1953 studio album by Billie Holiday
An Evening with Billie Holiday 10-inch LP studio album by jazz singer Billie Holiday , released by Clef Records in 1953.[ 6]
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 [ 7] Tenderly ", was moved to another 12-inch compilation called Solitude Billie Holiday
Track listing
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
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):
July 27, 1952
Evening tracks A1-B2; Recital tracks A4-6, B1-3):
April 14, 1954
Recital tracks B4-6)
References
^ An Evening with Billie Holiday AllMusic .^ Hentoff, Nat (February 10, 1954). "Billie Holiday" . DownBeat . Vol. 21, no. 3. pp. 1, 14 – via Internet Archive .^ a b Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Oxford University Press . p. 322. ISBN 978-0195313734 ^ A Recital by Billie Holiday AllMusic .^ Cook, Richard ; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Penguin Books . p. 716. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0 ^ An Evening with Billie Holiday Discogs , accessed Dec 21, 2015.^ A Recital by Billie Holiday Discogs , accessed Dec 21, 2015.
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