Ella Fitzgerald & Billie Holiday At Newport > Ella Fitzgerald & Billie Holiday

Recording Details

Date: July 1957
Type: Audio / Cabaret Cast
Method: Live
Language: English
Location: US / RI / Newport
Music: Vernon Duke (141), Duke Ellington (144), George Gershwin (860), John W. Green (112), Johnny Green (112), Billie Holiday (173), Jimmy McHugh (230), Herbie Nichols, Richard Rodgers (1284), Sigmund Romberg (190), Ann Ronell [1] (17), Harry M. Woods (6), Maurice Yvain (21)
Lyrics: Channing Pollack (4) — English adaption,
Jacques Charles (4), Jaques Charles, Frank Eyton (17), Dorothy Fields (368), Ira Gershwin (708), Oscar Hammerstein II (901), Lorenz Hart (597), Edward Heyman (66), Billie Holiday (173), Sid Kuller (14), Frank Mandel (20), Charles Pollock, Ann Ronell [1] (17), Laurence Schwab (11), Robert Sour (8), Paul Francis Webster (116), Albert Willemetz (31), Harry M. Woods (6)
Producer: Norman Granz (78)
Liner Notes: Bill Simon
Performer: Ella Fitzgerald (252), Billie Holiday (173)
Notes: Ella Fitzgerald accompanied by: Don Abney (piano), Wendell Marshall (Bass), Jo Jones (Drums). Recorded at Newport Jazz Festival July 4, 1957. Billie Holiday accompanied by Mal Waldren (piano), Joe Benjamin (Bass), Jo Jones (Drums. Recorded at Newport Jazz Festival July 6, 1957.
Shortcode: [r17712]

Tracks also appear on these releases / recordings

The Billie Holiday Story, Vol 1: At Jazz at the Philharmonic

Lady Sings the Blues, Lover, Come Back to Me, My Man, Nice Work If You Can Get It, What a Little Moonlight Can Do, Willow Weep for Me

Releases (7)

Format: LP
Label: Verve MG VS-6022
Released: 1957
Audio: Stereo
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History: 1 Revisions
Shortcode: [rl25711]

	Side A:
	The Ella Fitzgerald Set
1.	This Can't Be Love song from The Boys from Syracuse
2.	I've Got It Bad and That Ain't Good song from Jump for Joy
3.	Body and Soul song from Three's a Crowd
4.	April in Paris song from Walk a Little Faster
5.	I've Got a Crush on You song from Treasure Girl
6.	Airmail Special
7.	I Can't Give You Anything but Love song from Harry Delmar's Revels
	Side B:
	The Billie Holiday Set
1.	Nice Work If You Can Get It song from A Damsel in Distress
2.	Willow Weep for Me
3.	My Man song from Ziegfeld Follies of 1921
4.	Lover, Come Back to Me song from The New Moon
5.	Lady Sings the Blues
6.	What a Little Moonlight Can Do

Format: CD
Label: Essential Jazz Classics
Released: 2016-04-08
Barcode: 8436542019156
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Also Contains: Rhythm Is My Business - 1962 Ella Fitzgerald
Notes: Tracks 14-23 from ELLA FITZGERALD & BILLIE HOLIDAY AT NEWPORT.
# Tracks: 23
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History: 2 Revisions
Shortcode: [rl61845]

1. Rough Ridin 2:55
2. Broadway 2:46
3. You Can Depend on Me 3:35
4. Runnin Wild 2:43
5. Show Me the Way to Get Out of This World (Cause That's Where Everything Is) 2:45
6. I'll Always Be in Love with You 2:53
7. Hallelujah, I Love Him So 2:37
8. I Can't Face the Music (Without Singing the Blues) 5:04
9. No Moon at All 2:39
10. Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside) 4:56
11. After You've Gone 4:11
12. Taking a Chance on Love 2:38
13. If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight) 2:42
14. This Can't Be Love 1:44
15. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) 4:27
16. Body and Soul 4:28
17. Too Close for Comfort 2:29
18. Lullaby of Birdland 2:23
19. I've Got a Crush on You 2:26
20. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter 2:26
21. April in Paris 4:02
22. Air Mail Special 4:34
23. I Can't Give You Anything But Love 5:09

Title: Six Classic Albums Vol. 3
Format: 4-CD
Label: Real Gone
Released: 2014-05-16
Barcode: 5036408162328
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Also Contains: Ella & Louis - 1956 Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
Ella & Louis Again - 1957 Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
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History: 2 Revisions
Shortcode: [rl44762]

Format: CD
Label: Verve 000952302
Released: 2007-08-07
Barcode: 602517416062
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Shortcode: [rl25708]

Format: CD
Label: Polygram 559809
Released: 2000-03-07
Barcode: 731455980929
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Performer: Carmen McRae (78)
Liner Notes: William Ruhlmann (2)
Notes: Three Ella Fitzgerald tracks (4, 5, and 7) and the Carmen McRae set (July 5 at Newport) were added to this CD release. The Ella Fitzgerald tracks on this release are taken from the monaural tapes.
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Shortcode: [rl25707]

The Ella Fitzgerald Set
01. This Can't Be Love [THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE]
02. I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good [JUMP FOR JOY]
03. Body and Soul
04. Too Close for Comfort [MR. WONDERFUL]
05. Lullaby of Birdland
06. I've Got a Crush on You [TREASURE GIRL]
07. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
08. April in Paris [WALK A LITTLE FASTER]
09. Airmail Special
10. I Can't Give You Anything But Love [DELMAR'S REVELS]
Side B:
The Billie Holiday Set
11. Nice Work If You Can Get It [film, A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS]
12. Willow Weep for Me
13. My Man
14. Lover, Come Back to Me [THE NEW MOON]
15. Lady Sings the Blues
16. What a Little Moonlight Can Do
The Carmen McRae Set
17. I'll Remember April [film, RIDE 'EM COWBOY]
18. Body and Soul
19. McRae introduces "Skyliner"
20. Skyliner
21. McRae introduces the band and "Midnight Sun"
22. Midnight Sun
23. Love Is Here to Stay [film, THE GOLDWYN FOLLIES]
24. Perdido

Format: LP
Label: Verve MGV-8234
Released: 1957
Audio: Mono
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Shortcode: [rl25709]

Format: LP
Label: Columbia 10100
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Notes: U.K. issue.
# Tracks: 13
Lists: 1 collector / 0 wish lists
Shortcode: [rl25687]

Side A:
The Fitzgerald Set
1. This can't be Love
2. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
3. Body And Soul
4. April In Paris
5. I've Got A Crush On You
6. Airmail Special
7. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Side B:
The Holiday Set
1. Nice Work If You Can Get It
2. Willow Weep For Me
3. My Man
4. Lover Come Back To Me
5. Lady Sings The Blues
6. What A Little Moonlight Can Do