The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve, 1945-1959  

• 1992 
• CD 0602498451724 
• Holiday, Billie 
• CD: Box (more than 5 CD) 

1048429

Vinyl records and CDs

The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve, 1945-1959

NRC, Universal Music, Verve

0602498451724

1992

Blues, Jazz

Includes a 220-page book with liner notes, photographs, reproductions of Billie Holiday's Verve album covers, and extensive interviews with Oscar Peterson, Jimmy Rowles, Harry "Sweets" Edison and Barney Kessel. Of 10 CDs contained in the set, 8 are of studio and concert recordings, including her Carnegie Hall debut concert, Jazz At The Philharmonic recordings, Lady Day's last recording session, and 2 unissued alternate takes. The other 2 CDs contain rehearsal sessions. Personnel includes: Billie Holiday (vocals); Willie Smith, Benny Carter (alto saxophone); Illinois Jacquet, Wardell Gray, Charlie Ventura, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Flip Phillips (tenor saxophone); Howard McGee, Buck Clayton, Charlie Shavers, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Roy Eldridge (trumpet); Trummy Young (trombone); Red Norvo (vibraphone); Milt Raskin, Ken Kersey, Oscar Peterson, Sonny Clark, Billy Taylor, Jimmy Rowles, Wynton Kelly, Tony Scott, Mal Waldron (piano); Freddie Green (guitar); Tiny Grimes, Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis (electric guitar); Charles Mingus, Curly Russell, Al McKibbon, Ray Brown, Red Mitchell, Milt Hinton, Joe Benjamin (bass); David Coleman, J.C. Heard, Alvin Stoller, Ed Shaughnessy, Cozy Cole, Jo Jones (drums). Producers include: Norman Granz, Ray Ellis, Leonard Feather, Leroy Lovett, Tony Scott. Compilation producer: Phil Schaap. Includes liner notes by Buck Clayton, Phil Schaap, Bob Porter, and Joel E. Siegel. Digitally remastered by Thomas "Curly" Ruff, Suha Gur, Andrew Nicholas, Joseph M. Palmaccio, Patrick Ryan (Polygram Studios). THE COMPLETE BILLIE HOLIDAY ON VERVE, 1945-1959 won the 1994 Grammy Award for "Recording Package," "Album Notes" and "Historical Album."

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