Billie Holiday - 1997 - The Complete Commodore Recordings

Tracklist: 

CD 1

1. Strange Fruit (3:13)

2. Strange Fruit (3:21)

3. Yesterdays (3:26)

4. Yesterdays (3:00)

5. Fine And Mellow (3:18)

6. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues (2:51)

7. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues (2:51)

8. How Am I To Know? (2:31)

9. How Am I To Know? (2:36)

10. How Am I To Know? (2:40)

11. How Am I To Know? (2:47)

12. My Old Flame (3:21)

13. My Old Flame (3:07)

14. My Old Flame (3:12)

15. My Old Flame (3:05)

16. I'll Get By (3:01)

17. I'll Get By (3:00)

18. I Cover The Waterfront (3:52)

19. I Cover The Waterfront (3:44)

20. I Cover The Waterfront (3:24)

21. I Cover The Waterfront (3:33)

22. I'll Be Seeing You (3:39)

23. I'll Be Seeing You (3:33)

24. I'll Be Seeing You (3:27)

CD 2

1. I'm Yours (3:14)

2. I'm Yours (3:25)

4. Embraceable You (3:15)

5. Embraceable You (3:18)

6. Embraceable You (3:14)

7. As Time Goes By (3:14)

8. As Time Goes By (3:17)

9. He's Funny That Way (3:34)

10. He's Funny That Way (3:17)

11. He's Funny That Way (3:18)

12. He's Funny That Way (3:05)

13. He's Funny That Way (3:05)

14. Lover, Come Back To Me (3:25)

15. Lover, Come Back To Me (3:17)

16. Billie's Blues (3:30)

17. Billie's Blues (2:55)

18. Lover, Come Back To Me (3:22)

19. Billie's Blues (3:10)

20. On The Sunny Side Of The Street (3:04)

21. Lover, Come Back To Me (3:18)

Vocals – Billie Holiday

Alto Saxophone – Lem Davis (tracks: 1-8 to 2-8, 2-12 to 2-15), Tab Smith (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 1-5 to 1-7)

Bass – John Simmons (tracks: 1-8 to 2-21), John Williams* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-7)

Drums – Eddie Dougherty (tracks: 1-1 to 1-7), Sid Catlett* (tracks: 1-8 to 2-21)

Guitar – Jimmy McLin (tracks: 1-1 to 1-7), Teddy Walters (tracks: 1-8 to 1-21, 2-12 to 2-15)

Piano – Eddie Heywood (tracks: 1-8 to 2-21), Sonny White (tracks: 1-1 to 1-7)

Tenor Saxophone – Kenneth Hollon (tracks: 1-1 to 1-7), Stan Payne* (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 1-5 to 1-7)

Transferred By [Disc-to-digital transfers and CEDAR restoration] – Steven Lasker

Trombone – Vic Dickerson (tracks: 1-8 to 2-8, 2-12 to 2-15)

Trumpet – Doc Cheatham (tracks: 1-8 to 2-8), Frankie Newton* (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 1-5 to 1-7), Freddie Webster (tracks: 2-12 to 2-15)