The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945–1959

~ Release by Billie Holiday (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Includes a 220-page book.

Annotation last modified on 2014-08-21 20:44 UTC.

Tracklist

▶CD 1: Jazz at the Philharmonic Concerts 1945–1947 / 1952 Los Angeles Studio Session
▶CD 2: 1952 Los Angeles & New York Studio Sessions / 1954 Jazz Club USA Concert - Germany
▶CD 3: 1954 Jazz Club U.S.A. Concert (conclusion) / 1954 Los Angeles & New York Studio Sessions / 1955 New York Studio Session
▶CD 4: 1955 Rehearsal at Artie Shapiro’s Home
▶CD 5: 1955 Los Angeles Studio Sessions
▶CD 6: 1955 Los Angeles Studio Session (conclusion) / 1956 Rehearsal at the Duftys’ Home
▶CD 7: 1956 New York & Los Angeles Studio Sessions
▶CD 8: 1956 Carnegie Hall Concert / 1957 Los Angeles Studio Sessions
▶CD 9: 1957 Los Angeles Studio Sessions
▼CD 10: 1957 Newport Jazz Festival / 1958 Seven Ages of Jazz Concert / 1959 New York Studio Sessions With Ray Ellis
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1[Willis Conover announcement]
spoken vocals:
Willis Conover (on 1957-07-06)
recorded at:
Billie Holiday at Newport Jazz Festival 1957 (1957-07-06)
recorded at:
Freebody Park in Newport, Rhode Island, United States (on 1957-07-06)
Willis Conover10:54
2[Johnny Mercer announcement]
spoken vocals:
Johnny Mercer (on 1957-07-06)
recorded at:
Billie Holiday at Newport Jazz Festival 1957 (1957-07-06)
recorded at:
Freebody Park in Newport, Rhode Island, United States (on 1957-07-06)
Johnny Mercer10:42
3[fanfare from Oh, Lady Be Good]
double bass [bass]:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-07-06)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1957-07-06)
piano:
Mal Waldron (American jazz pianist) (on 1957-07-06)
recorded at:
Billie Holiday at Newport Jazz Festival 1957 (1957-07-06)
recorded at:
Freebody Park in Newport, Rhode Island, United States (on 1957-07-06)
Billie Holiday10:11
4Nice Work If You Can Get It
double bass [bass]:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-07-06)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1957-07-06)
piano:
Mal Waldron (American jazz pianist) (on 1957-07-06)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1957-07-06)
recorded at:
Billie Holiday at Newport Jazz Festival 1957 (1957-07-06)
recorded at:
Freebody Park in Newport, Rhode Island, United States (on 1957-07-06)
live recording of:
Nice Work If You Can Get It (on 1957-07-06)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
A Damsel in Distress (1937 film score)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
My One and Only (1983 Broadway Musical)
Billie Holiday32:39
5Willow Weep for Me
double bass [bass]:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-07-06)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1957-07-06)
piano:
Mal Waldron (American jazz pianist) (on 1957-07-06)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1957-07-06)
recorded at:
Billie Holiday at Newport Jazz Festival 1957 (1957-07-06)
recorded at:
Freebody Park in Newport, Rhode Island, United States (on 1957-07-06)
live recording of:
Willow Weep for Me (on 1957-07-06)
lyricist and composer:
Ann Ronell (in 1932)
publisher:
Ann Ronell Music and Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
sub-publisher:
日音 Synch事業部
Billie Holiday33:08
6My Man
double bass [bass]:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-07-06)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1957-07-06)
piano:
Mal Waldron (American jazz pianist) (on 1957-07-06)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1957-07-06)
recorded at:
Billie Holiday at Newport Jazz Festival 1957 (1957-07-06)
recorded at:
Freebody Park in Newport, Rhode Island, United States (on 1957-07-06)
live recording of:
My Man (Mon homme) (Channing Pollock lyrics) (on 1957-07-06)
lyricist:
Jacques Charles (French librettist and theatre producer) and Albert Willemetz
composer:
Maurice Yvain
translator:
Channing Pollock
publisher:
CBS Feist Catalog, Inc. (ended) and Éditions Salabert France
translated version of:
Mon homme
Billie Holiday43:30
7Lover, Come Back to Me
double bass [bass]:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-07-06)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1957-07-06)
piano:
Mal Waldron (American jazz pianist) (on 1957-07-06)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1957-07-06)
recorded at:
Billie Holiday at Newport Jazz Festival 1957 (1957-07-06)
recorded at:
Freebody Park in Newport, Rhode Island, United States (on 1957-07-06)
live recording of:
Lover, Come Back to Me (The New Moon) (on 1957-07-06)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1928)
composer:
Sigmund Romberg (in 1928)
publisher:
Bambalina Music Publishing Company, Redwood Music, Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1928)
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
The New Moon: Act II
Billie Holiday42:06
8Lady Sings the Blues
double bass [bass]:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-07-06)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1957-07-06)
piano:
Mal Waldron (American jazz pianist) (on 1957-07-06)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1957-07-06)
recorded at:
Billie Holiday at Newport Jazz Festival 1957 (1957-07-06)
recorded at:
Freebody Park in Newport, Rhode Island, United States (on 1957-07-06)
live recording of:
Lady Sings the Blues (on 1957-07-06)
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Herbie Nichols (jazz pianist and composer)
publisher:
Northern Music Company
Billie Holiday53:00
9What a Little Moonlight Can Do
double bass [bass]:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-07-06)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1957-07-06)
piano:
Mal Waldron (American jazz pianist) (on 1957-07-06)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1957-07-06)
recorded at:
Billie Holiday at Newport Jazz Festival 1957 (1957-07-06)
recorded at:
Freebody Park in Newport, Rhode Island, United States (on 1957-07-06)
live recording of:
What a Little Moonlight Can Do (on 1957-07-06)
lyricist and composer:
Harry M. Woods (American 1920/30s songwriter)
publisher:
Connelly Basart, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Warner Brothers Music Inc.
Billie Holiday42:54
10[fanfare from Oh, Lady Be Good with Conover announcement]
double bass [bass]:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-07-06)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1957-07-06)
piano:
Mal Waldron (American jazz pianist) (on 1957-07-06)
spoken vocals:
Willis Conover (on 1957-07-06)
recorded at:
Billie Holiday at Newport Jazz Festival 1957 (1957-07-06)
recorded at:
Freebody Park in Newport, Rhode Island, United States (on 1957-07-06)
Billie Holiday10:23
11[Leonard Feather announcement]
spoken vocals:
Leonard Feather (on 1958-09-26)
recorded at:
Billie Holiday at Oakdale Music Theater (1958-09-26)
recorded at:
Oakdale Music Theater in Wallingford, Connecticut, United States (on 1958-09-26)
Billie Holiday10:47
12I Wished on the Moon
double bass [bass]:
Milt Hinton (on 1958-09-26)
drums (drum set):
Don Lamond (on 1958-09-26)
piano:
Mal Waldron (American jazz pianist) (on 1958-09-26)
tenor saxophone:
Georgie Auld (on 1958-09-26) and Coleman Hawkins (on 1958-09-26)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1958-09-26)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1958-09-26)
recorded at:
Billie Holiday at Oakdale Music Theater (1958-09-26)
recorded at:
Oakdale Music Theater in Wallingford, Connecticut, United States (on 1958-09-26)
live recording of:
I Wished on the Moon (on 1958-09-26)
lyricist:
Dorothy Parker
composer:
Ralph Rainger
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007-05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
Billie Holiday32:43
13Lover Man
double bass [bass]:
Milt Hinton (on 1958-09-26)
drums (drum set):
Don Lamond (on 1958-09-26)
piano:
Mal Waldron (American jazz pianist) (on 1958-09-26)
tenor saxophone:
Georgie Auld (on 1958-09-26) and Coleman Hawkins (on 1958-09-26)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1958-09-26)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1958-09-26)
recorded at:
Billie Holiday at Oakdale Music Theater (1958-09-26)
recorded at:
Oakdale Music Theater in Wallingford, Connecticut, United States (on 1958-09-26)
live recording of:
Lover Man (on 1958-09-26)
lyricist:
Jimmy Davis (songwriter, "Lover Man") (in 1942), Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (in 1942)
composer:
Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist), Jimmy Davis (songwriter, "Lover Man") (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (in 1942)
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (ended), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) (ended) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
Billie Holiday33:06
14All the Way
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1959-03-03)
alto saxophone and bass clarinet:
Romeo Penque (on 1959-03-03)
celesta and piano:
Hank Jones (piano) (on 1959-03-03)
double bass:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1959-03-03)
drums (drum set):
Osie Johnson (on 1959-03-03)
harp:
Janet Putnam (harpist) (on 1959-03-03)
strings:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1959-03-03)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1959-03-03)
conductor:
Ray Ellis (US producer, arranger and conductor) (on 1959-03-03)
arranger:
Ray Ellis (US producer, arranger and conductor)
recording of:
All the Way (from “The Joker Is Wild”) (on 1959-03-03)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
Maraville Music Corp., The International Music Network and フジパシフィックミュージック
part of:
Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 30)
Billie Holiday3.653:26
15It’s Not for Me to Say
double bass:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1959-03-03)
drums (drum set):
Osie Johnson (on 1959-03-03)
guitar:
Kenny Burrell (on 1959-03-03)
harp:
Janet Putnam (harpist) (on 1959-03-03)
piano:
Hank Jones (piano) (on 1959-03-03)
trombone:
Jimmy Cleveland (on 1959-03-03)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1959-03-03)
conductor:
Ray Ellis (US producer, arranger and conductor) (on 1959-03-03)
recording of:
It’s Not for Me to Say (on 1959-03-03)
lyricist:
Al Stillman
composer:
Robert Allen (US songwriter/arranger/pianist)
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Charlie Deitcher Productions, Inc., Edward Kassner Music Co. Ltd., Kitty Anne Music Co., Inc., Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and ミュージック・セールス (Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment)
Billie Holiday42:28
16I’ll Never Smile Again
double bass:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1959-03-03)
drums (drum set):
Osie Johnson (on 1959-03-03)
guitar:
Kenny Burrell (on 1959-03-03)
harp:
Janet Putnam (harpist) (on 1959-03-03)
piano:
Hank Jones (piano) (on 1959-03-03)
trombone:
Jimmy Cleveland (on 1959-03-03)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1959-03-03)
conductor:
Ray Ellis (US producer, arranger and conductor) (on 1959-03-03)
recording of:
I’ll Never Smile Again (on 1959-03-03)
lyricist and composer:
Ruth Lowe
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996), Pickwick Music (publisher), Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
Billie Holiday43:26
17Just One More Chance
double bass:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1959-03-03)
drums (drum set):
Osie Johnson (on 1959-03-03)
guitar:
Kenny Burrell (on 1959-03-03)
harp:
Janet Putnam (harpist) (on 1959-03-03)
piano:
Hank Jones (piano) (on 1959-03-03)
trombone:
Jimmy Cleveland (on 1959-03-03)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1959-03-03)
conductor:
Ray Ellis (US producer, arranger and conductor) (on 1959-03-03)
recording of:
Just One More Chance (on 1959-03-03)
lyricist:
Sam Coslow
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter)
Billie Holiday43:47
18When It’s Sleepy Time Down South
alto saxophone:
Gene Quill (on 1959-03-04)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1959-03-04)
drums (drum set):
Osie Johnson (on 1959-03-04)
guitar:
Barry Galbraith (on 1959-03-04)
piano:
Hank Jones (piano) (on 1959-03-04)
trombone:
Jimmy Cleveland (on 1959-03-04)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1959-03-04)
conductor:
Ray Ellis (US producer, arranger and conductor) (on 1959-03-04)
recording of:
When It’s Sleepy Time Down South (on 1959-03-04)
lyricist:
Leon René and Otis René
composer:
Clarence Muse
publisher:
Leon Rene Publication, Mills Music, Inc. and Otis Rene Publication
Billie Holiday44:08
19Don’t Worry ’Bout Me
alto saxophone:
Gene Quill (on 1959-03-04)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1959-03-04)
drums (drum set):
Osie Johnson (on 1959-03-04)
guitar:
Barry Galbraith (on 1959-03-04)
piano:
Hank Jones (piano) (on 1959-03-04)
trombone:
Jimmy Cleveland (on 1959-03-04)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1959-03-04)
conductor:
Ray Ellis (US producer, arranger and conductor) (on 1959-03-04)
recording of:
Don’t Worry ’bout Me (on 1959-03-04)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1939)
composer:
Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist) (in 1939)
publisher:
Cinephonic Music Co., Ltd. and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
Billie Holiday43:11
20Sometimes I’m Happy
alto saxophone:
Gene Quill (on 1959-03-04)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1959-03-04)
drums (drum set):
Osie Johnson (on 1959-03-04)
guitar:
Barry Galbraith (on 1959-03-04)
piano:
Hank Jones (piano) (on 1959-03-04)
trombone:
Jimmy Cleveland (on 1959-03-04)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1959-03-04)
conductor:
Ray Ellis (US producer, arranger and conductor) (on 1959-03-04)
recording of:
Sometimes I’m Happy (on 1959-03-04)
lyricist:
Vincent Youmans
composer:
Irving Caesar
publisher:
Harms, Inc.
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
part of:
Hit the Deck (1927 musical)
Billie Holiday52:49
21You Took Advantage of Me
alto saxophone:
Gene Quill (on 1959-03-04)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1959-03-04)
drums (drum set):
Osie Johnson (on 1959-03-04)
guitar:
Barry Galbraith (on 1959-03-04)
piano:
Hank Jones (piano) (on 1959-03-04)
trombone:
Jimmy Cleveland (on 1959-03-04)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1959-03-04)
conductor:
Ray Ellis (US producer, arranger and conductor) (on 1959-03-04)
recording of:
You Took Advantage of Me (on 1959-03-04)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1928)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1928)
Billie Holiday43:12
22There’ll Be Some Changes Made
baritone saxophone:
Danny Bank (reeds) (on 1959-03-11)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1959-03-11)
drums (drum set):
Osie Johnson (on 1959-03-11)
guitar:
Barry Galbraith (on 1959-03-11)
piano:
Hank Jones (piano) (on 1959-03-11)
tenor saxophone:
Al Cohn (on 1959-03-11)
trombone:
Billy Byers (on 1959-03-11)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1959-03-11) and Joe Wilder (on 1959-03-11)
vocals:
Ray Ellis (US producer, arranger and conductor) (on 1959-03-11)
recording of:
There’ll Be Some Changes Made (on 1959-03-11)
publisher:
Harry H. Pace (in 1921)
lyricist:
Billy Higgins (1920s composer)
composer:
W. Benton Overstreet
publisher:
Herman Darewski Music Publishing Co Ltd. and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) (in 1924)
Billie Holiday42:54
23’Deed I Do
baritone saxophone:
Danny Bank (reeds) (on 1959-03-11)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1959-03-11)
drums (drum set):
Osie Johnson (on 1959-03-11)
guitar:
Barry Galbraith (on 1959-03-11)
piano:
Hank Jones (piano) (on 1959-03-11)
tenor saxophone:
Al Cohn (on 1959-03-11)
trombone:
Billy Byers (on 1959-03-11)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1959-03-11) and Joe Wilder (on 1959-03-11)
vocals:
Ray Ellis (US producer, arranger and conductor) (on 1959-03-11)
recording of:
’Deed I Do (on 1959-03-11)
lyricist:
Walter Hirsch
composer:
Fred Rose (songwriter)
publisher:
Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd.
Billie Holiday42:16
24All of You
baritone saxophone:
Danny Bank (reeds) (on 1959-03-11)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1959-03-11)
drums (drum set):
Osie Johnson (on 1959-03-11)
guitar:
Barry Galbraith (on 1959-03-11)
piano:
Hank Jones (piano) (on 1959-03-11)
tenor saxophone:
Al Cohn (on 1959-03-11)
trombone:
Billy Byers (on 1959-03-11)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1959-03-11) and Joe Wilder (on 1959-03-11)
vocals:
Ray Ellis (US producer, arranger and conductor) (on 1959-03-11) and Billie Holiday (on 1959-03-11)
recording of:
All of You (Silk Stockings musical) (on 1959-03-11)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1954)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Chappell Music (UK)
part of:
Silk Stockings (1957 musical film)
Billie Holiday42:33
25Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home?
baritone saxophone:
Danny Bank (reeds) (on 1959-03-11)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1959-03-11)
drums (drum set):
Osie Johnson (on 1959-03-11)
guitar:
Barry Galbraith (on 1959-03-11)
piano:
Hank Jones (piano) (on 1959-03-11)
tenor saxophone:
Al Cohn (on 1959-03-11)
trombone:
Billy Byers (on 1959-03-11)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1959-03-11) and Joe Wilder (on 1959-03-11)
vocals:
Ray Ellis (US producer, arranger and conductor) (on 1959-03-11)
recording of:
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home (on 1959-03-11)
writer:
Charles Warfield and Clarence Williams (composer / pianist /bandleader)
publisher:
Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US) and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
Billie Holiday43:03