Billie Holiday – Billie Holiday at Jazz at the Philharmonic

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Billie Holiday at Jazz at the Philharmonic (MG C-169) is a live album by jazz singer Billie Holiday, originally recorded on February 12, 1945 and October 3, 1946 at the Jazz at the Philharmonic concert at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, and at Carnegie Hall on June 3, 1946.

Track listing:
“Body and Soul” (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) – 3:24
“Strange Fruit” (Abel Meeropol as Lewis Allan) – 3:01
“Trav’lin’ Light (Trummy Young, Jimmy Mundy, Johnny Mercer) – 3:28
“He’s Funny That Way” (Richard Whiting, Neil Moret) – 2:56
“The Man I Love” (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:04
“Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good to You” (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) – 2:19
“All of Me” (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) – 1:55
“Billie’s Blues (Billie Holiday) – 3:39

Personnel:
February 12, 1945 (Tracks 1 & 2)
Billie Holiday, vocals
Lester Young, tenor sax
Illinois Jacquet, tenor sax
George Auld, alto sax
Buck Clayton, trumpet
Ken Kersey, piano
Tiny Grimes, guitar
JC Heard, drums
Al McKibbon, bass [2]

October 7, 1946 (Tracks 3 & 4)
Billie Holiday, vocals
Illinois Jacquet, tenor sax
Trummy Young, trombone
Howard McGhee, trumpet
Ken Kersey, piano
Barney Kessel, guitar
Jack Mills, drums
Charlie Drayton, bass [3]

June 3, 1946 (Tracks 5-8)
same as February 12, 1945 personnel.