Recordings of Lester Young with Billie Holiday

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Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra  January 25, 1937; NYC; Brunswick.
Buck Clayton (tp), Benny Goodman (clt), Teddy Wilson (p), Freedie Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (d), Billie Holiday (vcl).

He Ain't Got Rhythm
This Years Kisses
Why Was I Born?
I Must Have That Man

Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra  May 11, 1937; New York City; Brunswick.
Buck Clayton (tp), Buster Bailey (cl), Johnny Hodges (as), Teddy Wilson (p), Allan Reuss (g), Artie Bernstein (b), Cozy Cole (d), Billie Holiday (vcl).

Sun Showers
Yours and Mine
I'll Get By (2 takes)
Mean to Me (2 takes)

Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra  June 1, 1937; New York City; Brunswick.
Buck Clayton (tp), Buster Bailey (cl), Teddy Wilson (p), Freedie Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (d), Billie Holiday (vcl).

Foolin' Myself
Easy Living
I'll Never Be the Same
I've Found a New Baby (2 takes)

Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra  June 15, 1937; New York City; Vocalion.
Buck Clayton (tp), Edmond Hall (cl), James Sherman (p), Freddy Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (d), Billie Holiday (vcl).

Me, Myself and I (2 takes)
A Sailboat in the Moonlight

Born to Love
Without Your Love (2 takes)

Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra  September 13, 1937; New York City; Vocalion.
Buck Clayton (tp), Buster Bailey (cl), Claude Thornhill (p), Freddy Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (d), Billie Holiday (vcl).

Getting Some Fun Out of Life
Who Wants Love?
Trav'lin' All Alone
He's Funny That Way

Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra January 6, 1938; New York City; Brunswick/Columbia.
Buck Clayton (tp), Benny Morton (tb), Teddy Wilson (p), Freedie Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (d), Billie Holiday (vcl).

My First Impression of You (2 takes)
When You're Smiling (2 takes)
I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me (2 takes)
If Dreams Come True (2 takes)

Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra  January 12, 1938; New York City; Vocalion.
Buck Clayton (tp), Benny Morton (tb), Teddy Wilson (p), Freddy Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (d), Billie Holiday (vcl).

Now They Call It Swing (2 takes)
On the Sentimental Side (2 takes)
Back in Your Own Backyard (2 takes)
When a Woman Loves a Man

Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra  September 15, 1938; New York City; Vocalion.
Buck Clayton (tp), Dickie Wells (tb), Lester young (cl, ts), Margaret "Queenie" Johnson (p), Freddy Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (d), Billie Holiday (vcl).

The Very Thought of You
I Can't Get Started (2 takes)
I've Got a Date with a Dream (2 takes)
You Can't Be Mine (And Somebody Else's Too)

Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra  October 31, 1938; New York City; Brunswick.
Harry James (tp), Benny Morton (tb), Edgar Sampson, Benny Carter (as), Lester Young, Herschel Evans (ts), Teddy Wilson (p), Albert Casey (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (d), Billie Holiday (vcl).

Everybody's Laughing
Here It Is Tomorrow Again

Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra  November 9, 1938; New York City; Brunswick.
Harry James (tp), Benny Morton (tb), Edgar Sampson, Benny Carter (as), Lester Young, Herschel Evans (ts), Teddy Wilson (p), Albert Casey (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (d), Billie Holiday (vcl).

Say It with a Kiss
April in My Heart (2 takes)
I'll Never Fail You
They Say (2 takes)

Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra  December 13, 1939; New York City; Vocalion.
Buck Clayton, Harry Edison (tp), Earl Warren, Jack washington (as), Joe Sullivan (p), Freddy Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (d), Billie Holiday (vcl).

Night and Day
The Man I Love
You're just a No Account
You're a Lucky Guy

Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra  June 7, 1940; New York City; Okeh.
Roy Eldridge (tp), Bill Bowen, Joe Eldridge (as), Kermit Scott, Lester Young (ts), Teddy Wilson (p), Freddy Green (g), Walter Page (b), J.C. Heard (d), Billie Holiday (vcl).

I'm Pulling Through
Tell Me More
Laughin' at Life (2 takes)
Time On My Hands

Billie Holiday "Make Believe Ballroom" program December 19, 1940; New York City; Broadcast, WNEW Studio.

The Man I Love

Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra  March 21, 1941; New York City; Okeh.
Shad Collins (tp), Eddie Barefield, Leslie Johnakins (as), Lester Young (ts), Heywood (p), John Collins (g), Ted Sturgis (b), Clarke (d), Billie Holliday (vcl).

Let's Do It (2 takes)
Georgia on My Mind (2 takes)
Romance in the Dark (2 takes)
All Of Me (3 takes)

Billie Holiday with Buster Harding's Orchestra  August 17, 1949; New York City; Decca

Ain't Nobody's Business
Baby Get Lost

Billie Holiday May 6, 1955; New York City; Concert, Carnegie Hall

Stormy Weather

Billie Holiday with "The Sound of Jazz" All Stars December 8, 1957; New York City; TV broadcast, "The Sound of Jazz"

Fine and Mellow


Last updated August 16, 2000