Verve B0004291-02 (2005).
Disque 1:
Billie Holiday (vocal), acc. par Charlie Shavers (trompette), Flip Phillips (saxophone ténor), Oscar Peterson (piano), Barney Kessel (guitare), Ray Brown (contrebasse), Alvin Stoller (batterie). Los Angeles, printemps 1952.
1. East of the Sun (Brooks Bowman) 2:54
2. Blue Moon (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) 3:28
3. You Go to My Head (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) 2:54
4. You Turned the Tables on Me (Louis Alter, Sidney D. Mitchell) 3:26
5. Easy to Love (Cole Porter) 3:00
6. These Foolish Things (Harry Link, Jack Strachey, Holt Marvell) 3:34
7. I Only Have Eyes for You (Harry Warren, Al Dubin) 2:52
8. Solitude (Duke Ellington, Edgar De Lange, Irving Mills) 3:29
Les mêmes. Los Angeles, printemps 1952.
9. Everything I Have is Yours (Burton Lane, Harold Adamson) 3:43
10. Love for Sale (Cole Porter) 2:56
11. Moonglow (Edgar De Lange, Will Hudson, Irving Mills) 2:58
12. Tenderly (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) 3:23
13. If the Moon Turns Green (Bernie Hanighen, Paul Coates) 2:44
14. Remember (Irving Berlin) 2:35
15. Autumn in New York (Vernon Duke) 3:40
Billie Holiday (vocal), acc. par Joe Newman (trompette), Paul Quinichette (saxophone ténor), Oscar Peterson (piano, orgue), Freddie Green (guitare), Ray Brown (contrebasse), Gus Johnson (batterie). New York City, probablement 27 juillet 1952.
16. My Man (Maurice Yvain, Jacques Charles, Channing Pollock, Albert Willemetz) 2:36
17. Lover, Come Back to Me (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) 3:35
18. Stormy Weather (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) 3:41
19. Yesterdays (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) 2:48
20. He's Funny That Way (Neil Moret, Richard A. Whiting) 3:11
21. I Can't Face the Music (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) 3:14
Disque 2:
Billie Holiday (vocal), acc. par Charlie Shavers (trompette), Oscar Peterson (piano), Herb Ellis (guitare), Ray Brown (contrebasse), Ed Shaughnessy (batterie). Fine Sound Studio, New York City, 14 avril 1954.
1. How Deep is the Ocean? (Irving Berlin) 2:57
2. What a Little Moonlight Can Do (Harry Woods) 3:10
3. I Cried for You (Gus Arnheim, Arthur Freed, Abe Lyman) 2:26
Billie Holiday (vocal), acc. par Harry "Sweets" Edison (trompette), Willie Smith (saxophone alto), Bobby Tucker (piano), Barney Kessel (guitare), Red Callender (contrebasse), Chico Hamilton (batterie). Capitol Studios, Hollywood, 3 septembre 1954.
4. Love Me or Leave Me (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) 2:33
5. P.S. I Love You (Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mercer) 3:35
6. Too Marvelous for Words (Richard A. Whiting, Johnny Mercer) 2:11
7. Softly (Eddie Beal, Joe Greene) 2:55
8. I Thought About You (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer) 2:45
9. Willow Weep for Me (Ann Ronell) 3:05
10. Stormy Blues (Billie Holiday) 3:26
Billie Holiday (vocal), acc. par Charlie Shavers (trompette), Tony Scott (clarinette), Budd Johnson (saxophone ténor), Billy Taylor (piano), Billy Bauer (guitare), Leonard Gaskin (contrebasse), Cozy Cole (batterie), Leroy Lovett (direction). Fine Sound Studio, New York City, 14 février 1955.
11. Say It Isn't So (Irving Berlin) 3:01
12. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (Irving Berlin) 3:55
13. I Wished on the Moon (Ralph Rainger, Dorothy Parker) 6:48
14. Always (Irving Berlin) 3:57
15. Everything Happens to Me (Matt Dennis, Thomas M. Adair) 6:20
16. Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) 5:00
17. Ain't Misbehavin' (Harry O. Brooks, Fats Waller, Andy Razaf) 4:39
Disque 3:
Billie Holiday (vocal), acc. par Harry "Sweets" Edison (trompette), Benny Carter (saxophone alto), Jimmy Rowles (piano), Barney Kessel (guitare), John Simmons (contrebasse), Larry Bunker (batterie). Radio Recorders, Hollywood, 23 août 1955.
1. I Don't Want to Cry Anymore (Victor Schertzinger) 3:54
2. Prelude to a Kiss (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) 5:32
3. I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You (Victor P. Young, Bing Crosby, Ned Washington) 4:26
4. When Your Lover Has Gone (Einar A. Swan) 4:55
5. Gone with the Wind (Allie Wrubel, Herbert Magidson) 3:23
6. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (Sam H. Stept, Sidney Clare) 4:19
7. It Had to Be You (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) 4:01
8. Nice Work If You Can Get It (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) 3:47
Les mêmes. Radio Recorders, Hollywood, 25 août 1955.
9. Come Rain or Come Shine (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) 4:21
10. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) 5:51
11. What's New? (Robert Haggart, Johnny Burke) 4:16
12. A Fine Romance (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) 3:32
13. I Hadn't Anyone Till You (Ray Noble) 4:03
14. I Get a Kick Out of You (Cole Porter) 5:39
15. Everything I Have is Yours (Burton Lane, Harold Adamson) 4:29
16. Isn't This a Lovely Day? (Irving Berlin) 4:11
Disque 4:
Billie Holiday (vocal), acc. par Charlie Shavers (trompette), Tony Scott (clarinette), Paul Quinichette (saxophone ténor), Wynton Kelly (piano), Kenny Burrell (guitare), Aaron Bell (contrebasse), Lennie McBrowne (batterie). Fine Sound Studio, New York City, 6 juin 1956.
1. Trav'lin' Light (Jimmy Mundy, Trummy Young, Johnny Mercer) 3:07
2. I Must Have That Man! (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) 3:03
3. Some Other Spring (Irene Kitchings, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) 3:36
4. Lady Sings the Blues (Herbie Nichols, Billie Holiday) 3:44
Les mêmes. Fine Sound Studio, New York City, 7 juin 1956.
5. Strange Fruit (Lewis Allan) 3:01
6. God Bless the Child (Arthur Herzog, Jr., Billie Holiday) 3:58
7. Good Morning Heartache (Irene Higginbotham, Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher) 3:29
8. No Good Man (Irene Higginbotham, Dan Fisher, Sammy Gallop) 3:18
Billie Holiday (vocal), acc. par Harry "Sweets" Edison (trompette), Ben Webster (saxophone ténor), Jimmy Rowles (piano), Barney Kessel (guitare), Joe Mondragon (contrebasse), Alvin Stoller (batterie). Capitol Studios, Hollywood, 14 août 1956.
9. Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) 4:12
10. Cheek to Cheek (Irving Berlin) 3:35
11. Ill Wind (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) 6:14
12. Speak Low (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) 4:25
Les mêmes, Red Mitchell (contrebasse) remplace Mondragon. Radio Recorders, Hollywood, 18 août 1956.
13. We'll Be Together Again (Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine) 4:24
14. All or Nothing at All (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) 5:39
15. Sophisticated Lady (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) 4:48
16. April in Paris (Vernon Duke, E.Y. Harburg) 3:02
Disque 5:
Les mêmes. Capitol Studios, Hollywood, 3 janvier 1957.
1. I Wished on the Moon (Ralph Rainger, Dorothy Parker) 3:25
2. Moonlight in Vermont (Karl Suessdorf, John Blackburn) 3:49
3. A Foggy Day (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) 4:40
Les mêmes. Capitol Studios, Hollywood, 4 janvier 1957.
4. I Didn't Know What Time It Was (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) 5:59
5. Just One of Those Things (Cole Porter) 5:31
6. Comes Love (Sam H. Stept, Lew Brown, Charles Tobias) 4:00
Les mêmes. Capitol Studios, Hollywood, 7 janvier 1957.
7. Day In, Day Out (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer) 6:47
8. Darn That Dream (Jimmy Van Heusen, Edgar De Lange) 6:19
9. But Not for Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) 3:48
10. Body and Soul (John W. Green, Frank Eyton, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) 6:22
Les mêmes. Capitol Studios, Hollywood, 8 janvier 1957.
11. Stars Fell on Alabama (Frank S. Perkins, Mitchell Parish) 4:29
12. Say It Isn't So (Irving Berlin) 3:16
13. Love is Here to Stay (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) 3:42
14. One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) 5:39
Disque 6:
Les mêmes, Larry Bunker (batterie) remplace Stoller. Capitol Studios, Hollywood, 9 janvier 1957.
1. They Can't Take That Away from Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) 4:10
2. Embraceable You (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) 6:47
3. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) 3:24
4. Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You? (Don Redman, Andy Razaf) 5:38
Billie Holiday (vocal), acc. par Jimmy Cleveland (trombone), Romeo Penque (saxophones alto et ténor, clarinette basse), musiciens inconnus (cordes), Janet Putnam (harpe), Hank Jones (piano, célesta), Kenny Burrell (guitare), Joe Benjamin (contrebasse), Osie Johnson (batterie), Ray Ellis (arrangeur, direction). Metropolitan Studios, New York City, 3 mars 1959.
5. All the Way (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) 3:23
6. It's Not for Me to Say (Robert Allen, Al Stillman) 2:26
7. I'll Never Smile Again (Ruth Lowe) 3:23
8. Just One More Chance (Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow) 3:43
Billie Holiday (vocal), acc. par Harry "Sweets" Edison (trompette), Jimmy Cleveland (trombone), Gene Quill (saxophone alto), musiciens inconnus (cordes), (harpe), Hank Jones (piano), Barry Galbraith (guitare), Milt Hinton (contrebasse), Osie Johnson (batterie), Ray Ellis (arrangeur, direction). Metropolitan Studios, New York City, 4 mars 1959.
9. When It's Sleepy Time Down South (Clarence Muse, Leon René, Otis René) 4:05
10. Don't Worry 'bout Me (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) 3:08
11. Sometimes I'm Happy (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar, Clifford Grey) 2:46
12. You Took Advantage of Me (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) 3:08
Billie Holiday (vocal), acc. par Harry "Sweets" Edison, Joe Wilder (trompette), Billy Byers (trombone), Al Cohn (saxophone ténor), Danny Bank (saxophone baryton), Hank Jones (piano), Barry Galbraith (guitare), Milt Hinton (contrebasse), Osie Johnson (batterie), Ray Ellis (arrangeur, direction). Metropolitan Studios, New York City, 11 mars 1959.
13. There'll Be Some Changes Made (W. Benton Overstreet, Billy Higgins) 2:52
14. 'deed I Do (Fred Rose, Walter Hirsch) 2:13
15. All of You (Cole Porter) 2:30
16. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home? (Clarence Williams, Charles Warfield) 3:03
Enregistrements originaux produits par Leroy Lovett (Disque 2, Pistes 11-17), Tony Scott (Disque 4, Pistes 1-8), Ray Ellis (Disque 6, Pistes 5-16), Norman Granz (toutes les autres sessions).
Notes de pochette: Robert G. O'Meally.
Compilation produite par Bryan Koniarz.
Masterisé par Bob Irwin et Jayme Pieruzzi aux Sundazed Studios, Coxsackie, NY.
Direction artistique par Hollis King.
Design par Isabelle Wong/Isthetic.
Photographie de © Chuck Stewart.
Direction de la production artistique par Sherniece Smith.
Éditeur des notes: Alexander Gelfand.
Producteur exécutif: Ken Druker.
Assistante de projet: Carolyn Freeman.
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