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Billie Holiday at Jazz at the Philharmonic

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. The recording was released in 1954 by Clef Records.

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Jazz at the Philharmonic, or JATP, was the title of a series of jazz concerts, tours and recordings produced by Norman Granz from 1944 through 1983. Billie Holiday would go on to perform at Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts numerous times, even joining the troupe in 1954.

Billie Holiday at Jazz at the Philharmonic was originally released as a 10-inch LP in 1954, her fourth LP for Norman Granz's Clef label. After the 10-inch form was discontinued, the 8 tracks would be rereleased as parts of various compilations, including the 10-CD box set The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945–1959.

Critical reception

Jack Tracy, editor of DownBeat, praised the album in a contemporary review:

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) - 3:24
  2. "Strange Fruit" (Abel Meeropol as Lewis Allan) - 3:01
  3. "Trav'lin' Light" (Trummy Young, Jimmy Mundy, Johnny Mercer) - 3:28
  4. "He's Funny That Way" (Richard Whiting, Neil Moret) - 2:56

Side two

  1. "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:04
  2. "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) - 2:19
  3. "All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) - 1:55
  4. "Billie's Blues" (Billie Holiday) - 3:39

Personnel

February 12, 1945 (tracks 1–2)

Billie Holiday, vocals <br>Lester Young, tenor sax <br>Illinois Jacquet, tenor sax <br>George Auld, alto sax <br>Buck Clayton, trumpet <br>Ken Kersey, piano <br>Tiny Grimes, guitar <br>JC Heard, drums <br>Al McKibbon, bass

October 7, 1946 (tracks 3–4)

Billie Holiday, vocals <br>Illinois Jacquet, tenor sax <br>Trummy Young, trombone <br>Howard McGhee, trumpet <br>Ken Kersey, piano <br>Barney Kessel, guitar <br>Jack Mills, drums <br>Charlie Drayton, bass

June 3, 1946 (tracks 5–8)

Same as February 12, 1945, personnel.

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