Recital by Billie Holiday

~ Release by Billie Holiday (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Alto Saxophone – Willie Smith (2) (tracks: 10 to 16)
Bass – Ray Brown (tracks: 1 to 9), Red Callender (tracks: 10 to 16)
Drums – Chico Hamilton (tracks: 10 to 16), Ed Shaughnessy (tracks: 7 to 9), Gus Johnson (tracks: 1 to 6)
Guitar – Barney Kessel (tracks: 10 to 16), Freddie Green (tracks: 1 to 6), Herb Ellis (tracks: 7 to 9)
Mastered By – Andrew Nicholas
Piano – Bobby Tucker (tracks: 10 to 16)
Piano, Organ – Oscar Peterson (tracks: 1 to 9)
Producer – Norman Granz
Tenor Saxophone – Paul Quinichette (tracks: 1 to 6)
Trumpet – Charlie Shavers (tracks: 7 to 9), Harry "Sweets" Edison* (tracks: 10 to 16), Joe Newman (tracks: 1 to 6)
Vocals – Billie Holiday

Notes
Tracks 1 to 6 recorded probably July 27, 1952. Original 10" LP issue: "An Evening with Billie Holiday" (Clef MGC 144).
Tracks 7 to 9 recorded April 14, 1954. Original 10" LP issue: "Billie Holiday" (Clef MGC 161).
Tracks 10 to 16 recorded September 3, 1954. Original LP release tracks 10, 12, 14 to 16: "Lady Sings The Blues" (Clef MGC 721). Original LP release tracks 11 and 13: "Billie Holiday - Volume 2 (Verve (Japan) MV2118)

Rights Society: BIEM/STEMRA

Annotation last modified on 2017-04-05 00:24 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1My Man
2:37
2Lover Come Back To Me
recording of:
Lover, Come Back to Me (from "The New Moon")
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1928)
writer:
Sigmund Romberg
composer:
Sigmund Romberg (in 1928)
publisher:
Bambalina Music Publishing Company, Redwood Music, Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1928)
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
The New Moon: Act II
3:35
3Stormy Weather
vocals:
Billie Holiday (in 1952)
orchestra:
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (in 1952)
recording of:
Stormy Weather (on 1952-07-27)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1933)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1933)
publisher:
Arko Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp., Mills Music, Inc., S.A. Music Co., Ted Koehler Music Co. and The Songwriters Guild
3:42
4Yesterdays
recording of:
Yesterdays
lyricist:
Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Roberta
2:48
5He's Funny That Way
recording of:
He’s Funny That Way
writer:
Neil Moret and Richard A. Whiting
3:11
6I Can't Face The Music
recording of:
I Can’t Face the Music
lyricist:
Ted Koehler
composer:
Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist)
3:14
7How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Sky)
recording of:
How Deep Is the Ocean?
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1932)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Irving Berlin Music Corp.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
2:57
8What A Little Moonlight Can Do
recording of:
What a Little Moonlight Can Do
lyricist and composer:
Harry M. Woods (American 1920/30s songwriter)
publisher:
Connelly Basart, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Warner Brothers Music Inc.
3:11
9I Cried For You
recording of:
I Cried for You
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Gus Arnheim and Abe Lyman
publisher:
Arthur Freed Music, CBS Miller Catalog, Inc. and Miller Music Corp.
2:26
10Love Me Or Leave Me
recording of:
Love Me or Leave Me
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Walter Donaldson
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd., Keith Prowse Music Publishing Ltd., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), Donaldson Publishing Co. (in 1928, in 1955) and Gilbert Keyes Music Company (in 1928, in 1955)
2:34
11P. S. I Love You
recording of:
P.S. I Love You
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Gordon Jenkins
publisher:
La Salle Music Publishers, Inc., Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic), The Jenkins Family Partnership, The Johnny Mercer Foundation and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
3:36
12Too Marvelous For Words
recording of:
Too Marvelous for Words
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1937)
composer:
Richard A. Whiting (in 1937)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Victoria Music Ltd., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and Harms, Inc. (on 1937-01-25)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
2:11
13Softly
recording of:
Softly (Eddie Beal/Joe Greene song)
writer:
Eddie Beal and Joe Greene (US songwriter Joseph Perkins Greene, 1915-1986)
2:55
14I Thought About You
recording of:
I Thought About You
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Burke & Van Heusen, Jerry Leiber Music, Lewis Music Publishing Co., Inc., Range Road Music Inc., Silver Seahorse Music LLC, Twentieth Century Music Corp., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
2:46
15Willow Weep For Me
recording of:
Willow Weep for Me
lyricist and composer:
Ann Ronell (in 1932)
publisher:
Ann Ronell Music and Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
sub-publisher:
日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
3:06
16Stormy Blues
recording of:
Stormy Blues
writer:
Billie Holiday
3:27