14All Or Nothing At AllBillie Holiday
15Do Nothin' Till You Hear From MeBillie HolidayBob Russell, Duke Ellington
16Cheek To CheekBillie HolidayIrving Berlin
17Ill WindBillie HolidayHarold Arlen, Ted Koehler
18Speak LowBillie HolidayKurt Weill, Ogden Nash
19We'll Be Together AgainBillie HolidayCarl Fischer, Frankie Laine
20All Or Nothing At AllBillie HolidayArthur Altman, Jack Lawrence
21Sophisticated LadyBillie HolidayDuke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish
22April In ParisBillie HolidayE.Y. Harburg, Vernon Duke
23I Wished On The MoonBillie HolidayDorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger
24But Not For MeBillie HolidayGeorge Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
25Say It Isn't SoBillie HolidayIrving Berlin
26Our Love Is Here To StayBillie HolidayGeorge Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
27Lady Sings The BluesBillie Holiday
28Lady Sings The BluesBillie HolidayBillie Holiday, Herbie Nichols
29Trav'lin LightBillie HolidayJimmy Mundy, Johnny Mercer, Trummy Young
30I Must Have That ManBillie HolidayDorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
31Some Other SpringBillie HolidayArthur Herzog, Jr., Irene Kitchings
32Strange FruitBillie HolidayLewis Allan
33No Good ManBillie HolidayDan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham
34God Bless The ChildBillie HolidayArthur Herzog, Jr., Billie Holiday
35Good Morning HeartacheBillie HolidayDan Fisher, Ervin Drake, Irene Higginbotham
36Love Me Or Leave MeBillie HolidayGus Kahn, Walter Donaldson
37Too Marvellous For WordsBillie HolidayJohnny Mercer, Richard Whiting
38Willow Weep For MeBillie HolidayAnn Ronell
39I Thought About YouBillie HolidayJimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer
40Lady In SatinBillie Holiday
41I'm A Fool To Want YouBillie HolidayFrank Sinatra, Jack Wolf, Joel Herron
42For Heaven's SakeBillie HolidayDonald Meyer, Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards
43You Don't Know What Love IsBillie HolidayDon Raye, Gene DePaul
44I Get Along Without You Very WellBillie HolidayHoagy Carmichael
45For All We KnowBillie HolidayJ. Fred Coots, Sam Lewis
46Violets For Your FursBillie HolidayMatt Dennis, Tom Adair
47You've ChangedBillie HolidayBill Carey, Carl Fischer
48It's Easy To RememberBillie HolidayRodgers & Hart
49But BeautifulBillie HolidayJimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
50Glad To Be UnhappyBillie HolidayRodgers & Hart
51I'll Be AroundBillie HolidayAlec Wilder
52The End Of A Love AffairBillie HolidayE.C. Redding
53Last RecordingsBillie Holiday
54All Of YouBillie HolidayCole Porter
55Sometimes I'm HappyBillie HolidayIrving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
56You Took Advantage Of MeBillie HolidayRodgers & Hart
57When It's Sleepy Time Down SouthBillie HolidayClarence Muse, Leon Rene, Otis Rene
58There'll Be Some Changes MadeBillie HolidayBilly Higgins, W. Benton Overstreet
59'Deed I DoBillie HolidayFred Rose, Walter Hirsch
60Don't Worry 'Bout MeBillie HolidayRube Bloom, Ted Koehler
61All The WayBillie HolidaySammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen
62Just One More ChanceBillie HolidayArthur Johnston, Sam Coslow
63It's Not For Me To SayBillie HolidayAl Stillman, Robert Allen
64I'll Never Smile AgainBillie HolidayRuth Lowe
65Baby Won't You Please Come HomeBillie HolidayClarence Williams
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