An Evening with Billie Holiday


An Evening with Billie Holiday is the second 10-inch LP studio album by jazz singer Billie Holiday, released by Clef Records in 1953.
In 1956, when the 10-inch format was phased out, the album was reissued by Clef with the same artwork, and seven of the eight tracks, as a 12-inch LP called A Recital by Billie Holiday. The track "Tenderly", was moved to another 12-inch compilation called Solitude. Five additional tracks were added that had been previously released on her third 10-inch LP, simply titled Billie Holiday.

Track listing

1953 10" LP, ''An Evening with Billie Holiday''

;A side
  1. "Stormy Weather" – 3:41
  2. "Lover Come Back to Me" – 3:36
  3. "My Man" – 2:37
  4. "He's Funny That Way" – 3:11
;B side
  1. "Yesterdays" – 3:23
  2. "I Can't Face the Music" – 3:14
  3. "Remember" - 2:34

    1956 12" LP, ''A Recital By Billie Holiday''

;A side
  1. "If the Moon Turns Green" – 2:46
  2. "Remember" - 2:34
  3. "Autumn in New York" – 3:43
  4. "My Man" – 2:37
  5. "Lover Come Back to Me" – 3:36
  6. "Stormy Weather" – 3:41
;B side
  1. "Yesterdays" – 3:11
  2. "I Can't Face the Music" – 3:14
  3. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" – 3:00
  4. "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" – 3:14
  5. "I Cried for You" – 2:27

    Personnel

The personnel of the original 10-inch "LP are from two different recording dates, with different musicians. The 12-inch LP adds one track from each of the two sessions, as well as three tracks from a 1954 session.
April 1952 Personnel
:
Billie Holiday - Vocal
Charlie Shavers - Trumpet
Flip Phillips - Tenor saxophone
Oscar Peterson - Piano
Barney Kessel - Guitar
Alvin Stoller - Drums
Ray Brown - Bass
July 27, 1952 Personnel
:
Billie Holiday - Vocal
Joe Newman - Trumpet
Paul Quinichette - Tenor Saxophone
Oscar Peterson - Piano
Freddie Green - Guitar
Gus Johnson - Drums
Ray Brown - Bass
April 14, 1954 Recordings

Billie Holiday - Vocal
Charlie Shavers - Trumpet
Oscar Peterson - Piano
Herb Ellis - Guitar
Ed Shaughnessy - Drums
Ray Brown - Bass