An Evening with Billie Holiday

Track listing

1953 10-inch LP, ''An Evening with Billie Holiday''

;A side

1. "Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:41
2. "Lover Come Back to Me" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 3:36
3. "My Man" (Jacques Charles, Channing Pollock, Albert Willemetz, Maurice Yvain) – 2:37
4. "He's Funny That Way" (Richard Whiting, Neil Moret) – 3:11 ;B side
5. "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) – 2:49
6. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 3:23
7. "I Can't Face the Music" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) – 3:14
8. "Remember" (Irving Berlin) – 2:34

1956 12-inch LP, ''A Recital By Billie Holiday''

;A side

1. "If the Moon Turns Green" (George Cates, Bernie Hanighen) – 2:46
2. "Remember" (Irving Berlin) – 2:34
3. "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) – 3:43
4. "My Man" (Jacques Charles, Channing Pollock, Albert Willemetz, Maurice Yvain) – 2:37
5. "Lover Come Back to Me" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 3:36
6. "Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:41 ;B side
7. "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach – 2:49
8. "He's Funny That Way" (Richard Whiting, Neil Moret) – 3:11
9. "I Can't Face the Music" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) – 3:14
10. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) – 3:00
11. "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" (Harry M. Woods) – 3:14
12. "I Cried for You" (Gus Arnheim, Arthur Freed, Abe Lyman) – 2:27

Personnel

The personnel of the original 10-inch LP are from two different recording dates, with different musicians. The 12-inch LP adds one track from each of the two sessions, as well as three tracks from a 1954 session.

April 1952 (exact date unknown)

(Evening tracks B3-4; Recital tracks A1-A3):

• Billie Holiday – vocals
• Charlie Shavers – trumpet
• Flip Phillips – tenor saxophone
• Oscar Peterson – piano
• Barney Kessel – guitar
• Alvin Stoller – drums
• Ray Brown – bass

July 27, 1952

(Evening tracks A1-B2; Recital tracks A4-6, B1-3):

• Billie Holiday – vocals
• Joe Newman – trumpet
• Paul Quinichette – tenor saxophone
• Oscar Peterson – piano (organ on "Yesterdays")
• Freddie Green – guitar
• Gus Johnson – drums
• Ray Brown – bass

April 14, 1954

(Recital tracks B4-6)

• Billie Holiday – vocals
• Charlie Shavers – trumpet
• Oscar Peterson – piano
• Herb Ellis – guitar
• Ed Shaughnessy – drums
• Ray Brown – bass

References

References

1. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/an-evening-with-billie-holiday-mw0000533031 ''An Evening with Billie Holiday''] at [[AllMusic]].
2. Hentoff, Nat. (February 10, 1954). "Billie Holiday".
3. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-recital-mw0000912340 ''A Recital by Billie Holiday''] at [[AllMusic]].
4. Larkin, Colin. (2007). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". [[Oxford University Press]].
5. (2008). "The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings". [[Penguin Books]].
6. [http://www.discogs.com/Billie-Holiday-An-Evening-With-Billie-Holiday/release/4570165 ''An Evening with Billie Holiday''], [[Discogs]], accessed Dec 21, 2015.
7. [http://www.discogs.com/Billie-Holiday-A-Recital-By-Billie-Holiday/release/4196672 ''A Recital by Billie Holiday''], [[Discogs]], accessed Dec 21, 2015.