Les génies du jazz, Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson

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1What a Little Moonlight Can Do
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1935-07-02)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1935-07-02)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1935-07-02)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1935-07-02)
guitar:
John Trueheart (on 1935-07-02)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1935-07-02)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1935-07-02)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1935-07-02)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1935-07-02)
orchestra:
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (on 1935-07-02)
arranger:
Teddy Wilson
recorded at:
American Record Corporation Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1935-07-02)
recording of:
What a Little Moonlight Can Do (on 1935-07-02)
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.
52:58
2A Sonbonnet Blue (And a Yellow Straw Hat)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1935-07-02)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1935-07-02)
guitar:
John Trueheart (on 1935-07-02)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1935-07-02)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1935-07-02)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1935-07-02)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1935-07-02)
recording of:
A Sunbonnet Blue (on 1935-07-02)
writer:
Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal
2:48
3It's Too Hot for Words
alto saxophone:
Hilton Jefferson (on 1935-07-31)
clarinet:
Cecil Scott (on 1935-07-31)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1935-07-31)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1935-07-31)
guitar:
Lawrence Lucie (on 1935-07-31)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1935-07-31)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1935-07-31)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1935-07-31)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1935-07-31)
recording of:
It’s Too Hot for Words (on 1935-07-31)
writer:
Teddy Powell, Walter Samuels and Leonard Whitcup
2:44
4What a Night, What a Moon, What a Girl
alto saxophone:
Hilton Jefferson (on 1935-07-31)
clarinet:
Cecil Scott (on 1935-07-31)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1935-07-31)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1935-07-31)
guitar:
Lawrence Lucie (on 1935-07-31)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1935-07-31)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1935-07-31)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1935-07-31)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1935-07-31)
recording of:
What a Night, What a Moon, What a Girl (on 1935-07-31)
writer:
John Jacob Loeb
2:53
5You Let Me Down
alto saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1935-12-03)
double bass:
Grachan Moncur II (bassist) (on 1935-12-03)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1935-12-03)
guitar:
Dave Barbour (on 1935-12-03)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1935-12-03)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1935-12-03)
recording of:
You Let Me Down (on 1935-12-03)
lyricist:
Al Dubin
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
2:54
6That's Life I Guess
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1936-11-19)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1936-11-19)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-11-19)
guitar:
Allan Reuss (on 1936-11-19)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1936-11-19)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1936-11-19)
trumpet:
Jonah Jones (on 1936-11-19)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1936-11-19)
recording of:
That’s Life I Guess (on 1936-11-19)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist)
composer:
Peter de Rose (tin pan alley era songwriter, pianist and performer on radio)
3:07
7It's Like Reaching for the Moon
alto saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1936-06-30)
clarinet:
Harry Carney (on 1936-06-30)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1936-06-30)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-06-30)
guitar:
Lawrence Lucie (on 1936-06-30)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1936-06-30)
trumpet:
Jonah Jones (on 1936-06-30)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1936-06-30)
recording of:
It’s Like Reaching for the Moon (on 1936-06-30)
lyricist:
Al Lewis (Tin Pan Alley era lyricist)
composer:
Gerald Marqusee and Al Sherman (Tin Pan Alley songwriter)
3:20
8The Mood That I'm In
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1937-02-18)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1937-02-18)
guitar:
Jimmy McLin (on 1937-02-18)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1937-02-18)
reeds:
Prince Robinson (on 1937-02-18) and Cecil Scott (on 1937-02-18)
trumpet:
Henry “Red” Allen (jazz musician) (on 1937-02-18)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1937-02-18)
recording of:
The Mood That I'm In (on 1937-02-18)
writer:
Al Sherman (jazz trombone) and Abner Silver
3:01
9Carelessly
alto saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1937-03-31)
baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Harry Carney (on 1937-03-31)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1937-03-31)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1937-03-31)
guitar:
Allan Reuss (on 1937-03-31)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1937-03-31)
trumpet:
Cootie Williams (on 1937-03-31)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1937-03-31)
recording of:
Carelessly (on 1937-03-31)
writer:
Norman Ellis (songwriter), Charles Kenny (songwriter, violinist) and Nick Kenny
3:07
10How Could You
alto saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1937-03-31)
baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Harry Carney (on 1937-03-31)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1937-03-31)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1937-03-31)
guitar:
Allan Reuss (on 1937-03-31)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1937-03-31)
trumpet:
Cootie Williams (on 1937-03-31)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1937-03-31)
recording of:
How Could You? (on 1937-03-31)
lyricist:
Al Dubin
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
2:30
11You Showed Me the Way
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1937-12-18)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1937-02-18)
guitar:
Jimmy McLin (on 1937-02-18)
piano:
Teddy Wilson
reeds:
Prince Robinson (on 1937-02-18) and Cecil Scott (on 1937-02-18)
trumpet:
Henry “Red” Allen (jazz musician) (on 1937-02-18)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1937-02-18)
recording of:
You Showed Me the Way (on 1937-02-18)
writer:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer), Bud Green, Teddy McRae and Chick Webb
3:00
12Nice Work If You Get It
double bass:
Artie Bernstein (on 1937-11-01)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1937-11-01)
guitar:
Allan Reuss (on 1937-11-01)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1937-11-01)
reeds:
Vido Musso (on 1937-11-01)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1937-11-01)
recording of:
Nice Work If You Can Get It (on 1937-11-01)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
A Damsel in Distress (1937 film score)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
My One and Only (1983 Broadway musical)
3:10
13Moanin' Low
alto saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1937-03-31)
baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Harry Carney (on 1937-03-31)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1937-03-31)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1937-03-31)
guitar:
Allan Reuss (on 1937-03-31)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1937-03-31)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1937-03-31)
recording of:
Moanin’ Low (on 1937-03-31)
lyricist:
Howard Dietz (librettist)
composer:
Ralph Rainger
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
3:04
14My Man
double bass:
Artie Bernstein (on 1937-06-01)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1937-06-01)
guitar:
Allan Reuss (on 1937-06-01)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1937-06-01)
reeds:
Vido Musso (on 1937-06-01) and Prince Robinson (on 1937-06-01)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1937-06-01)
recording of:
My Man (Mon homme) (Channing Pollock lyrics) (on 1937-06-01)
lyricist:
Jacques Charles (French librettist and theatre producer) and Albert Willemetz
composer:
Maurice Yvain
translator:
Channing Pollock
publisher:
CBS Feist Catalog, Inc. (ended) and Éditions Salabert France
translated version of:
Mon homme
3:01
15They Say
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1938-11-09) and Edgar Sampson (on 1938-11-09)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1938-11-09)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1938-11-09)
guitar:
Al Casey (US rock & roll/rockabilly/surf guitarist/session musician) (on 1938-11-09)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1938-11-09)
tenor saxophone:
Herschel Evans (on 1938-11-09) and Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1938-11-09)
trombone:
Benny Morton (on 1938-11-09)
trumpet:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) (on 1938-11-09)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1938-11-09)
recording of:
They Say (on 1938-11-09)
writer:
Edward Heyman, Paul Mann (German/American pianist and composer) and Stephan Weiss
3:04
16Sugar
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Benny Carter (on 1939-01-30)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1939-01-30)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1939-01-30)
guitar:
Danny Barker (on 1939-01-30)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1939-01-30)
tenor saxophone:
Prince Robinson (on 1939-01-30)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1939-01-30)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1939-01-30)
recording of:
Sugar (That Sugar Baby o’ Mine) (on 1939-01-30)
writer:
Edna Pinkard, Sidney Mitchell and Maceo Pinkard
composer:
Edna Alexander, Sidney Mitchell and Maceo Pinkard
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog (ASCAP) and Robbins Music Corp.
2:46