The Essential Billie Holiday: Carnegie Hall Concert

~ Release by Billie Holiday (see all versions of this release, 7 available)

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Reading From “Lady Sings the Blues” 1
2:52
2Lady Sings the Blues
live recording of:
Lady Sings the Blues
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Herbie Nichols (jazz pianist and composer)
publisher:
Northern Music Company
2:38
3Ain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do
recording of:
Ain't Nobody's Business
writer:
William York
2:30
4Reading From “Lady Sings the Blues” 2 / Trav’lin’ Light
0:44
5Reading From “Lady Sings the Blues” 3
2:06
6Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone
live recording of:
Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone
lyricist:
Sidney Clare
composer:
Sam H. Stept
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) and Remick Music Corp.
1:43
7I’ll Be Seeing You
recording of:
I’ll Be Seeing You
lyricist:
Irving Kahal (in 1938)
composer:
Sammy Fain (in 1938)
publisher:
Fain Music (ASCAP), New Irving Kahal Music and Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィック音楽出版 (Fujipacific Music inc.) (until 2014-12-31), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31), フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.) (from 2015-01-01 to present) 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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
2:28
8Billie’s Blues (aka “I Love My Man”)
3:20
9Body and Soul
2:39
10Reading From “Lady Sings the Blues” 4
0:55
11Don’t Explain
live recording of:
Don’t Explain
writer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated) and Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available)
2:26
12Yesterdays
recording of:
Yesterdays
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
1:16
13Reading From “Lady Sings the Blues” 5
2:50
14My Man
3:13
15I Cried for You
live recording of:
I Cried for You
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Gus Arnheim and Abe Lyman
publisher:
Arthur Freed Music, CBS Miller Catalog, Inc. and Miller Music Corp.
3:09
16Fine and Mellow
live recording of:
Fine and Mellow
lyricist and composer:
Billie Holiday
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
3:15
17I Cover the Waterfront
bass:
Carson Smith
clarinet:
Tony Scott (bop/jazz clarinetist, arranger & conductor) (on 1956-11-10)
double bass [bass]:
Carson Smith (on 1956-11-10)
drums (drum set):
Chico Hamilton (on 1956-11-10)
electric guitar:
Kenny Burrell (on 1956-11-10)
guitar:
Kenny Burrell
piano:
Carl Drinkard (pianist) (on 1956-11-10)
saxophone:
Al Cohn
tenor saxophone:
Al Cohn (on 1956-11-10)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1956-11-10)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1956-11-10)
recorded at:
Billie Holiday at Carnegie Hall (1956-11-11) (late show)
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1956-11-10)
live recording of:
I Cover the Waterfront (on 1956-11-10)
lyricist:
Edward Heyman
composer:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) and Edward Heyman
publisher:
Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
recording of:
I Cover the Waterfront (on 1956-11-10)
lyricist:
Edward Heyman
composer:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) and Edward Heyman
publisher:
Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
33:46
18What a Little Moonlight Can Do
live recording of:
What a Little Moonlight Can Do
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.
2:49