The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945–1959

Tracklist

• CD 1: Jazz at the Philharmonic Concerts 1945–1947 / 1952 Los Angeles Studio Session
• 1
  Body and Soul
  3:24
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Strange Fruit
  3:01
  4.0 ★
• 3
  I Cried for You
  2:18
  3.0 ★
• 4
  Fine and Mellow
  3:50
  3.0 ★
• 5
  He’s Funny That Way
  3:21
  3.0 ★
• 6
  The Man I Love
  3:04
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You
  2:19
  4.0 ★
• 8
  All of Me
  1:55
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Billie’s Blues (aka “I Love My Man”)
  3:39
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Travelin’ Light
  3:28
  4.0 ★
• 11
  He’s Funny That Way
  2:56
  5.0 ★
• 12
  Norman Granz Announcement

  Norman Granz
  0:09
  1.0 ★
• 13
  You Better Go Now
  2:55
  3.0 ★
• 14
  You’re Driving Me Crazy
  1:29
  4.0 ★
• 15
  There Is No Greater Love
  2:34
  4.0 ★
• 16
  I Cover the Waterfront
  2:58
  4.0 ★
• 17
  Norman Granz Announcement

  Norman Granz
  0:28
  1.0 ★
• 18
  East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)
  2:56
  4.0 ★
• 19
  Blue Moon
  3:31
  4.5 ★
• 20
  You Go to My Head
  2:56
  5.0 ★
• 21
  You Turn the Tables on Me
  3:28
  5.0 ★
• 22
  Easy to Love
  3:01
  4.0 ★
• 23
  These Foolish Things
  3:35
  5.0 ★
• 24
  I Only Have Eyes for You
  2:54
  4.0 ★
• 25
  Solitude
  3:28
  5.0 ★
• CD 2: 1952 Los Angeles & New York Studio Sessions / 1954 Jazz Club USA Concert - Germany
• 1
  Everything I Have Is Yours
  3:45
  3.5 ★
• 2
  Love for Sale
  2:58
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Moonglow
  3:00
  5.0 ★
• 4
  Tenderly
  3:25
  5.0 ★
• 5
  If the Moon Turns Green
  2:46
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Remember
  2:36
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Autumn in New York (common take — LP)
  3:42
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Autumn in New York (rare take — 78)
  3:56
  4.0 ★
• 9
  My Man
  2:39
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Lover, Come Back to Me
  3:36
  5.0 ★
• 11
  Stormy Weather
  3:43
  5.0 ★
• 12
  Yesterdays
  2:50
  4.0 ★
• 13
  He’s Funny That Way
  3:13
  3.5 ★
• 14
  I Can’t Face the Music
  3:18
  4.0 ★
• 15
  MC and Leonard Feather Announcements

  Leonard Feather
  0:47
  1.0 ★
• 16
  Blue Moon
  2:05
  5.0 ★
• 17
  All of Me
  1:43
  4.0 ★
• 18
  My Man
  2:51
  5.0 ★
• 19
  Them There Eyes
  1:40
  4.0 ★
• 20
  I Cried for You
  3:23
  4.0 ★
• 21
  What a Little Moonlight Can Do
  2:40
  4.0 ★
• 22
  I Cover the Waterfront
  3:17
  4.0 ★
• 23
  Leonard Feather Announcement

  Leonard Feather
  0:21
  1.0 ★
• 24
  Billie’s Blues (aka “I Love My Man”)
  11:39
  4.0 ★
• CD 3: 1954 Jazz Club U.S.A. Concert (conclusion) / 1954 Los Angeles & New York Studio Sessions / 1955 New York Studio Session
• 1
  Lover, Come Back to Me
  6:51
  5.0 ★
• 2
  How Deep Is the Ocean?
  2:58
  5.0 ★
• 3
  What a Little Moonlight Can Do
  3:12
  3.5 ★
• 4
  I Cried for You
  2:30
  3.0 ★
• 5
  Love Me or Leave Me
  2:35
  4.0 ★
• 6
  P.S. I Love You
  3:37
  5.0 ★
• 7
  Too Marvelous for Words
  2:13
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Softly
  2:56
  5.0 ★
• 9
  I Thought About You
  2:47
  5.0 ★
• 10
  Willow Weep for Me
  3:07
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Stormy Blues
  3:30
  5.0 ★
• 12
  Say It Isn’t So
  3:03
  4.5 ★
• 13
  I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
  3:57
  3.6 ★
• 14
  I Wished on the Moon
  6:49
  5.0 ★
• 15
  Always
  3:58
  4.0 ★
• 16
  Everything Happens to Me
  6:22
  4.0 ★
• 17
  Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me
  5:00
  5.0 ★
• 18
  Ain’t Misbehavin’
  4:39
  5.0 ★
• CD 4: 1955 Rehearsal at Artie Shapiro’s Home
• 1
  Nice Work If You Can Get It
  4:05
  3.0 ★
• 2
  Discussion; Nice Work If You Can Get It
  0:40
  1.0 ★
• 3
  Mandy Is Two
  4:32
  2.0 ★
• 4
  Prelude to a Kiss
  2:47
  4.0 ★
• 5
  I Must Have That Man
  1:05
  3.0 ★
• 6
  Jeepers Creepers
  2:13
  1.0 ★
• 7
  Jeepers Creepers
  0:50
  2.0 ★
• 8
  Discussion; Jeepers Creepers
  3:25
  1.0 ★
• 9
  Discussion; Jeepers Creepers
  2:28
  1.0 ★
• 10
  Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone
  1:57
  1.0 ★
• 11
  Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone
  2:57
  1.0 ★
• 12
  Discussion; Moonlight in Vermont
  0:52
  2.0 ★
• 13
  Misery
  0:35
  1.0 ★
• 14
  Restless
  2:45
  1.0 ★
• 15
  Moonlight in Vermont
  2:01
  1.0 ★
• 16
  Everything Happens to Me
  3:26
  1.0 ★
• 17
  [discussion]
  0:36
  1.0 ★
• 18
  I Don’t Want to Cry Any More
  4:25
  2.0 ★
• 19
  I Don’t Want to Cry Any More
  2:26
  1.0 ★
• 20
  Discussion; I Don’t Want to Cry Any More
  5:33
  1.0 ★
• 21
  Everything Happens to Me
  2:59
  1.0 ★
• 22
  [discussion]
  1:48
  1.0 ★
• 23
  When You Are Away, Dear
  1:40
  1.0 ★
• 24
  [discussion]
  0:49
  1.0 ★
• 25
  It Had to Be You
  1:55
  1.0 ★
• 26
  The Mood That I’m In
  0:32
  1.0 ★
• 27
  Gone With the Wind
  1:38
  1.0 ★
• 28
  I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)
  3:17
  1.0 ★
• 29
  [discussion]
  2:30
  1.0 ★
• 30
  A Sunbonnet Blue
  0:07
  1.0 ★
• 31
  (I Don’t Stand a) Ghost of a Chance
  1:32
  1.0 ★
• 32
  [discussion]
  2:15
  1.0 ★
• 33
  I’m Walkin’ Through Heaven With You
  2:06
  1.0 ★
• 34
  [discussion]
  0:41
  1.0 ★
• 35
  Just Friends
  1:02
  1.0 ★
• 36
  The Nearness of You
  1:05
  1.0 ★
• 37
  [discussion]
  0:27
  1.0 ★
• 38
  It’s Too Hot for Words
  0:20
  1.0 ★
• 39
  They Say
  2:26
  1.0 ★
• 40
  I Won’t Believe It
  0:20
  1.0 ★
• CD 5: 1955 Los Angeles Studio Sessions
• 1
  I Don’t Want to Cry Any More (take 1 — false start)
  0:31
  1.0 ★
• 2
  I Don’t Want to Cry Any More (take 2 — master take)
  3:55
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Studio Talk; Prelude to a Kiss (take 1 — false start)
  0:14
  1.0 ★
• 4
  Studio Talk; Prelude to a Kiss (take 2 — incomplete)
  0:52
  1.0 ★
• 5
  Prelude to a Kiss (take 3 — master take)
  5:35
  4.0 ★
• 6
  (I Don’t Stand a) Ghost of a Chance
  4:28
  4.0 ★
• 7
  When Your Lover Has Gone (take 1 — incomplete)
  0:49
  1.0 ★
• 8
  Studio Talk; When Your Lover Has Gone (take 2 — incomplete)
  1:01
  1.0 ★
• 9
  [studio talk]
  0:24
  1.0 ★
• 10
  When Your Lover Has Gone (take 3 — master take)
  4:58
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Gone With the Wind
  3:26
  3.0 ★
• 12
  [studio talk]
  0:10
  1.0 ★
• 13
  Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone
  4:21
  4.0 ★
• 14
  It Had to Be You
  4:02
  5.0 ★
• 15
  [studio talk]
  0:08
  1.0 ★
• 16
  Nice Work If You Can Get It
  3:51
  5.0 ★
• 17
  Come Rain or Come Shine
  4:23
  4.0 ★
• 18
  I Got a Right to Sing the Blues
  5:53
  4.0 ★
• 19
  What’s New
  4:17
  3.0 ★
• 20
  A Fine Romance (take 1 — incomplete)
  0:46
  1.0 ★
• 21
  A Fine Romance (take 2 — alternate)
  2:44
  4.0 ★
• 22
  A Fine Romance (take 3 — false start)
  0:18
  1.0 ★
• 23
  A Fine Romance (take 4 — incomplete)
  1:16
  3.0 ★
• 24
  A Fine Romance (take 5 — incomplete)
  3:18
  4.0 ★
• 25
  A Fine Romance (take 6 — false start)
  0:25
  1.0 ★
• 26
  A Fine Romance (take 7 — incomplete)
  3:12
  4.0 ★
• 27
  A Fine Romance (take 8 — master take)
  3:35
  4.0 ★
• 28
  [studio talk]
  0:06
  1.0 ★
• 29
  I Hadn’t Anyone Till You
  4:02
  4.0 ★
• CD 6: 1955 Los Angeles Studio Session (conclusion) / 1956 Rehearsal at the Duftys’ Home
• 1
  I Get a Kick Out of You
  5:42
  3.5 ★
• 2
  Everything I Have Is Yours
  4:31
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Isn’t This a Lovely Day?
  4:16
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Discussion; Misery
  1:26
  1.0 ★
• 5
  Israel
  2:17
  1.0 ★
• 6
  Misery
  4:38
  2.0 ★
• 7
  Discussion
  1:15
  1.0 ★
• 8
  I Must Have That Man!
  6:30
  1.0 ★
• 9
  Discussion
  0:27
  1.0 ★
• 10
  Strange Fruit
  5:48
  1.0 ★
• 11
  Discussion; God Bless the Child
  5:50
  1.0 ★
• 12
  [discussion]
  1:16
  1.0 ★
• 13
  God Bless the Child
  3:16
  1.0 ★
• 14
  God Bless the Child
  1:07
  1.0 ★
• 15
  [discussion]
  0:33
  1.0 ★
• 16
  God Bless the Child
  3:35
  1.0 ★
• 17
  One Never Knows, Does One?
  2:08
  1.0 ★
• 18
  [discussion]
  2:00
  1.0 ★
• 19
  Beer Barrel Polka (aka “Roll Out the Barrel”)
  1:19
  1.0 ★
• 20
  Some of These Days
  1:02
  1.0 ★
• 21
  A Yiddishe Momme
  0:39
  1.0 ★
• 22
  A Yiddishe Momme
  2:15
  2.0 ★
• 23
  [discussion]
  0:41
  1.0 ★
• 24
  Lady’s Back in Town
  2:36
  1.0 ★
• 25
  [discussion]
  4:34
  1.0 ★
• 26
  [discussion]
  1:13
  1.0 ★
• 27
  One Never Knows, Does One?
  2:38
  1.0 ★
• 28
  [discussion]
  1:19
  1.0 ★
• 29
  [unknown title]
  1:53
  1.0 ★
• CD 7: 1956 New York & Los Angeles Studio Sessions
• 1
  Travelin’ Light
  3:10
  3.0 ★
• 2
  I Must Have That Man
  3:06
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Some Other Spring
  3:39
  3.5 ★
• 4
  Lady Sings the Blues
  3:46
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Strange Fruit
  3:04
• 6
  God Bless the Child
  3:59
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Good Morning Heartache
  3:31
  4.0 ★
• 8
  No Good Man
  3:23
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me
  4:13
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Cheek to Cheek
  3:38
  5.0 ★
• 11
  Ill Wind
  6:17
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Speak Low
  4:29
  3.5 ★
• 13
  We’ll Be Together Again
  4:26
  4.0 ★
• 14
  All or Nothing at All
  5:41
  4.0 ★
• 15
  Sophisticated Lady
  4:51
  4.0 ★
• 16
  April in Paris
  3:01
  3.0 ★
• CD 8: 1956 Carnegie Hall Concert / 1957 Los Angeles Studio Sessions
• 1
  Lady Sings the Blues (with reading from “Lady Sings the Blues”)
  2:52
  2.0 ★
• 2
  Lady Sings the Blues
  2:38
  2.0 ★
• 3
  Ain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do
  2:33
  3.0 ★
• 4
  Travelin’ Light (with reading from “Lady Sings the Blues”)
  0:44
  1.0 ★
• 5
  [reading from “Lady Sings the Blues”]
  2:06
  2.0 ★
• 6
  Billie’s Blues (aka “I Love My Man”)
  3:20
  3.0 ★
• 7
  Body and Soul
  2:40
  3.0 ★
• 8
  [reading from “Lady Sings the Blues”]
  0:55
  1.0 ★
• 9
  Don’t Explain
  2:29
  3.0 ★
• 10
  Yesterdays
  1:16
  1.0 ★
• 11
  Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone
  1:42
  1.0 ★
• 12
  I’ll Be Seeing You
  2:28
  3.0 ★
• 13
  [reading from “Lady Sings the Blues”]
  2:50
  2.0 ★
• 14
  My Man
  3:13
  3.0 ★
• 15
  I Cried for You
  3:08
  3.0 ★
• 16
  Fine and Mellow
  3:14
  3.0 ★
• 17
  I Cover the Waterfront
  3:45
  3.0 ★
• 18
  What a Little Moonlight Can Do
  2:53
  3.0 ★
• 19
  I Wished on the Moon
  3:27
  4.0 ★
• 20
  Moonlight in Vermont
  3:52
  4.0 ★
• 21
  A Foggy Day (stereo)
  4:43
  3.5 ★
• 22
  I Didn’t Know What Time It Was (stereo)
  6:01
  3.0 ★
• 23
  Just One of Those Things (take 7 — incomplete)
  0:25
  1.0 ★
• 24
  [studio talk]
  0:47
  1.0 ★
• 25
  Just One of Those Things (take 8 — master take) (stereo)
  5:31
  4.0 ★
• 26
  [studio talk]
  0:28
  1.0 ★
• 27
  Comes Love (take 1 — alternate)
  4:00
  2.0 ★
• 28
  Comes Love (take 2 — false start)
  0:35
  1.0 ★
• 29
  Comes Love (take 3 — false start)
  0:22
  1.0 ★
• 30
  Comes Love (take 4 — master take)
  3:59
  4.0 ★
• CD 9: 1957 Los Angeles Studio Sessions
• 1
  Day In, Day Out (stereo)
  6:49
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Darn That Dream
  6:20
  4.0 ★
• 3
  But Not for Me
  3:50
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Body and Soul
  6:26
  3.0 ★
• 5
  [studio talk]
  0:44
  1.0 ★
• 6
  Just Friends (instrumental)
  6:30
  4.0 ★
• 7
  [studio talk]
  0:16
  1.0 ★
• 8
  Stars Fell on Alabama (take 1 — incomplete)
  0:37
  1.0 ★
• 9
  Stars Fell on Alabama (take 2 — master take) (stereo)
  4:30
  3.4 ★
• 10
  Studio Talk; Say It Isn’t So (take 1 — incomplete)
  0:26
  1.0 ★
• 11
  Say It Isn’t So (take 2 — master take)
  3:18
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Studio Talk; Our Love Is Here to Stay (take 1 — false start)
  0:27
  1.0 ★
• 13
  Our Love Is Here to Stay (take 2 — master take)
  3:42
  4.0 ★
• 14
  Studio Talk; One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) (take 1 — false start)
  0:27
  1.0 ★
• 15
  One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) (take 2 — incomplete)
  1:55
  3.0 ★
• 16
  One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) (take 3 — master take) (stereo)
  5:42
  4.0 ★
• 17
  They Can’t Take That Away From Me
  4:12
  3.5 ★
• 18
  Embraceable You
  6:49
  5.0 ★
• 19
  Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
  3:26
  5.0 ★
• 20
  Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You?
  5:36
  4.0 ★
• CD 10: 1957 Newport Jazz Festival / 1958 Seven Ages of Jazz Concert / 1959 New York Studio Sessions With Ray Ellis
• 1
  [Willis Conover announcement]

  Willis Conover
  0:53
  1.0 ★
• 2
  [Johnny Mercer announcement]

  Johnny Mercer
  0:41
  1.0 ★
• 3
  [fanfare from Oh, Lady Be Good]
  0:10
  1.0 ★
• 4
  Nice Work If You Can Get It
  2:38
  3.0 ★
• 5
  Willow Weep for Me
  3:08
  3.0 ★
• 6
  My Man
  3:29
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Lover, Come Back to Me
  2:05
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Lady Sings the Blues
  2:59
  5.0 ★
• 9
  What a Little Moonlight Can Do
  2:53
  4.0 ★
• 10
  [fanfare from Oh, Lady Be Good with Conover announcement]
  0:22
  1.0 ★
• 11
  [Leonard Feather announcement]
  0:47
  1.0 ★
• 12
  I Wished on the Moon
  2:43
  3.0 ★
• 13
  Lover Man
  3:05
  3.0 ★
• 14
  All the Way
  3:26
  3.6 ★
• 15
  It’s Not for Me to Say
  2:28
  4.0 ★
• 16
  I’ll Never Smile Again
  3:26
  4.0 ★
• 17
  Just One More Chance
  3:47
  4.0 ★
• 18
  When It’s Sleepy Time Down South
  4:08
  4.0 ★
• 19
  Don’t Worry ’Bout Me
  3:10
  4.0 ★
• 20
  Sometimes I’m Happy
  2:49
  5.0 ★
• 21
  You Took Advantage of Me
  3:12
  4.0 ★
• 22
  There’ll Be Some Changes Made
  2:53
  4.0 ★
• 23
  ’Deed I Do
  2:15
  4.0 ★
• 24
  All of You
  2:33
  4.0 ★
• 25
  Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home?
  3:03
  4.0 ★

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Release credits

• Aaron Bell
  bass [1], double bass [1-4, 7-8]
• Al Cohn
  saxophone [17], tenor saxophone [10.22-25, 8.10-12, 8.14-18]
• Al McKibbon
  double bass [6-9]
• Alvin Stoller
  drums (drum set) [9.1-4, 9.9, 9.11, 9.13, 9.16, 7.9-16, 8.19-22, 8.25, 8.30, 1.19-25, 2.1, 2.7]
• Barney Kessel
  electric guitar [9.9, 9.17, 2.1, 1.10-11, 1.24, 6.3, 7.12, 7.16, 8.21, 5.11, 5.17, 5.27], guitar [5.2, 5.6, 5.13, 1.19-25, 7.9-11, 7.13-15, 3.5, 3.7, 3.9-10, 2.7, 9.1-4, 9.11, 9.13, 9.16-20, 8.19-20, 8.22, 8.25, 8.30]
• Barry Galbraith
  guitar [18-25]
• Ben Webster
  tenor saxophone [7.9-16, 9.1-4, 9.9, 9.11, 9.13, 9.16-20, 8.19-22, 8.25, 8.30]
• Benny Carter
  alto saxophone [5.2, 5.6, 5.13, 5.17, 5.27, 6.3]
• Beryl Booker
  piano [2.24, 3.1]
• Billie Holiday
  lead vocals [13], vocal [7.1-4, 7.7-16, 9.1-4, 9.9, 9.11, 9.13, 9.16-17, 9.17-20, 10.4-9, 10.12-17, 10.24, 1.1-11, 1.13-16, 1.19-25, 6.1, 6.3, 8.1-4, 8.6-7, 8.9-12, 8.14-22, 8.25, 8.30, 5.5, 5.11, 5.16-18, 5.27, 2.1-2, 2.6-7, 2.9-13, 2.16-22, 2.24, 3.1-3, 3.5, 3.7, 3.9-10, 3.12-17]
• Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra
  performing orchestra [9.13, 1.23]
• Billy Bauer
  electric guitar [12-17]
• Billy Byers
  trombone [22-25]
• Billy Taylor
  piano [12-17]
• Bobby Tucker
  piano [1.13-16, 3.5, 3.7, 3.9-10]
• Buck Clayton
  trumpet [1.3-5, 10.12-13, 8.10-12, 8.14-18]
• Budd Johnson
  tenor saxophone [12-17]
• Buddy DeFranco
  clarinet [3.1, 2.24]
• Carl Drinkard
  piano [8.1-4, 8.6-7, 8.9-12, 8.14-18, 2.16-22]
• Carson Smith
  bass [17], double bass [1-4, 6-7, 9-12, 14-18]
• Charles Mingus
  double bass [1-2]
• Charlie Drayton
  double bass [10-11]
• Charlie Shavers
  trombone [7], trumpet [1.19-22, 1.24-25, 2.7, 3.3, 3.12-17, 7.1, 7.1-4, 7.8]
• Charlie Ventura
  tenor saxophone [1-2]
• Chico Hamilton
  drums (drum set) [8.1-4, 8.6-7, 8.9-12, 8.14-18, 3.5, 3.7, 3.9-10]
• Coleman Hawkins
  tenor saxophone [10.12-13, 8.1-4, 8.6-7, 8.9, 1.3-5]
• Cozy Cole
  drums (drum set) [12-17]
• Curley Russell
  double bass [3-5]
• Danny Bank
  baritone saxophone [22-25]
• Dave Barbour
  electric guitar [1-2]
• Dave Coleman
  drums (drum set) [1-2]
• Don Lamond
  drums (drum set) [12-13]
• Ed Shaughnessy
  drums (drum set) [3]
• Elaine Leighton
  drums (drum set) [2.16-22, 2.24, 3.1]
• Flip Phillips
  tenor saxophone [2.1, 2.7, 1.19-22, 1.24-25]
• Freddie Green
  guitar [9, 11, 13]
• Gene Quill
  alto saxophone [18-21]
• Georgie Auld
  alto saxophone [6-9], tenor saxophone [12-13]
• Gilbert Millstein
  spoken vocals [1, 4-5, 8, 13]
• Gus Johnson
  drums (drum set) [9-11, 13]
• Hank Jones
  celesta [14], piano [14-25]
• Harry “Sweets” Edison
  trumpet [10.18-25, 3.5, 3.7, 3.9-10, 5.2, 5.6, 5.13, 5.17, 5.27, 7.9-16, 8.19-22, 8.25, 8.30, 6.3, 9.1-4, 9.9, 9.11, 9.13, 9.16-20]
• Herb Ellis
  electric guitar [3]
• Howard McGhee
  trumpet [1-2, 10-11]
• Illinois Jacquet
  tenor saxophone [1-11]
• J.C. Heard
  drums (drum set) [2.9, 1.3-9]
• Jackie Mills
  drums (drum set) [10-11]
• Janet Putnam
  harp [14-17]
• Jimmy Cleveland
  trombone [15-21]
• Jimmy Raney
  electric guitar [2.24, 3.1]
• Jimmy Rowles
  piano [9.1-4, 9.9, 9.11, 9.13, 9.16-20, 5.2, 5.6, 5.11, 5.13, 5.17, 5.27, 7.9-16, 8.19-22, 8.25, 8.30, 6.3]
• Jo Jones
  drums (drum set) [3-10]
• Joe Benjamin
  double bass [3-10, 14-17]
• Joe Guy
  trumpet [6-9]
• Joe Mondragon
  double bass [7.9-13, 9.1-2, 9.9, 9.11, 9.16-17, 9.19-20]
• Joe Newman
  trumpet [9-11, 13]
• Joe Wilder
  trumpet [22-25]
• John Collins
  electric guitar [3-5]
• John Simmons
  bass [13], double bass [5.2, 5.6, 5.11, 5.17, 5.27, 6.3]
• Johnny Mercer
  spoken vocals [2]
• Ken Kersey
  piano [3-11]
• Kenny Burrell
  electric guitar [8.1-4, 8.6-7, 8.9-12, 8.14-18, 7.3], guitar [7.1, 7.1-2, 7.4, 7.7-8, 10.15-17, 8.17]
• Larry Bunker
  drums (drum set) [9.16-19, 6.3, 5.2, 5.6, 5.11, 5.13, 5.17, 5.27]
• Lenny McBrowne
  drums (drum set) [1, 1-4, 7-8]
• Leonard Feather
  spoken vocals [2.15, 2.23, 10.11]
• Leonard Gaskin
  double bass [12-17]
• Leroy Lovett
  misc [13]
• Lester Young
  tenor saxophone [3-9]
• Mal Waldron
  piano [3-10, 12-13]
• Milt Hinton
  double bass [12-13, 18-25]
• Milt Raskin
  piano [1-2]
• Norman Granz
  producer [8.19-21, 8.25, 8.30, 9.1-4, 9.9, 9.11, 9.13, 9.16-20, 1.24, 7.9-16], spoken vocals [12, 17]
• Oscar Peterson
  instrument [10], piano [2.1, 2.7, 2.9, 2.11, 2.13, 3.3, 1.19-25]
• Osie Johnson
  drums (drum set) [14-25]
• Paul Quinichette
  tenor saxophone [2.9-11, 2.13, 7.1, 7.1-4, 7.7-8]
• Ray Brown
  double bass [1.19-25, 2.1, 2.7, 2.9, 2.9-11, 2.13, 3.3]
• Ray Ellis
  arranger [14], conductor [14-21], vocal [22-25]
• Red Callender
  double bass [5, 7, 9-10]
• Red Mitchell
  double bass [3.1, 7.14-16, 8.19-22, 8.25, 8.30, 9.3-4, 9.13, 9.17-18, 2.16-22, 2.24]
• Red Norvo
  vibraphone [3.1, 2.24]
• Romeo Penque
  alto saxophone [14], bass clarinet [14]
• Roy Eldridge
  trumpet [1-4, 6-7, 9]
• Sonny Clark
  piano [3.1, 2.24]
• Tiny Grimes
  electric guitar [6-9]
• Tony Scott
  clarinet [8.10-12, 8.14-18, 7.1, 7.1-4, 7.7-8, 3.12-17]
• Trummy Young
  trombone [10-11]
• Val Valentin
  engineer [9.3, 9.13, 9.18, 7.13]
• Wardell Gray
  tenor saxophone [1-2]
• Willie Smith
  alto saxophone [1.1-2, 3.5, 3.7, 3.9-10]
• Willis Conover
  spoken vocals [1, 10]
• Wynton Kelly
  piano [1, 1-4, 7-8]
• [unknown]
  strings [14]
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  The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945–1959

  10x CD
  9 March 1993
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  The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945–1959

  10x Digital Media
  17 August 2018