Billie Holiday - The Billie Holiday Songbook


  • Singer: Billie Holiday
  • Album's title: The Billie Holiday Songbook
  • Genre: Jazz
  • Label: Verve Records ‎– 823 246-4
    Type: Cassette, Compilation, Remastered, Dolby
    Country: US
    Date of released: 1985
    Category: Jazz
    Style: Swing
  • Format: FLAC MP3 AUD MMF FLAC WAV AAC ASF MIDI
  • Size MP3 ZIP: 1773 mb
  • Size FLAC ZIP: 1322 mb
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Billie Holiday - The Billie Holiday Songbook

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Tracklist

A1 Good Morning Heartache 3:28
A2 My Man 2:35
A3 Billie's Blues 3:12
A4 Don't Explain 2:26
A5 Lady Sings The Blues 3:44
A6 Lover Man 2:42
B1 God Bless The Child 3:57
B2 Fine And Mellow 3:12
B3 Strange Fruit 3:00
B4 Stormy Blues 3:24
B5 Trav'lin' Light 3:44

Credits

  • Bass – Aaron Bell (tracks: A1, A5, B1, B3, B5), Carson Smith (tracks: A3, A4, B2), Milt Hinton (tracks: A6), Ray Brown (tracks: A2), Red Callender (tracks: B4)
  • Clarinet – Tony Scott (tracks: A1, A5, B1, B2, B5)
  • Drums – Chico Hamilton (tracks: A3, A4, B2, B4), Don Lamond (tracks: A6), Gus Johnson (tracks: A2), Lenny McBrowne (tracks: A1, A5, B1, B3, B5)
  • Guitar – Barney Kessel (tracks: B4), Freddie Green (tracks: A2), Kenny Burrell (tracks: A1, A3, A4, A5, B1, B2, B3, B5)
  • Piano – Bobby Tucker (tracks: B4), Carl Drinkard (tracks: A3, A4, B2), Mal Waldron (tracks: A6), Oscar Peterson (tracks: A2), Wynton Kelly (tracks: A1, A5, B1, B3, B5)
  • Producer – Leonard Feather (tracks: A6), Norman Granz, Richard Seidel (tracks: Reissue)
  • Saxophone [Alto] – Willie "The Lion" Smith (tracks: B4)
  • Saxophone [Tenor] – Al Cohn (tracks: B2), Coleman Hawkins (tracks: A3), Paul Quinichette (tracks: A1, A2, A5, B1, B5)
  • Trumpet – Buck Clayton (tracks: A6, B2), Charlie Shavers (tracks: A1, A5, B1, B3, B5), Harry Edison (tracks: B4), Joe Newman (tracks: A2), Roy Eldridge (tracks: A3)
  • Vocals – Billie Holiday

Notes

Digitally remastered reissue

A1, A5, B1, B3, B5 recorded June 7, 1956 in New York
A2 recorded July 27, 1952 in New York
A3, A4, B2 recorded November 10, 1956 in New York
A6 recorded live September 26, 1958 in Connecticut
B4 recorded September 3, 1954 in Los Angeles

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 042282324641

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
823 246-1 Billie Holiday The Billie Holiday Songbook ‎(LP, Comp) Verve Records 823 246-1 Germany 1985
P4 23246 Billie Holiday The Billie Holiday Songbook ‎(Cass, Comp, Club, RM, Dol) Verve Records P4 23246 US 1985
823 246-2 Billie Holiday The Billie Holiday Songbook ‎(CD, Comp) Verve Records 823 246-2 Germany 1986
823 246-1 Billie Holiday The Billie Holiday Songbook ‎(LP, Comp) Verve Records 823 246-1 Germany 1985
831 666-1, 831666-1 Billie Holiday The Billie Holiday Songbook ‎(LP, Comp, Mono, RE) Verve Records, Verve Records 831 666-1, 831666-1 Brazil 1987




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