An Evening with Billie Holiday (MG C-144) is the second studio album by jazz singer Billie Holiday, released by Clef Records in 1953.An Evening with Billie Holiday, Discogs, accessed Dec 21, 2015.
In 1956, when the 10-inch format was phased out, the album was reissued by Clef with the same artwork, and seven of the eight tracks, as a 12-inch LP called A Recital by Billie Holiday (MG C-686).A Recital by Billie Holiday, Discogs, accessed Dec 21, 2015. The track "Tenderly", was moved to another 12-inch compilation called Solitude. Five additional tracks were added that had been previously released on her third 10-inch LP, simply titled Billie Holiday.
Track listing
1953 10-inch LP, An Evening with Billie Holiday A side "Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:41 "Lover Come Back to Me" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 3:36 "My Man" (Jacques Charles, Channing Pollock, Albert Willemetz, Maurice Yvain) – 2:37 "He's Funny That Way" (Richard Whiting, Neil Moret) – 3:11 B side "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) – 2:49 "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 3:23 "I Can't Face the Music" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) – 3:14 "Remember" (Irving Berlin) – 2:34
1956 12-inch LP, A Recital By Billie Holiday A side "If the Moon Turns Green" (George Cates, Bernie Hanighen) – 2:46 "Remember" (Irving Berlin) – 2:34 "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) – 3:43 "My Man" (Jacques Charles, Channing Pollock, Albert Willemetz, Maurice Yvain) – 2:37 "Lover Come Back to Me" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 3:36 "Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:41 B side "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach – 2:49 "He's Funny That Way" (Richard Whiting, Neil Moret) – 3:11 "I Can't Face the Music" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) – 3:14 "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) – 3:00 "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" (Harry M. Woods) – 3:14 "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