Abbey Sings Billie: A Tribute to Billie Holiday

~ Release by Abbey Lincoln (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

'Made in Austria' on the discs

Annotation last modified on 2022-10-21 17:27 UTC.

Tracklist

▶CD 1: Vol. I
▼CD 2: Vol. II
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1Gimme a Pigfoot
double bass:
Tarik Shah (in 1987-11)
drums (drum set):
Mark Johnson (jazz drummer) (in 1987-11)
piano:
James Weidman (in 1987-11)
tenor saxophone:
Harold Vick (in 1987-11)
vocals:
Abbey Lincoln (in 1987-11)
live cover recording of:
Gimme a Pigfoot (and a Bottle of Beer) (in 1987-11)
composer:
Wesley A. Wilson
publisher:
Northern Music (song publisher)
7:03
2No More
double bass:
Tarik Shah (in 1987-11)
drums (drum set):
Mark Johnson (jazz drummer) (in 1987-11)
piano:
James Weidman (in 1987-11)
tenor saxophone:
Harold Vick (in 1987-11)
vocals:
Abbey Lincoln (in 1987-11)
live cover recording of:
No More (in 1987-11)
lyricist:
Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell)
composer:
Tutti Camarata
7:00
3God Bless the Child
double bass:
Tarik Shah (in 1987-11)
drums (drum set):
Mark Johnson (jazz drummer) (in 1987-11)
piano:
James Weidman (in 1987-11)
tenor saxophone:
Harold Vick (in 1987-11)
vocals:
Abbey Lincoln (in 1987-11)
live cover recording of:
God Bless the Child (in 1987-11)
writer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday
publisher:
Basart Editions (ended) and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
5:24
4Don’t Explain
double bass:
Tarik Shah (in 1987-11)
drums (drum set):
Mark Johnson (jazz drummer) (in 1987-11)
piano:
James Weidman (in 1987-11)
tenor saxophone:
Harold Vick (in 1987-11)
vocals:
Abbey Lincoln (in 1987-11)
live cover recording of:
Don’t Explain (in 1987-11)
writer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation and Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country-specific information is available)
6:23
5For Heaven’s Sake
double bass:
Tarik Shah (in 1987-11)
drums (drum set):
Mark Johnson (jazz drummer) (in 1987-11)
piano:
James Weidman (in 1987-11)
tenor saxophone:
Harold Vick (in 1987-11)
vocals:
Abbey Lincoln (in 1987-11)
live cover recording of:
For Heaven’s Sake (in 1987-11)
composer:
Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards and Donald Meyer
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc.
5:31
6Please Don’t Talk About Me (When I’m Gone)
double bass:
Tarik Shah (in 1987-11)
drums (drum set):
Mark Johnson (jazz drummer) (in 1987-11)
piano:
James Weidman (in 1987-11)
tenor saxophone:
Harold Vick (in 1987-11)
vocals:
Abbey Lincoln (in 1987-11)
live cover recording of:
Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone (in 1987-11)
lyricist:
Sidney Clare
composer:
Sam H. Stept
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) and Remick Music Corp.
3:22
7For All We Know
double bass:
Tarik Shah (in 1987-11)
drums (drum set):
Mark Johnson (jazz drummer) (in 1987-11)
piano:
James Weidman (in 1987-11)
tenor saxophone:
Harold Vick (in 1987-11)
vocals:
Abbey Lincoln (in 1987-11)
live cover recording of:
For All We Know (1934 song) (in 1987-11)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) (in 1934)
composer:
J. Fred Coots (in 1934)
publisher:
Bienstock Publishing Company (ASCAP affiliated) (ended), Cromwell Music, Inc. (ended), EMI Feist Catalog Inc. (ended), Leo Feist, Inc. (ended), Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) (ended), Tro-Cromwell Music, Inc. (ended), John F. Coots Jr. Trust Music, Sis ’n Bro Music Company and Toy Town Tunes, Inc.
5:37