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The Complete Commodore/Decca Masters

Billie Holiday, Jimmy McLin (guitar), John Williams (upright bass), Eddie Dougherty (drums), Sonny White (piano), Stan Payne (tenor saxophone), Frank Newton (trumpet), Ted Smith (alto saxophone), Kenneth Hollon (tenor saxophone), John Simmons & His Orchestra, The Stardusters, John Levy (upright...

The Complete Commodore/Decca Masters

The Complete Commodore/Decca Masters

Billie Holiday, Jimmy McLin (guitar), John Williams (upright bass), Eddie Dougherty (drums), Sonny White (piano), Stan Payne (tenor saxophone), Frank Newton (trumpet), Ted Smith (alto saxophone), Kenneth Hollon (tenor saxophone), John Simmons & His Orchestra, The Stardusters, John Levy (upright...

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  • Release date: 7th Dec 2018
  • Label: Decca
  • Catalogue number: 7718598
  • Length: 2 hours 41 minutes

Contents and tracklist

Lewis Allan: Strange Fruit
Work length3:12
  • Billie Holiday (vocalist), Sonny White (piano), Tab Smith (altosaxophone), John Williams (doublebass), Eddie Dougherty (drumkit), Stanley Payne (tenorsaxophone), Frank Newton (trumpet)
  • Recorded: 1939-04-20
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City
Kern: Yesterdays (from Roberta)
Work length3:24
  • Billie Holiday, Tab Smith (altosaxophone), John Williams (doublebass), Eddie Dougherty (percussion), Jimmy McLin (guitar), Stanley Payne (tenorsaxophone), Frank Newton (trumpet)
  • Recorded: 1939-04-20
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City
Holiday: Fine and mellow
Work length3:16
  • Billie Holiday (vocalist), Frank Newton (trumpet), Tab Smith (altosaxophone), John Williams (doublebass), Sonny White (piano), Eddie Dougherty (drumkit)
  • Recorded: 1939-04-20
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City
Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler: I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
Work length2:49
  • Billie Holiday, Frank Newton (trumpet), Ted Smith (altosaxophone), Stan Payne (tenorsaxophone), Kenneth Hollon (tenorsaxophone), Sonny White (piano), Jimmy McLin (guitar), John Williams (uprightbass), Eddie Dougherty (drumkit)
  • Recorded: 1939-04-20
  • Recording Venue: World Broadcasting Studio, New York City
Jack King, Dorothy Parker: How Am I To Know?
Work length2:43
  • Billie Holiday, Lem Davis (altosaxophone), Sidney Catlett (drumkit), Teddy Walters (guitar), Vic Dickenson (trombone), Doc Cheatham (trumpet)
  • Recorded: 1944-03-25
  • Recording Venue: W.O.R. Studio, New York City
Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston: My Old Flame
Work length3:01
Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert: I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)
Work length2:58
Edward Heyman, Johnny Green: I Cover The Waterfront
Work length3:29
Fain: I'll Be Seeing You
Work length3:30
Yip Harburg, John W. Green: I'm Yours
Work length3:16
  • Billie Holiday
  • Recorded: 1944-04-01
  • Recording Venue: W.O.R. Studio, New York City
Gershwin: Embraceable You
Work length3:15
  • Billie Holiday
  • Recorded: 1944-04-01
  • Recording Venue: W.O.R. Studio, New York City
Hupfeld: As Time Goes By
Work length3:10
Richard A. Whiting, Neil Moret: He's Funny That Way
Work length3:15
  • Billie Holiday, Eddie Heywood (recordingarranger)
  • Recorded: 1944-04-08
  • Recording Venue: W.O.R. Studio, New York City
Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II: Lover, Come Back To Me
Work length3:19
Holiday: Billie's Blues
Work length3:07
  • Billie Holiday, Eddie Heywood (recordingarranger)
  • Recorded: 1944-04-08
  • Recording Venue: W.O.R. Studio, New York City
Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields: On The Sunny Side Of The Street
Work length3:01
Roger J. "Ram" Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman, James Davis: Lover Man
Work length3:15
Camarata, Sidney Keith Bob Russell: No More
Work length2:45
  • Billie Holiday, Camarata (recordingarranger)
  • Camarata And His Orchestra
  • Recorded: 1946
Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts: That Ole Devil Called Love
Work length2:52
Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday: Don't Explain
Work length3:20
Irving Graham, Bix Reichner: You Better Go Now
Work length2:29
Porter, C: What Is This Thing Called Love
Work length3:09
Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Ervin M. Drake, Irene Higginbotham: Good Morning Heartache
Work length3:05
Sammy Gallop, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham: No Good Man
Work length3:04
Bernstein: Big Stuff
Work length2:29
Morton Krouse: Baby, I Don't Cry Over You
Work length3:09
George Cory, Douglas Cross, Cory Cross, George Douglas: I'll Look Around
Work length3:12
  • Billie Holiday
  • Recorded: 1991
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, New York City
Alter, L: The Blues Are Brewin'
Work length3:02
  • Billie Holiday (vocalist), John Simmons & His Orchestra, John Simmons (bass), Denzil Best (drumkit), Bobby Tucker (piano), Lem Davis (altosaxophone), Bob Dorsey (tenorsaxophone), Rostelle Reese (trumpet), Teddy Brannon (recordingarranger)
  • Recorded: 1946-12-27
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, New York City
Richard A. Whiting, Harry Akst: Guilty
Work length3:11
  • Billie Holiday, John Simmons & His Orchestra
  • Recorded: 1958
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY
George C. Cory Jr., Douglass Cross: Deep Song
Work length3:10
Isham Jones: There Is No Greater Love
Work length2:56
Rainger: Easy Living
Work length3:10
Ellington: Solitude
Work length3:07
Tom Adair, Gordon Jenkins: Weep No More
Work length3:19
  • Billie Holiday, The Stardusters
  • Recorded: 1949-12-10
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY
Ralph Blane: Girls Were Made To Take Care Of Boys
Work length3:11
  • Billie Holiday, The Stardusters, Bobby Tucker (piano), Mundell Lowe (guitar), John Levy (uprightbass), Denzil Best (drumkit)
  • Recorded: 1949-12-10
  • Recording Venue: New York City, NY
DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin: Porgy
Work length2:54
Albert Lucien Willemetz, Channing Pollock, Jacques Charles, Maurice Yvain: My Man
Work length2:55
Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins: Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
Work length3:19
Billy Moore, Leonard Feather: Baby Get Lost
Work length3:13
Max Korlander, Clarence Williams: Keeps On A Rainin'
Work length3:14
Maceo Pinkard, William Tracey, Doris Tauber: Them There Eyes
Work length2:49
  • Billie Holiday, Sy Oliver (recordingarranger)
  • Sy Oliver & His Orchestra
  • Recorded: 1950
Wesley Sox Wilson: Do Your Duty
Work length3:14
Wesley Sox Wilson: Gimme A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer
Work length2:43
  • Billie Holiday, Sy Oliver & His Orchestra, Sy Oliver (recordingarranger)
  • Recorded: 1950
Flourney E. Miller, James P. Johnson: You Can't Lose A Broken Heart
Work length3:13
Flourney E. Miller, James P. Johnson: My Sweet Hunk O' Trash
Work length3:18
Billie Holiday, Curtis Reginald Lewis: Now Or Never
Work length3:15
  • Sy Oliver & His Orchestra, Billie Holiday (vocalist), Bernie Privin (trumpet), Sid Cooper (altosaxophone), Johnny Mince (altosaxophone), Artie Drelinger (tenorsaxophone), Pat Nizza (tenorsaxophone), Billy Kyle (piano), Everett Barksdale (guitar), Joe Benjamin (bass), Jimmy Crawford (drumkit)
  • Sy Oliver
  • Recorded: 1949-09-30
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, New York City
Gorney: You're My Thrill
Work length3:22
Bob Russell, Carl Sigman: Crazy He Calls Me
Work length3:02
Arnold Clawson, Toussaint L. Pope: Please Tell Me Now
Work length3:12
Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday: Somebody's On My Mind
Work length2:55
Arthur Herzog Jr.: God Bless The Child
Work length3:08
  • Billie Holiday, Gordon Jenkins (recordingarranger), Nick Fatool (drumkit), Lou Butterman (uprightbass), Bob Bain (guitar), Charles Lavere (piano), Dent Eckels (saxophone)
  • Recorded: 1950-03-08
Ernest Schweikert, Frank Reardon: This Is Heaven To Me
Work length2:51
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