Billie Holiday's later recordings
Geoffrey Smith surveys the great vocalist Billie Holiday's later recordings, which featured more ballads and darker moods than her earlier swing records
Billie Holiday
A SAILBOAT IN THE MOONLIGHT
Artists: Billie Holiday and her Orchestra
Composers: Carmen Lombarso/John Jacob Loeb/Guy Lombardo
Album Title: Lady Day – the Best of Billie Holiday
Label: Columbia/Legacy COL-504722(1)
Performers: Lester Young (tenor); Buck Clayton (trumpet); Freddie Green (guitar); Walter Page (Bass); Jo Jones (drums); James Sherman (piano)
STRANGE FRUIT
Artists: Billie Holiday and her Orchestra
Composers: Lewis Allan
Album Title: Billie Holiday – The Voice of Jazz – The Complete Recordings 1933-1940
Label: Affinity CDAFS-1019
Performers: Frankie Newton's Cafe Society Band; Frankie Newton (trumpet); Sonny White (piano)
YESTERDAYS
Artists: Billie Holiday
Composers: Jerome Kern/Otto Harbach
Album Title: Fritz The Cat & Heavy Traffic
Label: Fantasy – FCD 24745-2
GOD BLESS THE CHILD
Artists: Billie Holiday
Composers: Billie Holiday/Arthur Herzog, Jr.
Album Title: God Bless The Child
Label: Proper P-1203
Performers: Roy Eldridge (trumpet); Jimmy Powell and Lester Boone (alto saxophone); Ernie Powell (trumpet); Eddie Heywood (piano); Johan Robins (guitar); Paul Chapman (guitar); Grachan Moncur II (bass); Herbert Cowans (drums)
TRAV’LIN LIGHT
Artists: Billie Holiday
Composers: Trummy Young/Jimmy Mundy/Johnny Mercer
Album Title: God Bless The Child
Label: Proper P-1203
Performers: Paul Whiteman Orchestra; Skip Layton (trombone).
THAT OLD DEVIL CALLED LOVE
Artists: Billie Holiday
Composers: Allan Roberts/Doris Fisher
Album Title: Billie Holiday’s Greatest Hits
Label: GRP-16532
FINE AND MELLOW
Artists: Billie Holiday
Composers: Billie Holiday
Album Title: The Sound of Jazz
Label: Columbia CK-66082
Performers: Ben Webster ( tenor sax); Lester Young (tenor sax); Vic Dickenson (trombone); Gerry Mulligan (baritone sax); Coleman Hawkins (tenor sax); Roy Eldridge ( trumpet); Doc Cheatham (trumpet); Danny Barker (guitar); Milt Hinton (double bass); Mal Waldron (piano); Osie Johnson (drums)
ALL OF ME
Artists: Billie Holiday
Composers: Gerald Marks/Seymour Simons
Album Title: Love songs
Label: Columbia/Legacy 483878-2
I LOVES YOU PORGY
Artist: Billie Holiday
Composers: George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin
Album Title: Billie Holiday: The Complete Commodore & Decca Masters
Label: Universal 8001314602
Performers: Bobby Tucker (piano)
T’AINT NOBODY’S BUSINESS
Artist: Billie Holiday
Composers: Porter Grainer/Everett Robbins
Album title: Holiday for Lovers
Label: Manhatten Records MAN-5014b
Performers:
THEM THERE EYES
Artist: Billie Holiday
Composers: Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, William Tracey
Album Title: The Legend of Billie Holiday
Label: MCA DBH TV-1
Performers: Budd Johnson (tenor); Henderson Chambers (trombone); Bernie Privin (trumpet)
SOLITUDE
Artist: Billie Holiday
Composers: Eddie DeLange/Duke Ellington
Album Title: The Incomparable Vol.5
Label: AMB ABMMCD-1170
Performers: Charlie Shavers (trumpet); Barney Kessel (guitar); Oscar Peterson (piano); Ray Brown (bass); Alvin Stoller (drums)
IF THE MOON TURNS GREEN
Artists: Billie Holiday
Composers: Bernard D. Hanighen/Paul Coates
Album Title: The Unforgettable Lady Day
Label: Verve MGV 8338 2
Performers: Charlie Shavers (trumpet); Barney Kessel (guitar); Oscar Peterson (piano); Ray Brown (bass); Alvin Stoller (drums)
PLEASE DON’T TALK ABOUT ME WHEN I’M GONE
Artists: Billie Holiday
Composers: Sidney Clare/Sam H. Stept
Album Title: Velvet Mood
Label: Verve V8096
Performers: Benny Carter (alto sax); Sweets Edison (trumpet); Jimmy Rowles (piano); Barney Kessel (guitar); John Simmons (bass); Larry Bunker (drums)
LADY SINGS THE BLUES
Artist: Billie Holiday
Composers: Billie Holiday/Herbie Nichols
Album Title: The Essential Billie Holiday
Label: Verve V6-8410
YOU’VE CHANGED
Artists: Billie Holiday
Composers: William Carey/Carl Fischer
Album Title: The Definitive Billie Holiday
Label: Verve 549 081-2
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