Billie Holiday

INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACK

5 STARS DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE

PERSONNEL:

BILLIE HOLIDAY, vocals
HARRY “SWEETS” EDISON, trumpet
BENNY CARTER, alto sax
JIMMY ROWLES, piano
BARNEY KESSEL, guitar
JOHN SIMMONS, bass
LARRY BUNKER, drums

Hollywood, August 23 (tracks A1, A3, A4, B2)
& August 25 (tracks A2, B1, B3-B5), 1955.

TRACKS:

SIDE A:

1 IT HAD TO BE YOU 4:02
2 COME RAIN OR COME SHINE 4:23
3 I DON’T WANT TO CRY ANYMORE 3:55
4 I DON’T STAND A GHOST OF A CHANCE WITH YOU 4:28

SIDE B:

1 A FINE ROMANCE 3:33
2 GONE WITH THE WIND 3:23
3 I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU
4 ISN’T THIS A LOVELY DAY?
5 A FINE ROMANCE [alternate take] 2:44*

(*) From the same sessions. Not on the original LP.

ORIGINAL DOWNBEAT REVIEW

“This is a Billie who has experienced a lot of pain and some joy in the years between and a Billie whose life-perspective has changed, as does everyone’s, with increasing years. When she’s right –and she’s absorbingly right on these sides– no one yet is able to touch Billie as the most emotionally striking singer in jazz, 20 years ago or today. Totally recommended.” (Nat Hentoff)