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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

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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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