From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base
All or Nothing at All (album)
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | All or Nothing at All |
| type | studio |
| artist | Billie Holiday |
| cover | BillieHoliday_AllOrNothingAtAll.jpg |
| released | 1958 |
| recorded | August 1956, January 1957 |
| genre | Jazz, vocal jazz |
| length | 50:36 |
| label | Verve |
| producer | Norman Granz |
| prev_title | Stay with Me |
| prev_year | 1958 |
| next_title | Lady in Satin |
| next_year | 1958 |
All or Nothing at All is a studio album by Billie Holiday, released in 1958 on Verve Records, catalog MGV8329. There are 12 songs on the LP taken from five different recording sessions that took place in 1956 and 1957. Holiday was backed by a "relaxed and understanding" small combo which included the trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison and the saxophonist Ben Webster. A 1959 New York Times article noted that Holiday's voice "had become a very limited instrument which she used with the craft and guile of an aging pitcher who can no longer pour his fast one across the plate."
Album cover art is by David Stone Martin.
Track listing
Original LP release
LP side 1
- "Do Nothing till You Hear from Me" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) – 4:12
- "Cheek to Cheek" (Irving Berlin) – 3:35
- "Ill Wind" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 6:14
- "Speak Low" (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) – 4:25
- "We'll Be Together Again" (Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine) – 4:24
- "All or Nothing at All" (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) – 5:39 LP side 2
- "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) – 4:48
- "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, E. Y. Harburg) – 3:02
- "I Wished on the Moon" (Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger) – 3:25
- "But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:48
- "Say It Isn't So" (Irving Berlin) – 3:22
- "Our Love Is Here to Stay" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 3:41
Personnel
- Billie Holiday – vocals
- Harry "Sweets" Edison – trumpet
- Ben Webster – tenor saxophone
- Jimmy Rowles – piano
- Red Mitchell – bass
- Joe Mondragon – bass
- Alvin Stoller – drums
- Barney Kessell - guitar
Other versions
- All Or Nothing At All (LP), Verve Records, US, 1959
- All Or Nothing At All (LP, RE), Verve Records, Spain, 2010
- All Or Nothing At All (LP, Album, RE), Verve Records, France, 2011
- All Or Nothing At All (LP), Verve Records, Analogue Productions US 2012
- All Or Nothing At All (LP, RE, Album), WaxTime, Europe, 2012
- All Or Nothing At All (LP, Album, RE), Verve Records US
CD Reissue
A 2 CD re-issue from 1995 combined all of the tracks from this and two other Holiday albums recorded at the same time, Body and Soul and Songs for Distingué Lovers, with two additional bonus tracks taken from the same recording sessions.
CD Reissue track listing
CD disc 1
- "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me" (Ellington, Russell) – 4:12
- "Cheek to Cheek" (Berlin) – 3:35
- "Ill Wind" (Arlen, Koehler) – 6:14
- "Speak Low" (Nash, Weill) – 4:25
- "We'll Be Together Again" (Fischer, Laine) – 4:24
- "All or Nothing at All" (Altman, Lawrence) – 5:39
- "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Mills, Parish) – 4:48
- "April in Paris" (Duke, Harburg) – 3:02
- "I Wished on the Moon" (Parker, Rainger) – 3:25
- "Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) – 3:49
- "Foggy Day" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 4:40
- "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 5:59
- "Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) – 5:31
- "Comes Love" (alternate take, bonus track) – 3:58
- "Comes Love" (Lew Brown, Sam H. Stept, Charles Tobias) – 4:00
CD disc 2
- "Day In, Day Out" (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer) – 6:47
- "Darn That Dream" (Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 6:19
- "But Not for Me" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 3:48
- "Body and Soul" (Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) – 6:22
- "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) (instrumental, bonus track) – 6:26
- "Stars Fell on Alabama" (Parish, Frank Perkins) – 4:29
- "Say It Isn't So" (Berlin) – 3:22
- "Our Love Is Here to Stay" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 3:41
- "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" (Arlen, Mercer) – 5:39
- "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 7:10
- "Embraceable You" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 6:47
- "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 3:24
- "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) – 5:37
References
References
- {{AllMusic
- Larkin, Colin. (2007). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". [[Oxford University Press]].
- (2008). "[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz". [[Penguin Books.
- "All or Nothing at All".
- "All Or Nothing At All".
- Hentoff, Nat. "All Or Nothing At All".
- Wilson, John S.. (November 1, 1959). "JAZZ CATALYST; Hammond's Creative Intercession Is Revealed in Many Recordings".
This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.
Ask Mako anything about All or Nothing at All (album) — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.
Research with MakoFree with your Surf account
Create a free account to save articles, ask Mako questions, and organize your research.
Sign up freeThis content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.
Report