Billie Holiday



CD 1

Fine Romance


1.   Your Mother’s Son In Law (Nichols – Holiner)   2:45

2.   Riffin´ The Scotch (Mercer-McDonough – Goodman – Buck)   2:32

3.   I Wished On The Moon (Parker – Rainger)   3:06

4.   What A Little Moonlight Can Do (Woods)   3:00

5.   I’m Painting The Town Red (Tobias – Newman – Sept)   3:01

6.   Life Begins When You’re In Love (Brown – Schertzinger)   3:03

7.   These Foolish Things (Link – Strachey – Marvell)   3:18

8.   Summertime (G. & I. Gershwin)   2:55

9.   Billie´s Blues (Holiday)   2:40

10. A Fine Romance (Kern – Fields)v2:51

11. I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (McHugh – Fields)v3:28

12. I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (Berlin)v2:56

13. If My Heart Could Only Talk (Samuels – Whitcup – Powell)v3:04

14. Why Was I Born? (Kern – Hammerstein II)   2:51

15. I Must Have That Man (McHugh - Fields)   2:55

16. My Last Affair (Johnson)v3:10

17. How Could You? (Warren – Dubin)   2:28

18. Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off (G. & I. Gershwin)   2:37

19. They Can’t Take That Away From Me (G. & I. Gershwin)   3:03

20. Sun Showers (Brown – Freed)   3:06

21. Yours And Mine (Brown – Freed)   3:15

22. I’ll Get By (Ahlert – Turk)   3:08

23. Mean To Me (R. Turk – F.E. Ahlert)   3:07

24. Foolin´ Myself (Pinturin – Lawrence)   2:59


Total Time: 71:28




CD 2

All Of Me


1.   Easy Livin´ (Rainger – Robin)   3:03

2.   I’ll Never Be The Same (Malneck – Signorelli – Kahn)   3:04

3.   A Sailboat In The Moonlight (Lombardo – Loeb)   2:50

4.   Without Your Love (Stryker – Lange)   2:51

5.   Getting Some Fun Out Of Life (Leslie – Burke)   3:03

6.   He’s Funny That Way (Moret – Whiting)   2:40

7.   Nice Work If You Can Get It (Gershwin)   3:09

8.   My Man (Yvain – Pollack)   3:03

9.   Can´t Help Lovin´ Dat Man (Hammerstein –Kern)   3:16

10. When You’re Smiling (Shay – Goodwin – Fisher)   2:50

11. If Dreams Come True (Sampson – Goodman)   3:03

12. You Go To My Head (Coots - Gillespie)   2:51

13. The Very Thought Of You (Noble)   2:44

14. I Can´t Get Started (I. Gershwin – Duke)   2:49

15. More Than You Know (Youmans – Rose – Eliscu)   3:07

16. The Man I Love (G. & I. Gershwin)   3:06

17. Body And Soul (Heyman – Sour – Eyton – Green)   2:57

18. God Bless The Child (Holiday – Herzog Jr.)   3:02

19. All Of Me (Marks – Simons)   2:57

20. Gloomy Sunday (Seress – Javor – Lewis)   3:13

21. Trav’lin` Light (Mundy – Young – Mercer)   3:14

22. I’ll Get By (Ahlert – Turk)   2:59

23. I’ll Be Seeing You (Fain – Kahal)   3:32

24. On The Sunny Side Of The Street (McHugh – Fields)   2:59


Total Time: 72:34




CD 1


Your Mother's Son-In-Law

New York, November 27, 1933
Benny Goodman & His Orchestra:  Charlie Teagarden, Shirley Clay (tp). Jack Teagarden (tb), Benny Goodman (cl), Art Karle (ts), Buck Washington (p), Dick McDonough (g), Artie Bernstein (b), Gene Krupa (d)


Riffin' The Scotch

New York, December 18, 1933. Same:

Joe Sullivan (p) replaces Buck Washington.


I Wished On The Moon

What A Little Moonlight Can Do

New York, July 2, 1935

Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra: Roy Eldridge (tp), Benny Goodman (cl), Ben Webster (ts), Teddy Wilson (p), John Truehart (g), John Kirby (b), Cozy Cole (d)


I'm Painting The Town Red

New York, July 31, 1935
Roy Eldridge (tp), Cecil Scott (cl), Hilton Jefferson (as), Ben Webster (ts), Teddy Wilson (p), Lawrence Lucie (g), John Kirby (b), Cozy Cole (d)


Life Begins When You're In Love

New York, January 30, 1936
Gordon "Chris" Griffin (tp), Rudy Powell (cl). Ted McRae (ts), Teddy Wilson (p), John Truehart (g), Grachan Moncur (b), Cozy Cole (d)


These Foolish Things

New York, June 30, 1936
Jonah Jones (tp), Johnny Hodges (as), Harry Carney (cl)(bs), Teddy Wilson (p), Lawrence Lucie (g), John Kirby (b), Cozy Cole (d)


Summertime
Billie's Blues

New York, July 10, 1936
Bunny Berigan (tp), Artie Shaw (cl), Joe Bushkin (p), Dick McDonough (g), Pete Peterson (b), Cozy Cole (d)


A Fine Romance

New York, September 29, 1936
Bunny Berigan (tp), Irvin Fazola (cl), Clyde Hart (p), Dick McDonough (g), Artie Bernstein (b), Cozy Cole (d)


I Can't Give You Anything But Love

New York, November 19, 1936
Teddy Wilson (p), Jonah Jones (tp), Benny Goodman (cl), Ben Webster (ts), Allan Reuss (g), John Kirby (b), Cozy Cole (d)


I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm

New York, January 12, 1937

Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra: Jonah Jones (tp), Edgar Sampson (cl)(as), Ben Webster (ts), Teddy Wilson (p), Allan Reuss (g), John Kirby (b)


If My Heart Could Only Talk

New York. January 12. 1937

Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra: Jonah Jones (tp), Edgar Sampson (cl)(as), Ben Webster (ts), Teddy Wilson (p), Allan Reuss (g), John Kirby (b)


Why Was I Born
I Must Have That Man

New York. January 25. 1937
Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra: Teddy Wilson (p), Buck Clayton (tp), Benny Goodman (cl), Lester Young (ts), Freddie Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (d)


My Last Affair

New York. February 18. 1937

Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra:  Teddy Wilson (p), Henry "Red" Allen (tp), Cecil Scott (cl)(as)(ts), Prince Robinson (ts), Jimmy McLinn (g), John Kirby (b). Cozy Cole (d)


How Could You?

New York. March 31. 1937

Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra:  Cootie Williams (tp), Johnny Hodges (as), Harry Carney (cl)(bs), Teddy Wilson (p), Allan Reuss (g), John Kirby (b), Cozy Cole (d)


Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
They Can't Take That Away From Me

New York. April 1. 1937

Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra:  Eddie Tomkins (tp), Buster Bailey (cl), Joe Thomas (ts), Teddy Wilson (p), Carman Mastren (g), John Kirby (b), Alphonse Steele (d)


Yours And Mine

New York. May 11. 1937
Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra: Buck Clayton (tp), Buster Bailey (cl), Johnny Hodges (as), Lester Young (ts), Teddy Wilson (p), Allan Reuss (g), Artie Bernstein (b), Cozy Cole (d)


I'll Get By
Mean To Me

New York, May 11, 1937

Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra: Buck Clayton (tp), Buster Bailey (cl), Johnny Hodges (as), Lester Young (ts),
Teddy Wilson (p), Allan Reuss (g), Artie Bernstein (b), Cozy Cole (d)


Foolin' Myself

New York, June 1, 1937
Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra: Buck Clayton (tp), Buster Bailey (cl), Lester Young (ts), Teddy Wilson (p),
Freddie Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (d)




CD 2


Easy Living

I'll Never Be The Same

New York, June 1, 1937
Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra: Buck Clayton (tp), Buster Bailey (cl), Lester Young (ts), Teddy Wilson (p),
Freddie Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (d)


A Sailboat In The Moonlight

Without Your Love

New York, June 15, 1937

Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra: Buck Clayton (tp), Edmond Hall (cl), Lester Young (ts), James Sherman (p), Freddie Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (d)


Getting Some Fun Out Of Life
He's Funny That Way

New York, September 13, 1937
Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra: Buck Clayton (tp), Buster Bailey (cl), Lester Young (ts), Claude Thornhill (p),
Freddie Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (d)


Nice Work If You Can Get It
My Man
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man

New York, November 1, 1937

Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra: Buck Clayton (tp), Prince Robinson (cl), Vido Musso (ts), Teddy Wilson (p), Allan Reuss (g), Walter Page (b), Cozy Cole (d)


When You're Smiling

New York, January 6, 1938
Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra: Buck Clayton (tp), Benny Morton (tb), Lester Young (ts), Teddy Wilson (p),
Freddie Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (d)


If Dreams Come True

New York, January 6, 1938

Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra:  Buck Clayton (tp), Benny Morton (tb), Lester Young (ts), Teddy Wilson (p),

Freddie Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (d)


You Go To My Head

New York, May 11, 1938
Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra:  Charlie Shavers (tp), Buster Bailey (cl), Babe Russin (ts), Claude Thornhill (p), John Kirby (b), Cozy Cole (d)


The Very Thought Of You
I Can't Get Started

New York, June 23, 1938

Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra:  Buck Clayton (tp), Lester Young (cl)(ts), Margaret "Countess" Johnson (p), Freddie Green (g), Walter Page (bs), Jo Jones (d)


More Than You Know

New York, January 30, 1939

Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra: Roy Eldridge (tp), Ernie Powell (cl)(ts), Benny Carter (as)(ts), Teddy Wilson (p), Danny Barker (g), Milt Hinton (b), Cozy Cole (d)


The Man I Love

New York, December 13, 1939
Buck Clayton, Harry Edison (tp), Earle Warren, Jack Washington (as), Lester Young (ts), Joe Sullivan (p), Freddie Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (d)


Body And Soul

New York, February 29, 1940
Roy Eldridge (tp), Jimmy Powell, Carl Frye (as), Kermit Scott (ts), Sonny White (p), Lawrence Lucie (g), John Williams (b), Hal West (d)


All Of Me

New York, March 21, 1941

Eddie Heywood And His Orchestra:  Shad Collins (tp), Leslie Lohnakins, Eddie Barefield (as), Lester Young (ts), Eddie Heywood (p), John Collins (g), Ted Sturgis (b), Kenny Clarke (d)


God Bless The Child

New York, May 9, 1941
Eddie Heywood And His Orchestra:  Roy Eldridge (tp), Lester Boone, Jimmy Powell (as), Eddie Heywood (p), Paul Chapman (g), Grachan Moncur (b), Herbert Cowens (d)


Gloomy Sunday

New York, August 7, 1941
Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra: Emmet Berry (tp), Jimmy Hamilton (cl)(ts), Hymie Schertzer (as), Babe Russin (ts), Teddy Wilson (p), Al Casey (g), John Williams (b), J.C. Heard (d)


Trav'lin' Light

New York, June 12, 1942
Paul Whitman And His Orchestra: Paul Whitman (dir), Monty Kelly, Lerry Neill, Don Waddilove (tp), Alvy West, Danny D'Andrea (as), Lennie Hartman, Lester Young (ts), Skip Layton, Trummy Young, Murray McEachern (tb), Buddy Weed (p), Mike Pingitore (g)(bjo), Artie Shapiro (b), Willie Rodriguez (d), Jimmy
Mundy (arr.)


I'll Get By

I'll Be Seeing You

New York, March 25, 1944

Eddie Heywood And His Orchestra: Doc Cheatham (tp), Lem Davis (as), Vic Dickenson (tb), Eddie Heywood (p), Teddy Walters (g), John Simmons (b), Sidney Catlett (d).


On The Sunny Side Of The Street

New York, April 8, 1944
Eddie Heywood And His Orchestra: Freddie Webster (tp), Lem Davis (as), Vic Dickinson (tb), Eddie Heywood (p), Teddy Walters (g), John Simmons (b), Sidney Catlett (d)