Verve Jazz Masters 12

~ Release by Billie Holiday (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Label: Verve - Catalog #: 3145198252
Recording Date:
1952-1956
Personnel:
Billie Holiday (vocals)
Willie Smith, Benny Carter (alto saxophone)
Flip Phillips, Paul Quinichette, Ben Webster (tenor saxophone)
Charlie Shavers, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Joe Newman (trumpet)
Tony Scott (clarinet)
Oscar Peterson (piano, organ)
Bobby Tucker, Wynton Kelly, Jimmy Rowles (piano)
Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel, Kenny Burrell, Freddie Green (guitar)
Ray Brown, Aaron Bell, John Simmons, Joe Mondragon, Red Callender, Red Mitchell, Joe Mondragon (bass)
Ed Shaughnessy, Alvin Stoller, Lennie McBrowne, Larry Bunker, Chico Hamilton, Gus Johnson (drums)
Norman Granz (production)

Annotation last modified on 2006-05-22 20:38 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1What a Little Moonlight Can Do
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1954-04-14)
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1954-04-14)
drums (drum set):
Ed Shaughnessy (on 1954-04-14)
electric guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (on 1954-04-14)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1954-04-14)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1954-04-14)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1954-04-14)
recording of:
What a Little Moonlight Can Do (on 1954-04-14)
lyricist and composer:
Harry M. Woods (American 1920/30s songwriter)
publisher:
Connelly Basart, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Warner Brothers Music Inc.
3.53:14
2P.S. I Love You
recording of:
P.S. I Love You (on 1954-09-03)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Gordon Jenkins
publisher:
La Salle Music Publishers, Inc., Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic), The Jenkins Family Partnership, The Johnny Mercer Foundation and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
53:38
3Blue Moon
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1952-03-26)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller (on 1952-03-26)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1952-03-26)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1952-03-26)
tenor saxophone:
Flip Phillips (on 1952-03-26)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1952-03-26)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1952-03-26)
recording of:
Blue Moon (on 1952-03-26)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1934)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
EMI Catalogue Partnership, EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd., Robbins Music Corporation, SBK United Partnership Ltd., フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label)
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Belgium NV and Francis Day Editions (SABAM)
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
4.53:31
4Remember
vocals:
Billie Holiday (in 1952-04)
recording of:
Remember (in 1952-04)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1925)
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Corp. and Williamson Music Company
42:37
5God Bless the Child
recording of:
God Bless the Child (on 1956-06-07)
writer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday
publisher:
Basart Editions (ended) and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
44:00
6Yesterdays
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1952-07-27)
recording of:
Yesterdays (on 1952-07-27)
lyricist:
Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Roberta
42:52
7Lover, Come Back to Me
double bass [Bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Gus Johnson (drums)
instruments:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
tenor saxophone:
Paul Quinichette
trumpet:
Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter)
vocals:
Billie Holiday
recording of:
Lover, Come Back to Me (The New Moon) (on 1952-07-27)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1928)
writer:
Sigmund Romberg
composer:
Sigmund Romberg (in 1928)
publisher:
Bambalina Music Publishing Company, Redwood Music, Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1928)
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
The New Moon: Act II
53:38
8Some Other Spring
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1956-06-06)
clarinet:
Tony Scott (bop/jazz clarinetist, arranger & conductor) (on 1956-06-06)
double bass [bass]:
Aaron Bell (jazz double bassist) (on 1956-06-06)
drums (drum set):
Lenny McBrowne (US jazz drummer) (on 1956-06-06)
electric guitar:
Kenny Burrell (on 1956-06-06)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1956-06-06)
tenor saxophone:
Paul Quinichette (on 1956-06-06)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1956-06-06)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1956-06-06)
recording of:
Some Other Spring (on 1956-06-06)
composer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Irene Kitchings
3.53:39
9Nice Work If You Can Get It
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1955-08-23)
recording of:
Nice Work If You Can Get It (on 1955-08-23)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
A Damsel in Distress (1937 film score)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
My One and Only (1983 Broadway musical)
53:50
10Willow Weep for Me
alto saxophone:
Willie Smith (US jazz alto saxophonist, 1910-1967) (on 1954-09-03)
double bass:
Red Callender (on 1954-09-03)
drums (drum set):
Chico Hamilton (on 1954-09-03)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1954-09-03)
piano:
Bobby Tucker (on 1954-09-03)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1954-09-03)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1954-09-03)
recording of:
Willow Weep for Me (on 1954-09-03)
lyricist and composer:
Ann Ronell (in 1932)
publisher:
Ann Ronell Music and Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
sub-publisher:
日音 Synch事業部
43:08
11All or Nothing at All
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Red Mitchell (jazz double-bassist, composer and lyricist) (on 1956-08-18)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller (on 1956-08-18)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1956-08-18)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1956-08-18)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1956-08-18)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1956-08-18)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1956-08-18)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1956-08-18)
recording of:
All or Nothing at All (on 1956-08-18)
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
composer:
Arthur Altman and Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996), Range Road Music Inc. and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
45:42
12Autumn in New York
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (in 1952-04)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller (in 1952-04)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (in 1952-04)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (in 1952-04)
tenor saxophone:
Flip Phillips (in 1952-04)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (in 1952-04)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (in 1952-04)
recording of:
Autumn in New York (1934) (in 1952-04)
lyricist and composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
43:44
13A Fine Romance
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1954-08-25)
double bass:
John Simmons (bassist) (on 1954-08-25)
drums (drum set):
Larry Bunker (on 1954-08-25)
electric guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1954-08-25)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1954-08-25)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1954-08-25)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1954-08-25)
cover recording of:
A Fine Romance (from “Swing Time”) (on 1955-08-25)
publisher:
Jerome Kern (on 1936-07-24)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist) (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
part of:
Swing Time (film)
43:35
14Good Morning Heartache
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1956-06-07)
clarinet:
Tony Scott (bop/jazz clarinetist, arranger & conductor) (on 1956-06-07)
double bass:
Aaron Bell (jazz double bassist) (on 1956-06-07)
drums (drum set):
Lenny McBrowne (US jazz drummer) (on 1956-06-07)
guitar:
Kenny Burrell (on 1956-06-07)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1956-06-07)
tenor saxophone:
Paul Quinichette (on 1956-06-07)
trombone:
Charlie Shavers (on 1956-06-07)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1956-06-07)
recording of:
Good Morning Heartache (on 1956-06-07)
lyricist:
Ervin Drake (Songwriter)
composer:
Dan Fisher and Irene Higginbotham
publisher:
Fisher Music Corp., Lindabet Music, Inc. and Universal/MCA Music (music publisher; do not use as release label!)
43:32
15Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1955-08-23)
bass:
John Simmons (bassist) (on 1955-08-23)
drums (drum set):
Larry Bunker (on 1955-08-23)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1955-08-23)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1955-08-23)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1955-08-23)
lead vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1955-08-23)
recording of:
Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone (on 1955-08-23)
lyricist:
Sidney Clare
composer:
Sam H. Stept
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) and Remick Music Corp.
44:22
16Speak Low
double bass:
Joe Mondragon (on 1956-08-14)
recording of:
Speak Low (One Touch of Venus) (on 1956-08-14)
lyricist:
Ogden Nash
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
part of:
One Touch of Venus (1943 musical)
4:26

Credits

Release group

part of:Verve Jazz Masters (number: VJM 12) (order: 12)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/390957 [info]