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Artist Song Album Label Comments
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra Falling In Love Again Lady Day Sony 29 Feb 1940 Roy Eldridge (tp) Jimmy Powell, Carl Frye (as) Kermit Scott (ts) Sonny White (p) Lawrence Lucie(g) John Williams (b) Harold ‘Doc’ West (d) Billie Holiday (v)
today's show is a birthday tribute to Billie Holiday! Source: Billie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth by John Szwed (also documentary BILLIE)
Billie Holiday w/ Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra I'll Get By As Long As I Have You Lady Day Sony 11 May 1937 Buck Clayton (tp) Buster Bailey (cl) Johnny Hodges (as) Lester Young (ts) Teddy Wilson (p) Alan Reuss (g) Artie Bernstein (b) Cozy Cole (d) Billie Holiday (v)
Billie Holiday w/ Bob Taggart and His Orchestra What Is This Thing Called Love The Complete Decca Recordings GRP 14 Aug 1935 Joe Guy(tp) Bill Stegmeyer(as) Hank Ross, Armand Camgros (ts) Stanley Webb (bs) Sammy Benskin (p) Tiny Grimes (g) Bob Haggart (b) Specs Powell (d) Billie Holiday (v) plus 6 Strings.
Billie Holiday w/ Benny Goodman and His Orchestra Your Mother's Son-In-Law Billie Holiday 1933-1937 Columbia 27 Nov 1933 Holiday's first recording! Charlie Teagarden, Shirley Clay (tp) Jack Teagarden (tb) Benny Goodman(cl) Art Karle (ts) Buck Washington (p) Dick McDonough(g) Artie Bernstein (b) Gene Krupa (d) Deane Kincaide (arr) Billie Holiday (v)
Billie Holiday w/ Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra Miss Brown to You Lady Day Sony 2 Jul 1935 Note the car horn audible at 31 sec! Roy Eldridge (tp) Benny Goodman (cl) Ben Webster (ts) Teddy Wilson (p) John Truehart(g) John Kirby (b) Cozy Cole (d) Billie Holiday (v)
Billie Holiday w/ Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Saddest Tale Symphony In Black: A Triangle 12 Mar 1935 Short film starring Duke Ellington. Arthur Whetsol, Freddie Jenkins, Cootie Williams(tp) Joe Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol(tb) Marshall Royal(cl & as) Barney Bigard(cl & ts) Johnny Hodges(as) Harry Carney(bs) Duke Ellington(p) Fred Guy(g) Wellman Braud(b) Sonny Greer(d)
Billie Holiday w/ Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra These Foolish Things Lady Day Sony 30 June 1936 Jonah Jones (tp) Johnny Hodges (as) Harry Carney (bs) Teddy Wilson (p) Lawrence Lucie (g) John Kirby (b) Cozy Cole (d) Billie Holiday (v)
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra Summertime Lady Day Sony 10 July 1936 Bunny Berigan (tp) Artie Shaw (cl) Joe Bushkin (p) Dick McDonough (g) Arthur ‘Pete’ Peterson (b) Cozy Cole (d) Billie Holiday (v)
Billie Holiday w/ Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra Easy to Love Lady Day Sony 21 Oct 1936 Another great example of Holiday's innovative approach to melody. Irving ‘Mouse’ Randolph (tp) Vido Musso (cl) Ben Webster (ts) Teddy Wilson (p) Allen Reuss (g) Milt Hinton (b) Gene Krupa (d) Billie Holiday (v)
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra Me Myself And I Lady Day Sony 15 June 1937 Note Lester Young essentially plays his own solo at the same time as Holiday's first verse. Buck Clayton (tp) Edmond Hall (cl) Lester Young (ts) James Sherman (p) Freddie Green (g) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (d) Billie Holiday (v)
Billie Holiday w/ Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra Foolin' Myself Lady Day Sony 1 Jun 1937 Note Lester Young solo at the beginning of the piece. Buck Clayton (tp) Buster Bailey (cl) Lester Young (ts) Teddy Wilson (p) Freddie Green (g) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (d) Billie Holiday (v)
Billie Holiday w/ Count Basie and His Orchestra Swing Brother Swing Rare Live Recordings 1935-1959 ESP June 30 1937 w/ Count Basie Orchestra at the Savoy Ballroom. Radio transcription
Billie Holiday w/ Artie Shaw & His Orchestra Any Old Time Begin the Beguine RCA 24 Jul 1938 The only recording from Holiday's time with Shaw. Chuck Peterson, John Best-Claude Bowen(tp) George Arus, Ted Vesely, Harry Rogers(tb) Artie Shaw(cl) Les Robinson, Hank Freeman(as)Tony Pastor, Ron Perry(ts) Lester Burness(p) Al Lavola(g) Sid Weiss(b) Cliff Leeman(d) Billie Holiday(v)
Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra Strange Fruit The Complete Commodore Recordings Commodore 20 Apr 1939 Frank Newton (tp) Tab Smith (as) Kenneth Hollon e Stanley Payne (ts) Sonny White (p) Jimmy McLin (g) John Williams (b) Eddie Dougherty (d) Billie Holiday (v)
Billie Holiday I'm Gonna Lock My Heart and Throw Away The Key Rare Live Cuts: Cafe Society (1939 Airchecks) & Milwaukee [1943] 1 Apr 1939 Radio broadcast live from Cafe Society. Frank Newton (tp) Stanley Payne (as) Kenneth Hollon (ts) Kenny Kersey (p) Ulysses Livingston (g) John Williams (b) Eddie Dougherty (d) Billie Holiday (v)
Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra Them There Eyes Lady Day Sony 5 July 1939 Charlie Shavers (tp) Tab Smith (ss) (as) Kenneth Hollon, Stanley Payne (ts) Sonny White (p) Bernard Addison (g) John Williams (b) Eddie Dougherty (d) Billie Holiday (v). Charles Mingus cited this song as an example of Holiday's range of expression in her singing: sometimes the words "them there eyes" sound like a question, sometimes like an exclamation
Billie Holiday and the Esquire All Star Band Billie's Blues Rare Live Recordings 1935-1959 ESP January 18 1944 Holiday recorded this song 22 times! Esquire All-Star Concert Louis Armstrong & Roy Eldridge t, Jack Teagarden tb, Barney Bigard c, Coleman Hawkins ts, Art Tatum & Teddy Wilson p, Red Norvo & Lionel Hampton v, Al Casey g, Oscar Pettiford b, "Big" Sid Catlett d
Billie Holiday w/ Eddie Haywood and His Orchestra I'll Be Seeing You The Complete Commodore Recordings Commodore 1 Apr 1944 Doc Cheatham (tp) Lem Davis (as) Vic Dickenson (tb) Eddie Heywood (p) John Simmons (b) Sid Catlett (d) Billie Holiday (v)
Billie Holiday w/ Eddie Haywood and His Orchestra I Cover the Waterfront The Complete Commodore Recordings Commodore 25 Mar 1944 Doc Cheatham (tp) Lem Davis (as) Vic Dickenson (tb) Eddie Heywood (p) Teddy Walters (g) John Simmons (b) ‘Big Sid’ Catlett (d) Billie Holiday (v)
Billie Holiday w/ Toots Camarata and his Orchestra Lover Man The Complete Decca Recordings GRP 4 Oct 1944 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) Billie Holiday (v) six strings.
Billie Holiday w/ Toots Camarata and his Orchestra No More The Complete Decca Recordings GRP 4 Oct 1944 recorded at the same session as Lover Man, this was the B side and was one of Holiday's 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) Billie Holiday (v) six strings.
Billie Holiday w/ orchestra led by Louis Armstrong Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans Rare Live Recordings 1935-1959 ESP 11 Sept 1946 performance appeared in the film NEW ORLEANS which was a terrible experience for Holiday. The film was about the birth of jazz and she thought she was going to play a character like herself, but instead she played the maid to a young white woman (Bonita Granville) who overheads Holiday singing, copies her style and goes on to "invent" jazz with her white friends. The plot of the movie is appalling but the performances are worth watching; they can all be found on YouTube. 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 (v)
Billie Holiday w/ Bill Stegmeyer Orchestra Big Stuff The Complete Decca Recordings GRP 22 Jan 1946 Song was written for Holiday by Leonard Bernstein. 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) Billie Holiday (v) + 4 strings
Billie Holiday w/ Bobby Tucker and his trio My Man (Mon Homme) The Complete Decca Recordings GRP 10 Dec 1948 Recording includes references to domestic violence which are often edited out of modern performances. Bobby Tucker (p) John Levy (b) Denzil Best (d) Billie Holiday (v)
Billie Holiday All Of Me Rare Live Recordings 1935-1959 ESP 10 Sept 1949 Art Ford show appearance, begins with discussion of a Bessie Smith tribute album Holiday was working on but never released. Billie Holiday v, Oran 'Hot Lips' Page tp, Horace Henderson p, unknown b, d, & g
Billie Holiday Crazy He Calls Me Rare Live Recordings ESP Oct 1951 live at Storyville, exact date unknown. radio broadcast. Song was written for Holiday. Buster Harding (p) John Fields (b) Marquis Foster (d) Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday Willow Weep for Me At Storyville Storyville 6 Oct 1953 live at Storyville Carl Drinkard (p) Jimmy Woode (b) Peter Littman (d) Billie Holiday (v)
Billie Holiday God Bless The Child Rare Live Recordings ESP 27 Oct 1956, radio broadcast from Olivia Davis Patio Lounge (DC) Prob. Carl Drinkard (p), Unknown (b), Eddie Phyfe (d) Billie Holiday (v)
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me The Lady In Autumn Verve 14 Aug 1956 Los Angeles Billie Holiday v, Harry 'Sweets' Edison tp, Ben Webster ts, Jimmy Rowles p, Barney Kessel g, Joe Mondragon b, Alvin Stoller d
Billie Holiday Lady Sings the Blues The Lady In Autumn Verve 10 Nov 1956 Carnegie Hall Concert. Lyrics written by Holiday to coincide with her autobiography of the same title. Billie Holiday v, Roy Eldridge t, Coleman Hawkins ts, Tony Scott p, Kenny Burrell g, Carson Smith b, Chico Hamilton d
Billie Holiday Don't Explain The Lady In Autumn Verve 10 Nov 1956 Carnegie Hall Concert. Lyrics written by Holiday, she said they were about the end of her marriage to Jimmy Monroe. Billie Holiday v, Roy Eldridge t, Coleman Hawkins ts, Tony Scott p, Kenny Burrell g, Carson Smith b, Chico Hamilton d
Billie Holiday w Mal Waldron All Stars Fine and Mellow Rare Live Recordings ESP 8 Dec 1957 The Sound of Jazz TV show. This is often cited as a high point for both Holiday and Young late in life, they were both suffering the effects of alcoholism and addiction and performed better than they had in years. Holiday wrote this song, and recorded it 12 times. Roy Eldridge, Doc Cheatham (tp), Vic Dickenson (tb), Lester Young, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins (ts), Gerry Mulligan (bs) Mal Waldron (p) Danny Barker (g) Milt Hinton (b) Osie Johnson (d) Billie Holiday (v)