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Table of Contents:

• Body and soul
• Strange fruit
• Trav'lin light
• He's funny that way
• The man I love
• Gee baby ain't I good to you
• All of me
• You better go now
• You're driving me crazy
• There is no greater love
• I cover the waterfront
• Fine and mellow
• Nice work if you can get it
• Willow weep for me
• Love come back to me
• Lady sings the blues
• What a little moonlight can do
• My man
• I wished on the moon
• Lover man (Oh where can you be).

Author/Creator:

Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 , performer

Contributors:

Guy, Joe , performer

Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 , performer

Turk, Tommy , performer

Smith, Willie, 1910-1967 , performer

Young, Lester, 1909-1959 , performer

Hawkins, Coleman , performer

Raskin, Milton , performer

Ashby, Irving, 1920-1987 , performer

Callender, Red , performer

Coleman, David , performer

Tucker, Bobby, 1923-2008 , performer

Scott, Tony , performer

Cohn, Al , performer

Drinkard, Carl , performer

Burrell, Kenny , performer

Smith, Carson , performer

Hamilton, Chico, 1921-2013 , performer

Waldron, Mal, 1925-2002

Benjamin, Joe, 1919-1974 , performer

Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 , performer

Lamond, Don , performer

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Billie Holiday live [by Holiday, B.]

Related Works:

Body and soul

Strange fruit

Trav'lin light

He's funny that way

Man I love

Gee baby ain't I good to you

All of me

You better go now

You're driving me crazy

There is no greater love

I cover the waterfront

Fine and mellow

Nice work if you can get it.

Willow weep for me

Love come back to me

Lady sings the blues

What a little moonlight can do

My man

I wished on the moon

Lover man (Oh where can you be)

Related Series:

Compact jazz

Subjects:

Jazz vocals

Jazz — 1941-1950

Jazz — 1951-1960

1941-1960

Jazz

Performers:

Billie Holiday, vocals ; with Joe Guy, Buck Clayton, trumpet ; Tommy Turk, trombone ; Willie Smith, alto sax ; Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, tenor sax ; Milt Raskin, piano ; Irving Ashby, guitar ; Red Callender, bass ; David Coleman, drums (tracks 1-7) ; with Bobbie Tucker, piano (track 8) ; with Buck Clayton, trumpet ; Tony Scott, clarinet ; Al Cohn, tenor sax ; Carl Drinkard, piano ; Kenny Burrell, guitar ; Carson Smith, bass ; Chico Hamilton, drums (track 12) ; with Mal Waldron, piano ; Joe Benjamin, bass ; Jo Jones, drums (tracks 13-18) ; with Buck Clayton, trumpet ; Mal Waldron, piano ; Milton Hinton, bass ; Don Lamond, drums (tracks 19-20).

General Notes:

Verve: 841 434-2.
Program notes on container insert.
Tracks 1-7 recorded Apr. 22, 1946, Embassy Theatre, Los Angeles ; tracks 8-11, May 24, 1947, Carnegie Hall, New York ; track 12, Nov. 10, 1956, Carnegie Hall, New York ; tracks 13-18, July 6, 1957, Freebody Park, Newport, R.I. ; tracks 19-20, Sept. 26, 1958, Oakdale Musical Theatre, Wallingford, Conn.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; 1.4 m/s

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 65097

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 4228414342
Publisher Number, Verve: 841 434-2

OCLC Numbers:

21766593