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The Commodore Master Takes

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)

The Commodore Master Takes

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The Commodore Master Takes

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)

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  • Release date: 31st Aug 2018
  • Label: GRP Records
  • Catalogue number: 6782456
  • Length: 51 minutes

Contents and tracklist

Lewis Allan: Strange Fruit
Work length3:13
  • 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 length3:26
  • 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 length3:18
  • 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 length2:56
  • 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 length2:47
  • 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 length3:05
Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert: I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)
Work length3:01
Edward Heyman, Johnny Green: I Cover The Waterfront
Work length3:34
Fain: I'll Be Seeing You
Work length3:33
Yip Harburg, John W. Green: I'm Yours
Work length3:18
  • Billie Holiday
  • Recorded: 1944-04-01
  • Recording Venue: W.O.R. Studio, New York City
Gershwin: Embraceable You
Work length3:18
  • Billie Holiday
  • Recorded: 1944-04-01
  • Recording Venue: W.O.R. Studio, New York City
Hupfeld: As Time Goes By
Work length3:16
Richard A. Whiting, Neil Moret: He's Funny That Way
Work length3:18
  • 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 length3:20
Holiday: Billie's Blues
Work length3:10
  • 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 length3:02

Awards and reviews

  • Jazz 100
    Top 100 Jazz Albums
    Next 100 (Pre-1980)
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