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 (859), John W. Green (112), Johnny Green (112), Billie Holiday (173), Jimmy McHugh (230), Herbie Nichols, Richard Rodgers (1285), Sigmund Romberg (190), Ann Ronell [1] (17), Harry M. Woods (6), Maurice Yvain (21)
Lyrics: Jacques Charles (4), Jaques Charles, Frank Eyton (17), Dorothy Fields (369), Ira Gershwin (709), Oscar Hammerstein II (902), Lorenz Hart (598), Edward Heyman (66), Billie Holiday (173), Sid Kuller (14), Frank Mandel (20), Channing Pollack (4) — English adaption, 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 (3)

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: 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