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Friday, November 7, 2025

Billie Holiday - 1985 - The Billie Holiday Songbook

Tracklist: 

01 - Good Morning Heartache 03:30
02 - My Man 02:38
03 - Billie's Blues (Live At Carnegie Hall /1956) 03:27
04 - What A Little Moonlight Can Do 03:12
05 - Don't Explain (Live At Carnegie Hall /1956) 02:37
06 - Lady Sings The Blues (Live At Carnegie Hall,1956) 03:46
07 - Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) (Live From Seven Ages Of Jazz Festival /1958) 02:58
08 - God Bless The Child 03:59
09 - Fine And Mellow (Live At Carnegie Hall,1956) 03:27
10 - I Cried For You 02:28
11 - Strange Fruit 03:04
12 - Stormy Blues (Single Version) 03:26
13 - Trav'lin' Light 03:08
14 - I Cover The Waterfront 03:46

Vocals – Billie Holiday
Alto Saxophone – Willie Smith (2) (tracks: 12)
Bass – Aaron Bell (tracks: 1, 6, 8, 11, 13), Carson Smith (tracks: 3, 4, 9, 10, 14), Milt Hinton (tracks: 7), Ray Brown (tracks: 2, 4, 10), Red Callender (tracks: 12)
Clarinet – Tony Scott (2) (tracks: 1, 6, 8, 9, 13, 14)
Drums – Chico Hamilton (tracks: 3, 5, 9, 12, 14), Don Lamond (tracks: 7), Ed Shaughnessy (tracks: 4, 10), Gus Johnson (tracks: 2), Lenny McBrowne (tracks: 1, 6, 8, 10, 13)
Guitar – Barney Kessel (tracks: 12), Freddie Green (tracks: 2), Herb Ellis (tracks: 4, 10), Kenny Burrell (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14)
Liner Notes – Gary Giddins
Piano – Bobby Tucker (tracks: 12), Carl Drinkard (tracks: 3, 5, 9, 14), Mal Waldron (tracks: 7), Oscar Peterson (tracks: 2, 4. 10), Wynton Kelly (tracks: 1, 6, 8, 11, 13)
Producer – Leonard Feather (tracks: 7), Norman Granz
Reissue Producer – Richard Seidel
Remastered By [Digitally] – Dennis Drake
Tenor Saxophone – Al Cohn (tracks: 8, 14), Coleman Hawkins (tracks: 3), Paul Quinichette (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 8, 13)
Trumpet – Buck Clayton (tracks: 7, 9, 14), Charlie Shavers (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 13), Harry Edison (tracks: 12), Joe Newman (tracks: 2), Roy Eldridge (tracks: 3)

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