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

1▶CD: Jazz at the Philharmonic Concerts 1945–1947 / 1952 Los Angeles Studio Session
2▶CD: 1952 Los Angeles & New York Studio Sessions / 1954 Jazz Club USA Concert - Germany
3▶CD: 1954 Jazz Club U.S.A. Concert (conclusion) / 1954 Los Angeles & New York Studio Sessions / 1955 New York Studio Session
4▶CD: 1955 Rehearsal at Artie Shapiro’s Home
5▶CD: 1955 Los Angeles Studio Sessions
6▼CD: 1955 Los Angeles Studio Session (conclusion) / 1956 Rehearsal at the Duftys’ Home
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1I Get a Kick Out of You
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1955-08-25)
recording of:
I Get a Kick Out of You (on 1955-08-25)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd., Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell and Chappell (in 1974)
part of:
Anything Goes
3.655:42
2Everything I Have Is Yours
recording of:
Everything I Have Is Yours (on 1955-08-25)
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Burton Lane
44:32
3Isn’t This a Lovely Day?
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1955-08-25)
double bass:
John Simmons (bassist) (on 1955-08-25)
drums (drum set):
Larry Bunker (on 1955-08-25)
electric guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1955-08-25)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1955-08-25)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1955-08-25)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1955-08-25)
recording of:
Isn’t This a Lovely Day? (from “Top Hat”) (on 1955-08-25)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1935)
part of:
Top Hat (1935 film)
44:16
4Discussion; Misery
11:26
5Israel
recording of:
Israel (in 1956)
writer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Tony Scott (bop/jazz clarinetist, arranger & conductor)
12:18
6Misery
recording of:
Misery (in 1956)
composer:
Tony Scott (bop/jazz clarinetist, arranger & conductor)
24:39
7Discussion
11:16
8I Must Have That Man!
recording of:
I Must Have That Man (in 1956)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
16:30
9Discussion
10:28
10Strange Fruit
recording of:
Strange Fruit (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
Lewis Allan
publisher:
Basart Editions, Carlin Music Corporation, Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
version of:
Bitter Fruit
15:48
11Discussion; God Bless the Child
15:50
12[discussion]
11:16
13God Bless the Child
recording of:
God Bless the Child (in 1956)
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr.
publisher:
Basart Editions (ended) and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
13:16
14God Bless the Child
recording of:
God Bless the Child (in 1956)
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr.
publisher:
Basart Editions (ended) and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
11:08
15[discussion]
10:34
16God Bless the Child
recording of:
God Bless the Child (in 1956)
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr.
publisher:
Basart Editions (ended) and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
13:36
17One Never Knows, Does One?
recording of:
One Never Knows, Does One? (in 1956)
writer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Revell (British-born American composer)
12:09
18[discussion]
12:00
19Beer Barrel Polka (aka “Roll Out the Barrel”)
recording of:
Beer Barrel Polka (in 1956)
composer:
Jaromír Vejvoda (in 1927)
arranger:
Eduard Ingriš (from 1927 until 1934)
translator:
Lew Brown (in 1939) and Wladimir A. Timm (Wladimir Timm) (in 1939)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25648)
translated version of:
Škoda lásky (Wasted Love, see also "Rosamunde" and "Beer Barrel Polka")
11:19
20Some of These Days
recording of:
Some of These Days (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
Shelton Brooks
writer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
11:03
21A Yiddishe Momme
recording of:
My Yiddishe Momme (in 1956)
lyricist:
Jack Yellen
composer:
Lew Pollack and Jack Yellen
10:39
22A Yiddishe Momme
recording of:
My Yiddishe Momme (in 1956)
lyricist:
Jack Yellen
composer:
Lew Pollack and Jack Yellen
22:16
23[discussion]
10:42
24Lady’s Back in Town
recording of:
Lady's Back in Town (in 1956)
writer:
Tony Scott (bop/jazz clarinetist, arranger & conductor)
12:36
25[discussion]
14:34
26[discussion]
11:13
27One Never Knows, Does One?
recording of:
One Never Knows, Does One? (in 1956)
writer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Revell (British-born American composer)
12:39
28[discussion]
11:19
29[unknown title]
11:54
7▶CD: 1956 New York & Los Angeles Studio Sessions
8▶CD: 1956 Carnegie Hall Concert / 1957 Los Angeles Studio Sessions
9▶CD: 1957 Los Angeles Studio Sessions
10▶CD: 1957 Newport Jazz Festival / 1958 Seven Ages of Jazz Concert / 1959 New York Studio Sessions With Ray Ellis