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Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments |
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Billie Holiday o/ Bill Stegmeyer | Good Morning Heartache | The Complete Decca Recordings | Verve | Today: 2 hr tribute to Billie Holiday. This track recorded 1946, Gordon `Chris` Griffin Joe Guy (tp) Bill Stegmeyer (as) Hank Ross Bernie Kaufman Armand Camgros (ts) Joe Springer (p) Tiny Grimes (g) John Simmons (b) Sidney Catlett (d) + 4 strings |
Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra | Blues in C Sharp Minor | Little Jazz Trumpet Giant | Proper UK | inst. |
Billie Holiday o/ Benny Goodman Orchestra | Riffin' the Scotch | Billie Holiday 1933-1937 | Sony | 1933, Holiday's very first recording; she was 18! lineup: Charly Teagarden & Shirley Clay (tp), Jack Teagarden (tb), Benny Goodman (cl), Art Karle (ts), Joe Sullivan or Buck Washington (p), Dick McDonough (g), Artie Bernstein (b) Gene Krupa (d) |
Billie Holiday o/ Teddy Wilson | What a Little Moonlight Can Do | Lady Day | Sony | 1935, Holiday and Wilson recorded 95 tracks together. This was their first recording session together & was part of a session where Wilson and Goodman were testing each other out by performing in each other's bands, to see if Wilson should join Goodman's orchestra. Roy Eldridge (tp) Benny Goodman (cl) Ben Webster (ts) Teddy Wilson (p) John Truehart (g) John Kirby (b) Cozy Cole (d) |
Billie Holiday o/ Duke Ellington | Saddest Tale | Rare Live Recordings from 1933-1959 | 1935, this song is from Holiday's appearance in "Symphony in Black," a short film featuring Duke Ellington. This was the only time she performed with the full Ellington orchestra. A. Whetsol, F. Jenkins, C. Williams (tp), J. Nanton, L. Brown, J. Tizol (tb), M. Royal (cl) (as) B. Bigard (cl) ts) J. Hodges (as) H. Carney (bs) D. Ellington (p) F. Guy (bj) W. Braud (b) S. Greer (d) | |
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra | Summertime | Lady Day | Sony | 1936, this was the first really big recording of "Summertime" which had just been published the year before. Holiday had Artie Shaw in her backing band here & would join Shaw's orchestra three years later. Bunny Berigan (tp), Artie Shaw cl) Joe Bushkin (p) Dick McDonough (g) Pete Peterson (b) Cozy Cole (d) |
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra | No Regrets | Lady Day | Sony | 1936, same session as "Summertime" |
Billie Holiday o/ Teddy Wilson | Carelessly | Lady Day | Sony | 1937, Holiday's first #1 hit, band included key players from Ellington orchestra. Cootie Williams (tp) Johnny Hodges (as) Harry Carney (cl) (bs) Teddy Wilson (p) Alan Reuss (g) John Kirby (b) Cozy Cole (d) |
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra | Me Myself and I | Lady Day | Sony | 1937, band includes key players from Basie orchestra incl Lester Young, lifelong friend & collaborator w/ Holiday. Buck Clayton (tp) Edmond Hall (cl) Lester Young (ts) James Sherman (p) Freddie Green (g) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (d) |
Billie Holiday o/ Count Basie | They Can't Take That Away from Me | Lady Day | Sony | 1937, radio broadcast from Savoy Ballroom in NYC. Holiday toured with Basie in 1937 but they never recorded together. A few radio broadcasts are the only recordings that survive. She was fired for being "unprofessional" possibly related to her addiction. Buck Clayton, Ed. Lewis, B. Moore (tp) G. Hunt, Dan Minor (tb) E Warren, R Jack Washington (as,bs) H. Evans, L Young (ts) Count Basie (p) Freddie Green (g) Wawlter Page (b) Jo Jones (d) |
COunt Basie Orchestra | Lester Leaps In | Count Basie Meets Lester Young: The Golden Years 1936-1940 | inst. | |
Billie Holiday o/ Teddy Wilson | He Ain't Got Rhythm | Lady Day | Sony | 1937, Band includes key members of Basie orchestra plus Benny Goodman. Buck Clayton (tp) Benny Goodman (cl) Lester Young (ts) Teddy Wilson (p) Freddy Green (g) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (d) |
Billie Holiday o/ Teddy Wilson | Easy Living | Lady Day | Sony | 1937, Buck Clayton (tp) Buster Bailey (cl) Lester Young (ts) Teddy Wilson (p) Freddie Green (g) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (d) |
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra | I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm | Lady Day | Sony | 1937, this was a charting hit for Holiday. Teddy Wilson performs but the band is credited as "Billie Holiday and her Orchestra." Also includes Webster and Cole from Ellington's band. Jonah Jones (tp) Edgar Sampson (cl)(as) Ben Webster (ts) Teddy Wilson (p) Allan Reuss (g) John Kirby (b) Cozy Cole (d) |
Billie Holiday o/ Artie Shaw | Any Old Time | Very Best of Artie Shaw | 1938, Holiday sang with Shaw for close to a year but it was a terrible experience for her. Audiences in the South were hostile to a black woman singing with a white orchestra. Also she was creatively stifled as she didn't get to sing as many songs as when she worked with Teddy Wilson. This song is the only surviving recording from her time with Shaw. Chuck Peterson-John Best-Claude Bowen(tp)George Arus-Ted Vesely-Harry Rogers(tb)A.Shaw(cl)Les Robinson-Hank Freeman(as)T. Pastor -R. Perry(ts)L. Burness(p)Al Lavola(g)Sid Weiss(b)C. Leeman(d) B.H.(v) | |
Billie Holiday | Strange Fruit | The Complete Commodore Recordings | Verve | 1939, this protest song written by Abel Meeropol became a signature song for Holiday. Her label Columbia did not want her to record such a controversial song, but allowed her to record it with the Commodore label. It became her best-selling record, probably in part due to the B side "Fine and Mellow." Frank Newton (tp) Tab Smith (as) Kenneth Hollon Stanley Payne (ts) Sonny White (p) Jimmy McLin (g) John WIlliams (b) Eddie Doughtery (d) |
Billie Holiday | Fine and Mellow | THe Complete Commodore Recordings | Verve | 1939, this song written by Holiday was the B side to "Strange Fruit" & was a big jukebox hit. Frank Newton (tp) Tab Smith (as) Kenneth Hollon Stanley Payne (ts) Sonny White (p) Jimmy McLin (g) John WIlliams (b) Eddie Doughtery (d) |
Billie Holiday | My Old Flame | The Complete Commodore Recordings | Verve | 1939, Doc Cheatham (tp) Lem Davis (as) Vic Dickenson (tb) Eddie Heywood (p) Teddy Walters (g) John SImmons (b) Big Sid Catlett (d) |
Billie Holiday o/ Teddy Wilson | Sugar | Lady Day | Sony | 1939, Roy Eldridge (tp) Ernie Powell (cl) (ts) Benny Carter (as) (ts) Teddy Wilson (p) Danny Barker (g) Milt Hinton (b) Cozy Cole (d) |
Duke Ellington Orchestra | Chelsea Bridge | The Blanton-Webster Band | inst. | |
Billie Holiday o/ Eddie Heywood | God Bless the Child | Lady Day | Sony | 1941, Holiday co-wrote this song. Roy Eldridge (tp) Jimmy Powell, Lester Boone (as), Ernie Powell (ts) Eddie Heywood (p) Paul Chapman (g) Grachan Moncur (b) Herbert Cowans (d) |
Billie Holiday o/ Eddie Heywood | Solitude | Lady Day | Sony | 1941 same session as "God Bless the Child" |
Billie Holiday o/ Paul Whiteman | Trav'ling Light | Great Romantic Memories of the War Years | Reader's Digest | 1942, in this period Holiday was trying to record in a less jazz style to distinguish her work from the recordings she had done with Teddy Wilson in the 30s. Monty Kelly, Larry Neill, Done Waddilove (tp) Skip Layton, Murray McEachern, Trummy Young (tb), Alvy West, Dan D'Adnrea, Lennie Hartman, poss. Lester Young (reeds), Buddy Weed (p) Mike Pingitore (g) Art Shapiro (b) Willie Rodriguez (d) unknown string section |
Billie Holiday | Embraceable You | The Complete Commodore Recordings | Verve | 1944, from her second session with Commodore. Doc Cheatham (tp) Lem Davis (as) Vic Dickenson (tb) Eddie Heywood (p) John Simmons (b) Big Sid Catlett (d) |
Billie Holiday o/ Toots Camarata | Lover Man | The Complete Decca Recordings | Verve | 1944, this song was written for Holiday & became one of her most enduring songs. She begged and pleaded to have strings added, she felt the song was too special for a standard 6-piece orchestra. Russ Case (tp) Hymie Schertzer, Jack Cressey (as) Larry Binyon, Paul Ricci (ts) Dave Bowman (p) Carl Kress (g) Haig Stephens (b) Johnny Blowers (d) six strings |
Charlie Parker Quintet | Lover Man | The Essential Charlie Parker | inst. | |
Billie Holiday o/ Toots Camarata | No More | The Complete Decca Recordings | Verve | 1944, Holiday said this was one of her favorite songs. Russ Case (tp) Hymie Schertzer, Jack Cressey (as) Larry Binyon, Paul Ricci (ts) Dave Bowman (p) Carl Kress (g) Haig Stephens (b) Johnny Blowers (d) six strings |
Billie Holiday o/ Toots Camarata | Don't Explain | The Complete Decca Recordings | Verve | 1944, co-written by Holiday. This song is maybe best known to modern audiences from the Verve Remixed series. Russ Case (tp) Hymie Schertzer, Jack Cressey (as) Larry Binyon, Dave Harris (ts) Dave Bowman (p) Carl Kress (g) Haig Stephens (b) George Wettling (d) six strings |
Billie Holiday o/ Louis Armstrong and his Hot Six | Do You Know What It Means (to Miss New Orleans) | Rare Live Recordings from 1933-1959 | 1946, Holiday appeared in the film New Orleans. She was very frustrated at having to play a maid in a movie that portrayed jazz as having been created by white musicians. This is a terrible movie for people who love early jazz. I recommend finding Armstrong and Holiday's performances on Youtube & not watching the movie. Louis Armstrong (tp) Edward Kid Ory (tb) Barney Bigard (cl) Charlie Beal (p) Bud Scott (g) George Red Callender (b) Zutty Singleton (d) | |
Billie Holiday o/ Sy Oliver | Them There Eyes | The Complete Decca Recordings | Verve | 1949, Bernie Privin, Tony Faso, Dick Vance (tp), Henderson Chambers, Morty Bullman (tb), George Dorsey, Johnny Mince (as), Budd Johnson, Fred Williams (ts), Eddy Barefield (cl) (bs), Horace Henderson (p), Everett Barksdale (g), George Duvivier (b), Cozy Cole (d) |
Billie Holiday o/ Gorden Jenkins | Crazy He Calls Me | The Complete Decca Recordings | Verve | 1949, Bobby Hackett (tp), Milt Yaner (cl) (as) John Fulton (fl) (cl) Bernie Leighton (p) Tony Mottola (g) Jack Lesberg (b) Morris Bunny Shawker (d) |
Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong o/ Sy Oliver | You Can't Lose a Broken Heart | "Satchmo" Louis Armstrong Ambassador of Jazz | 1949, Bernie Privin (tp), Sid Cooper, Johnny Mince (as), Artie Drellinger, Pat Nizza (ts), Billy Kyle (p) Everett Barksdale (g), Joe Benjamin (b), Jimmy Crawford (d) | |
Lester Young | She's Funny That Way | Essential Jazz | inst. | |
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra | These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) | Lady in Autumn: The Best of the Verve Years | Verve | 1952, this is early in the Verve years, when her voice was still holding up & piano by Oscar Peterson makes this a special performance. Charly Shavers (tp) Flip Phillips (ts) Oscar Peterson (p) Barney Kessel (g) Ray Brown (b) Alvin Stoller (d) |
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra | Too Marvelous for Words | Lady Sings the Blues | Verve | 1954, Harry Sweet Edison (tp) Willie Smith (as) Bobby Tucker (p) Barney Kessell (g) Red Calender (b) Chico Hamilton (d) |
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra | Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me | Lady in Autumn: The Best of the Verve Years | Verve | 1956, Harry Sweet Edison (tp) Ben Webster (ts) Jimmy Rowles (p) Barney Kessel (g) Joe Mondragon (b) Alvin Stoller (d) |
Billie Holiday | Lady Sings the Blues | At Carnegie Hall: The Billie Holiday Sory Vol. 6 | Verve | 1956, this song co-written by Holiday was a theme song for the latter years of her career. This performance is from her Carnegie Hall concert shortly before she died. Roy Eldridge (tp) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Carl Drinkard, Tony Scott (p), Kenny Burrell (g) Carson Smith (b) Chico Hamilton (d) |
Billie Holiday | Body and Soul | At Carnegie Hall: The Billie Holiday Sory Vol. 6 | Verve | 1956, same lineup as "Lady Sings the Blues" |
Coleman Hawkins | Body and Soul | 'Round Midnight | inst. | |
Billie Holiday o/ Ray Ellis | I'm a Fool to Want to You | The Lady in Satin | Verve | 1958, recorded just a few months before she died. The wreckage of her voice reflected the damage alcoholism & heroin had done to her health & her life. Mel Davis Billie Butterfield Bernie Glow (tp) Urbie Green (tb) Gene Quill (as) Hank Jones (p) Barry Galbraith (g) Milt Hinton (b) Osie Johnson (d) |