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20th Century Masters: Best Of Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday, Mundell Lowe (guitar), Horace Henderson (piano), George Duvivier (upright bass), Shadow Wilson (drums), Buster Harding (unknown), Sol Moore (baritone saxophone), Rudy Powell (alto saxophone), Jimmy Nottingham (trumpet), Buck Clayton (trumpet), Emmett Berry (trumpet), George Matthews...

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Contents

Lewis Allan: Strange Fruit

Work length3:13
$1.10
$1.50
  • Billie Holiday, Sonny White (piano), Tab Smith (alto saxophone), John Williams (double bass), Eddie Dougherty (drums), Stanley Payne (tenor saxophone), Frank Newton (trumpet)
  • Recorded: 1939-04-20
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

Holiday: Fine and mellow

Work length3:18
$1.10
$1.50
  • Billie Holiday, Frank Newton (trumpet), Tab Smith (alto saxophone), John Williams (double bass), Sonny White (piano), Eddie Dougherty (drums)
  • Recorded: 1939-04-20
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City

Roger J. "Ram" Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman, James Davis: Lover Man

Work length3:18
$1.10
$1.50
  • Billie Holiday (vocals)
  • Camarata
  • Recorded: 1945

Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday: Don't Explain

Work length3:24
$1.10
$1.50
  • Recorded: 1946

Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham: Good Morning Heartache

Work length3:08
$1.10
$1.50
  • Billie Holiday (vocals), John Simmons (double bass), Sid Catlett (drums), Tiny Grimes (guitar), Joe Springer (piano), Hank Ross (tenor saxophone), Bernie Kaufman (tenor saxophone), Armand Camgros (tenor saxophone), Chris Griffin (trumpet), Joe Guy (trumpet)
  • Bill Stegmeyer's Orchestra
  • Recorded: 1946-01-22

Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins: Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do

Work length3:20
$1.10
$1.50
  • Billie Holiday, Jimmy Nottingham (trumpet), Buck Clayton (trumpet), Emmett Berry (trumpet), Dicky Wells (trombone), George Matthews (trombone), Rudy Powell (alto saxophone), George Dorsey (alto saxophone), Sol Moore (baritone saxophone), Horace Henderson (piano), Mundell Lowe (guitar), George Duvivier (upright bass), Shadow Wilson (drums), Buster Harding
  • Recorded: 1949

Albert Lucien Willemetz, Channing Pollock, Jacques Charles, Maurice Yvain: My Man

Work length2:57
$1.10
$1.50
  • Billie Holiday, Bobby Tucker (piano), Mundell Lowe (guitar), John Levy (upright bass), Denzil Best (drums)
  • Recorded: 1948-12-10
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, New York City

DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin: Porgy

Work length2:57
$1.10
$1.50
  • Billie Holiday, Bobby Tucker (piano), Mundell Lowe (guitar), John Levy (upright bass), Denzil Best (drums)
  • Bob Haggart
  • Recorded: 1948-12-10
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, New York City

Billie Holiday, Herbie Nichols: Lady Sings The Blues

Work length3:44
$1.10
$1.50
  • Billie Holiday (vocals), Tony Scott (clarinet), Charlie Shavers (trumpet), Paul Quinichette (saxophone), Wynton Kelly (piano), Kenny Burrell (electric guitar), Aaron Bell (double bass), Lennie McBrowne (drums)
  • Tony Scott Orchestra
  • Recorded: 1956-06-06
  • Recording Venue: Fine Sound, NYC

Berlin, I: I've got my love to keep me warm

Work length3:57
$1.10
$1.50
  • Billie Holiday, Charlie Shavers (trumpet), Tony Scott (clarinet), Budd Johnson (saxophone), Billy Taylor (piano), Billy Bauer (electric guitar), Leonard Gaskin (double bass), Cozy Cole (drums), Leroy Lovett
  • Recorded: 1955-02-14
  • Recording Venue: Fine Sound, NYC

Edward Heyman, Johnny Green: I Cover The Waterfront

Work length3:51
$1.10
$1.50
  • Billie Holiday (vocals), Carl Drinkard (piano), Kenny Burrell (electric guitar), Carson Smith (double bass), Chico Hamilton (drums), Buck Clayton (trumpet), Tony Scott (clarinet), Al Cohn (saxophone)
  • Recorded: 1956
  • Recording Venue: Carnegie Hall, New York City

Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.: God Bless The Child

Work length3:57
$1.10
$1.50
  • Charlie Shavers (trumpet), Tony Scott (clarinet), Paul Quinichette (saxophone), Wynton Kelly (piano), Kenny Burrell (electric guitar), Aaron Bell (double bass), Lennie McBrowne (drums)
  • Recorded: 1954-09-03
  • Recording Venue: Fine Sound, NYC