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| 1 | 1 | Body and Soul (live at Philharmonic Hall, Los Angeles, 1945) | ♡ | 3:24 | Frank Eyton / Robert Sour / Edward Heyman / Johnny Green | |
| 1 | 2 | Strange Fruit (live at Philharmonic Hall, Los Angeles, 1945) | ♡ | 2:56 | Lewis Allan | |
| 1 | 3 | I Cried for You (live at Carnegie Hall/1946) | ♡ | 2:18 | Abe Lyman / Gus Arnheim / Arthur Freed | |
| 1 | 4 | Fine and Mellow (live at Carnegie Hall/1946) | ♡ | 3:51 | Billie Holiday | |
| 1 | 5 | He’s Funny That Way (live at Carnegie Hall/1946) | ♡ | 3:17 | Neil Moret / Richard A. Whiting | |
| 1 | 6 | The Man I Love (live at Carnegie Hall, 1946) | ♡ | 3:04 | Ira Gershwin / George Gershwin | |
| 1 | 7 | Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good to You? (live at Carnegie Hall, 1946) | ♡ | 2:20 | Andy Razaf / Don Redman | |
| 1 | 8 | All of Me (live at Carnegie Hall, 1946) | ♡ | 1:56 | Gerald Marks / Seymour Simons | |
| 1 | 9 | Billie’s Blues (aka “I Love My Man”) | ♡ | 3:36 | Billie Holiday | |
| 1 | 10 | Travelin’ Light (live at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1946) | ♡ | 3:28 | Trummy Young / Jimmy Mundy / Johnny Mercer | |
| 1 | 11 | He’s Funny That Way (live at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1946) | ♡ | 2:51 | Neil Moret / Richard A. Whiting | |
| 1 | 12 | Norman Granz Announcement (live at Carnegie Hall/1947) | ♡ | 0:09 | Not Applicable | Norman Granz |
| 1 | 13 | You Better Go Now (live at Carnegie Hall/1947) | ♡ | 2:56 | Bickley Reichner / Irvin Graham | |
| 1 | 14 | You’re Driving Me Crazy (live at Carnegie Hall/1947) | ♡ | 1:30 | Walter Donaldson | |
| 1 | 15 | (There Is) No Greater Love (live at Carnegie Hall/1947) | ♡ | 2:34 | Marty Symes / Isham Jones | |
| 1 | 16 | I Cover the Waterfront (live at Carnegie Hall/1947) | ♡ | 2:58 | Edward Heyman / Johnny Green | |
| 1 | 17 | Norman Granz Announcement of Billie Holiday and Intermission (live at Carnegie Hall/1947) | ♡ | 0:24 | Norman Granz | |
| 1 | 18 | East of the Sun (West of the Moon) | ♡ | 2:54 | Brooks Bowman | |
| 1 | 19 | Blue Moon | ♡ | 3:28 | Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart | |
| 1 | 20 | You Go to My Head | ♡ | 2:55 | J. Fred Coots / Haven Gillespie | |
| 1 | 21 | You Turned the Tables on Me | ♡ | 3:26 | Sidney Mitchell / Louis Alter | |
| 1 | 22 | Easy to Love | ♡ | 3:00 | Cole Porter | |
| 1 | 23 | These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) | ♡ | 3:34 | Jack Strachey / Harry Link / Eric Maschwitz | |
| 1 | 24 | I Only Have Eyes for You | ♡ | 2:52 | Harry Warren / Al Dubin | |
| 1 | 25 | Solitude | ♡ | 3:29 | Irving Mills / Eddie DeLange / Duke Ellington | |
| 2 | 1 | Everything I Have Is Yours (10″ version) | ♡ | 3:45 | Burton Lane / Harold Adamson | |
| 2 | 2 | Love for Sale | ♡ | 2:57 | Cole Porter | |
| 2 | 3 | Moonglow | ♡ | 2:58 | Will Hudson / Irving Mills / Eddie DeLange | |
| 2 | 4 | Tenderly | ♡ | 3:23 | Walter Gross / Jack Lawrence | |
| 2 | 5 | If the Moon Turns Green | ♡ | 2:46 | Paul Coates / Bernie Hanighen | |
| 2 | 6 | Remember | ♡ | 2:35 | Irving Berlin | |
| 2 | 7 | Autumn in New York (common take — LP) | ♡ | 3:42 | Vernon Duke | |
| 2 | 8 | Autumn in New York (rare take — 78) | ♡ | 3:53 | Vernon Duke | |
| 2 | 9 | My Man | ♡ | 2:37 | Maurice Yvain / Albert Willemetz / Jacques Charles | |
| 2 | 10 | Lover, Come Back to Me | ♡ | 3:35 | Sigmund Romberg / Frank Mandel / Oscar Hammerstein II | |
| 2 | 11 | Stormy Weather | ♡ | 3:42 | Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler | |
| 2 | 12 | Yesterdays | ♡ | 2:50 | Otto Harbach / Jerome Kern | |
| 2 | 13 | He’s Funny That Way | ♡ | 3:12 | Neil Moret / Richard A. Whiting | |
| 2 | 14 | I Can’t Face the Music | ♡ | 3:14 | Rube Bloom / Ted Koehler | |
| 2 | 15 | MC and Leonard Feather Announcements (live at Jazz Club USA, Cologne / 1954) | ♡ | 0:38 | Leonard Feather / Billie Holiday | |
| 2 | 16 | Blue Moon (live at Jazz Club USA, Cologne / 1954) | ♡ | 2:05 | Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart | |
| 2 | 17 | All of Me (live at Jazz Club USA, Cologne / 1954) | ♡ | 1:43 | Gerald Marks / Seymour Simons | |
| 2 | 18 | My Man (live at Jazz Club USA, Cologne / 1954) | ♡ | 2:52 | Maurice Yvain / Albert Willemetz / Jacques Charles | |
| 2 | 19 | Them There Eyes (live at Jazz Club USA, Cologne / 1954) | ♡ | 1:28 | William Tracey / Maceo Pinkard / Doris Tauber | |
| 2 | 20 | I Cried for You (live at Jazz Club USA, Cologne / 1954) | ♡ | 3:08 | Abe Lyman / Gus Arnheim / Arthur Freed | |
| 2 | 21 | What a Little Moonlight Can Do (live at Jazz Club USA, Cologne / 1954) | ♡ | 2:41 | Harry M. Woods | |
| 2 | 22 | I Cover the Waterfront (live at Jazz Club USA, Cologne / 1954) | ♡ | 3:17 | Edward Heyman / Johnny Green | |
| 2 | 23 | Leonard Feather Announcement (live at Jazz Club USA, Cologne / 1954) | ♡ | 0:21 | Leonard Feather | |
| 2 | 24 | Billie’s Blues (aka “I Love My Man”) | ♡ | 11:39 | Billie Holiday | |
| 3 | 1 | Lover, Come Back to Me (live at Jazz Club USA, Cologne / 1954) | ♡ | 6:46 | Sigmund Romberg / Frank Mandel / Oscar Hammerstein II | |
| 3 | 2 | How Deep Is the Ocean? | ♡ | 2:57 | Irving Berlin | |
| 3 | 3 | What a Little Moonlight Can Do | ♡ | 3:10 | Harry M. Woods | |
| 3 | 4 | I Cried for You | ♡ | 2:26 | Abe Lyman / Gus Arnheim / Arthur Freed | |
| 3 | 5 | Love Me or Leave Me | ♡ | 2:33 | Walter Donaldson / Gus Kahn | |
| 3 | 6 | P.S. I Love You | ♡ | 3:35 | Gordon Jenkins / Johnny Mercer | |
| 3 | 7 | Too Marvelous for Words | ♡ | 2:11 | Richard A. Whiting / Johnny Mercer | |
| 3 | 8 | Softly | ♡ | 2:55 | Eddie Beal / Joe Greene | |
| 3 | 9 | I Thought About You | ♡ | 2:45 | Jimmy Van Heusen / Johnny Mercer | |
| 3 | 10 | Willow Weep for Me | ♡ | 3:05 | Ann Ronell | |
| 3 | 11 | Stormy Blues (single version) | ♡ | 3:26 | Billie Holiday | |
| 3 | 12 | Say It Isn’t So (1955 “Stay With Me” version) | ♡ | 3:01 | Irving Berlin | |
| 3 | 13 | I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm | ♡ | 3:56 | Irving Berlin | |
| 3 | 14 | I Wishedon on the Moon | ♡ | 6:48 | Dorothy Parker / Ralph Rainger | |
| 3 | 15 | Always | ♡ | 3:57 | Irving Berlin | |
| 3 | 16 | Everything Happens to Me | ♡ | 6:20 | Tom Adair / Matt Dennis | |
| 3 | 17 | Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me (1955 “Stay With Me” version) | ♡ | 5:00 | Duke Ellington / Bob Russell | |
| 3 | 18 | Ain’t Misbehavin’ (I’m Savin’ My Love for You) | ♡ | 4:39 | Andy Razaf / Fats Waller / Harry Brooks | |
| 4 | 1 | Nice Work If You Can Get It | ♡ | 4:05 | Ira Gershwin / George Gershwin | |
| 4 | 2 | Discussion: Nice Work If You Can Get It | ♡ | 0:40 | Billie Holiday / Jimmy Rowles / Arthur “Artie” Shapiro | |
| 4 | 3 | Mandy Is Two | ♡ | 4:31 | Fulton McGrath / Johnny Mercer | |
| 4 | 4 | Prelude to a Kiss | ♡ | 2:46 | Irving Gordon / Irving Mills / Duke Ellington | |
| 4 | 5 | I Must Have That Man! | ♡ | 1:05 | Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh | |
| 4 | 6 | Jeepers Creepers | ♡ | 2:13 | Richard A. Whiting / Harry Warren / Johnny Mercer | |
| 4 | 7 | Jeepers Creepers | ♡ | 0:51 | Richard A. Whiting / Harry Warren / Johnny Mercer | |
| 4 | 8 | Discussion: Jeepers Creepers | ♡ | 3:25 | Billie Holiday / Jimmy Rowles / Arthur “Artie” Shapiro | |
| 4 | 9 | Discussion: Jeepers Creepers | ♡ | 2:27 | Billie Holiday / Jimmy Rowles / Arthur “Artie” Shapiro | |
| 4 | 10 | Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone | ♡ | 1:57 | Sam H. Stept / Sidney Clare | |
| 4 | 11 | Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone | ♡ | 2:57 | Sam H. Stept / Sidney Clare | |
| 4 | 12 | Discussion: Moonlight in Vermont | ♡ | 0:52 | Karl Suessdorf / John Blackburn | Billie Holiday / Jimmy Rowles / Arthur “Artie” Shapiro |
| 4 | 13 | Misery | ♡ | 0:36 | Tony Scott | |
| 4 | 14 | Restless | ♡ | 2:45 | Tom Satterfield / Sam Coslow | |
| 4 | 15 | Moonlight in Vermont | ♡ | 2:00 | Karl Suessdorf / John Blackburn | |
| 4 | 16 | Everything Happens to Me | ♡ | 3:26 | Tom Adair / Matt Dennis | |
| 4 | 17 | Discussion | ♡ | 0:37 | Billie Holiday / Jimmy Rowles / Arthur “Artie” Shapiro | |
| 4 | 18 | I Don’t Want to Cry Anymore | ♡ | 4:25 | Victor Schertzinger | |
| 4 | 19 | I Don’t Want to Cry Anymore | ♡ | 2:26 | Victor Schertzinger | |
| 4 | 20 | Discussion: I Don’t Want to Cry Any More | ♡ | 5:33 | Billie Holiday / Jimmy Rowles / Arthur “Artie” Shapiro | |
| 4 | 21 | Everything Happens to Me | ♡ | 2:59 | Tom Adair / Matt Dennis | |
| 4 | 22 | Discussion | ♡ | 1:48 | Billie Holiday / Jimmy Rowles / Arthur “Artie” Shapiro | |
| 4 | 23 | When You Are Away, Dear | ♡ | 1:41 | Henry Blossom / Victor Herbert | |
| 4 | 24 | Discussion | ♡ | 0:48 | Billie Holiday / Jimmy Rowles / Arthur “Artie” Shapiro | |
| 4 | 25 | It Had to Be You | ♡ | 1:55 | Gus Kahn / Isham Jones | |
| 4 | 26 | The Mood That I’m In | ♡ | 0:31 | Al Sherman / Abner Silver | |
| 4 | 27 | Gone With the Wind | ♡ | 1:36 | Allie Wrubel / Herb Magidson | |
| 4 | 28 | I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) | ♡ | 3:17 | Duke Ellington / Paul Francis Webster | |
| 4 | 29 | Discussion | ♡ | 2:31 | Billie Holiday / Jimmy Rowles / Arthur “Artie” Shapiro | |
| 4 | 30 | A Sunbonnet Blue (And a Little Straw Hat) | ♡ | 0:06 | Sammy Fain / Irving Kahal | |
| 4 | 31 | I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You | ♡ | 1:33 | Ned Washington / Bing Crosby / Victor Young | |
| 4 | 32 | Discussion | ♡ | 2:14 | Billie Holiday / Jimmy Rowles / Arthur “Artie” Shapiro | |
| 4 | 33 | I’m Walkin’ Through Heaven With You | ♡ | 2:05 | Rozz Gordon / Joe Turner | |
| 4 | 34 | Discussion | ♡ | 0:42 | Billie Holiday / Jimmy Rowles / Arthur “Artie” Shapiro | |
| 4 | 35 | Just Friends | ♡ | 1:01 | Sam M. Lewis / John Klenner | |
| 4 | 36 | The Nearness of You | ♡ | 1:04 | Ned Washington / Hoagy Carmichael | |
| 4 | 37 | Discussion | ♡ | 0:27 | Billie Holiday / Jimmy Rowles / Arthur “Artie” Shapiro | |
| 4 | 38 | It’s Too Hot for Words | ♡ | 0:21 | Walter G. Samuels / Leonard Whitcup / Teddy Powell | |
| 4 | 39 | They Say | ♡ | 2:25 | Stephan Weiss / Paul Mann / Edward Heyman | |
| 4 | 40 | I Won’t Believe It | ♡ | 0:20 | J. Russel Robinson / Victor Selsman / Martin Block | |
| 5 | 1 | I Don’t Want to Cry Anymore (take 1 / false start) | ♡ | 0:29 | Victor Schertzinger | |
| 5 | 2 | I Don’t Want to Cry Anymore (take 2 / master take) | ♡ | 3:54 | Victor Schertzinger | |
| 5 | 3 | Studio Talk; Prelude to a Kiss No. 1 | ♡ | 0:14 | Billie Holiday / Harry “Sweets” Edison / Benny Carter / Jimmy Rowles / Barney Kessel / John Simmons / Larry Bunker | |
| 5 | 4 | Studio Talk; Prelude to a Kiss No. 2 | ♡ | 0:51 | Billie Holiday / Harry “Sweets” Edison / Benny Carter / Jimmy Rowles / Barney Kessel / John Simmons / Larry Bunker | |
| 5 | 5 | Prelude to a Kiss (take 3 — master take) | ♡ | 5:33 | Irving Gordon / Irving Mills / Duke Ellington | |
| 5 | 6 | I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You | ♡ | 4:26 | Ned Washington / Bing Crosby / Victor Young | |
| 5 | 7 | When Your Lover Has Gone (take 1 — incomplete) | ♡ | 0:49 | Einar Aaron Swan | |
| 5 | 8 | Studio Talk; When Your Lover Has Gone (take 2 — incomplete) | ♡ | 1:00 | Billie Holiday / Harry “Sweets” Edison / Benny Carter / Jimmy Rowles / Barney Kessel / John Simmons / Larry Bunker | |
| 5 | 9 | Studio Talk No. 1 | ♡ | 0:22 | Billie Holiday / Harry “Sweets” Edison / Benny Carter / Jimmy Rowles / Barney Kessel / John Simmons / Larry Bunker | |
| 5 | 10 | When Your Lover Has Gone (take 3 — master take) | ♡ | 4:56 | Einar Aaron Swan | |
| 5 | 11 | Gone With the Wind | ♡ | 3:23 | Allie Wrubel / Herb Magidson | |
| 5 | 12 | Studio Talk No. 2 | ♡ | 0:10 | Billie Holiday / Harry “Sweets” Edison / Benny Carter / Jimmy Rowles / Barney Kessel / John Simmons / Larry Bunker | |
| 5 | 13 | Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone | ♡ | 4:19 | Sam H. Stept / Sidney Clare | |
| 5 | 14 | It Had to Be You | ♡ | 4:01 | Gus Kahn / Isham Jones | |
| 5 | 15 | Studio Talk No. 3 | ♡ | 0:08 | Billie Holiday / Harry “Sweets” Edison / Benny Carter / Jimmy Rowles / Barney Kessel / John Simmons / Larry Bunker | |
| 5 | 16 | Nice Work If You Can Get It | ♡ | 3:47 | Ira Gershwin / George Gershwin | |
| 5 | 17 | Come Rain or Come Shine | ♡ | 4:23 | Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer | |
| 5 | 18 | I Got a Right to Sing the Blues | ♡ | 5:52 | Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler | |
| 5 | 19 | What’s New | ♡ | 4:17 | Bob Haggart / Johnny Burke | |
| 5 | 20 | A Fine Romance (take 1 — incomplete) | ♡ | 0:47 | Jerome Kern / Dorothy Fields | |
| 5 | 21 | A Fine Romance (take 2 — alternate) | ♡ | 2:44 | Jerome Kern / Dorothy Fields | |
| 5 | 22 | A Fine Romance (take 3 — false start) | ♡ | 0:18 | Jerome Kern / Dorothy Fields | |
| 5 | 23 | A Fine Romance (take 4 — incomplete) | ♡ | 1:16 | Jerome Kern / Dorothy Fields | |
| 5 | 24 | A Fine Romance (take 5 — incomplete) | ♡ | 3:18 | Jerome Kern / Dorothy Fields | |
| 5 | 25 | A Fine Romance (take 6 — false start) | ♡ | 0:26 | Jerome Kern / Dorothy Fields | |
| 5 | 26 | A Fine Romance (take 7 — incomplete) | ♡ | 3:12 | Jerome Kern / Dorothy Fields | |
| 5 | 27 | A Fine Romance (take 8 — master take) | ♡ | 3:32 | Jerome Kern / Dorothy Fields | |
| 5 | 28 | Studio Talk No. 4 | ♡ | 0:06 | Billie Holiday / Harry “Sweets” Edison / Benny Carter / Jimmy Rowles / Barney Kessel / John Simmons / Larry Bunker | |
| 5 | 29 | I Hadn’t Anyone Till You | ♡ | 4:03 | Ray Noble | |
| 6 | 1 | I Get a Kick Out of You | ♡ | 5:40 | Cole Porter | |
| 6 | 2 | Everything I Have Is Yours | ♡ | 4:30 | Burton Lane / Harold Adamson | |
| 6 | 3 | Isn’t This a Lovely Day? | ♡ | 4:12 | Irving Berlin | |
| 6 | 4 | Discussion: Misery | ♡ | 1:26 | Tony Scott | Billie Holiday / Tony Scott / William Dufty / Maely Dufty / Maely Daniele Dufty |
| 6 | 5 | Israel | ♡ | 2:18 | Arthur Herzog, Jr. / Tony Scott | |
| 6 | 6 | Misery | ♡ | 4:39 | Tony Scott | |
| 6 | 7 | Discussion | ♡ | 1:16 | Billie Holiday / Tony Scott / William Dufty / Maely Dufty / Maely Daniele Dufty | |
| 6 | 8 | I Must Have That Man! | ♡ | 6:29 | Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh | |
| 6 | 9 | Discussion | ♡ | 0:28 | Billie Holiday / Tony Scott / William Dufty / Maely Dufty / Maely Daniele Dufty | |
| 6 | 10 | Strange Fruit | ♡ | 5:48 | Lewis Allan | |
| 6 | 11 | Discussion: God Bless the Child | ♡ | 5:50 | Arthur Herzog, Jr. / Billie Holiday | Billie Holiday / Tony Scott / William Dufty / Maely Dufty / Maely Daniele Dufty |
| 6 | 12 | Discussion | ♡ | 1:16 | Billie Holiday / Tony Scott / William Dufty / Maely Dufty / Maely Daniele Dufty | |
| 6 | 13 | God Bless the Child | ♡ | 3:15 | Arthur Herzog, Jr. / Billie Holiday / Rob Mounsey | |
| 6 | 14 | God Bless the Child | ♡ | 1:08 | Arthur Herzog, Jr. / Billie Holiday | |
| 6 | 15 | Discussion | ♡ | 0:34 | Billie Holiday / Tony Scott / William Dufty / Maely Dufty / Maely Daniele Dufty | |
| 6 | 16 | God Bless the Child | ♡ | 3:35 | Arthur Herzog, Jr. / Billie Holiday | |
| 6 | 17 | One Never Knows, Does One? | ♡ | 2:07 | Mack Gordon / Harry Revel | |
| 6 | 18 | Discussion | ♡ | 2:00 | Billie Holiday / Tony Scott / William Dufty / Maely Dufty / Maely Daniele Dufty | |
| 6 | 19 | The Beer Barrel Polka | ♡ | 1:19 | Eduard Ingriš / Jaromír Vejvoda | |
| 6 | 20 | Some of These Days | ♡ | 1:03 | Spencer Williams / Shelton Brooks | |
| 6 | 21 | A Yiddishe Momme | ♡ | 0:39 | Lew Pollack / Jack Yellen | |
| 6 | 22 | A Yiddishe Momme | ♡ | 2:16 | Lew Pollack / Jack Yellen | |
| 6 | 23 | Discussion | ♡ | 0:42 | Billie Holiday / Tony Scott / William Dufty / Maely Dufty / Maely Daniele Dufty | |
| 6 | 24 | Lady’s Back in Town | ♡ | 2:36 | Tony Scott | |
| 6 | 25 | Discussion | ♡ | 4:32 | Billie Holiday / Tony Scott / William Dufty / Maely Dufty / Maely Daniele Dufty | |
| 6 | 26 | Discussion | ♡ | 1:13 | Billie Holiday / Tony Scott / William Dufty / Maely Dufty / Maely Daniele Dufty | |
| 6 | 27 | One Never Knows, Does One? | ♡ | 2:39 | Mack Gordon / Harry Revel | |
| 6 | 28 | Discussion | ♡ | 1:19 | Billie Holiday / Tony Scott / William Dufty / Maely Dufty / Maely Daniele Dufty | |
| 6 | 29 | (Unknown Title) | ♡ | 1:54 | The Unknown DJ | |
| 7 | 1 | Trav’lin Light | ♡ | 3:08 | Trummy Young / Jimmy Mundy / Johnny Mercer | |
| 7 | 2 | I Must Have That Man! | ♡ | 3:04 | Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh | |
| 7 | 3 | Some Other Spring | ♡ | 3:36 | Arthur Herzog, Jr. / Irene Kitchings | |
| 7 | 4 | Lady Sings the Blues | ♡ | 3:44 | Herbie Nichols / Billie Holiday | |
| 7 | 5 | Strange Fruit | ♡ | 3:02 | Lewis Allan | |
| 7 | 6 | God Bless the Child (1956 version) | ♡ | 3:58 | Arthur Herzog, Jr. / Billie Holiday | |
| 7 | 7 | Good Morning Heartache | ♡ | 3:29 | Dan Fisher / Irene Higginbotham / Ervin Drake | |
| 7 | 8 | No Good Man | ♡ | 3:18 | Dan Fisher / Irene Higginbotham / Sammy Gallop | |
| 7 | 9 | Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me (1956 version) | ♡ | 4:13 | Duke Ellington / Bob Russell | |
| 7 | 10 | Cheek to Cheek | ♡ | 3:35 | Irving Berlin | |
| 7 | 11 | Ill Wind | ♡ | 6:15 | Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler | |
| 7 | 12 | Speak Low | ♡ | 4:26 | Kurt Weill / Ogden Nash | |
| 7 | 13 | We’ll Be Together Again | ♡ | 4:24 | Carl Fischer / Frankie Laine | |
| 7 | 14 | All or Nothing at All | ♡ | 5:39 | Jack Lawrence / Arthur Altman | |
| 7 | 15 | Sophisticated Lady | ♡ | 4:49 | Irving Mills / Mitchell Parish / Duke Ellington | |
| 7 | 16 | April in Paris | ♡ | 3:03 | Yip Harburg / Vernon Duke | |
| 8 | 1 | Lady Sings the Blues With Reading From Lady Sings the Blues (live at Carnegie Hall / 1956) | ♡ | 2:53 | Herbie Nichols / Billie Holiday | Billie Holiday / Gilbert Millstein |
| 8 | 2 | Lady Sings the Blues (live at Carnegie Hall, 1956) | ♡ | 2:38 | Herbie Nichols / Billie Holiday | |
| 8 | 3 | Ain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do (live at Carnegie Hall, 1956) | ♡ | 2:31 | Porter Grainger / Everett Robbins | |
| 8 | 4 | Trav’lin Light With Reading From Lady Sings the Blues | ♡ | 0:44 | Trummy Young / Jimmy Mundy / Johnny Mercer | Billie Holiday / Gilbert Millstein |
| 8 | 5 | Reading From Lady Sings the Blues No. 3 | ♡ | 2:06 | Billie Holiday | Billie Holiday / Gilbert Millstein |
| 8 | 6 | Billie’s Blues (aka “I Love My Man”) | ♡ | 3:20 | Billie Holiday | |
| 8 | 7 | Body and Soul (live at Carnegie Hall, 1956) | ♡ | 2:39 | Frank Eyton / Robert Sour / Edward Heyman / Johnny Green | |
| 8 | 8 | Reading From Lady Sings the Blues No. 4 | ♡ | 0:55 | Billie Holiday | Billie Holiday / Gilbert Millstein |
| 8 | 9 | Don’t Explain (live at Carnegie Hall / 1956) | ♡ | 2:26 | Arthur Herzog, Jr. / Billie Holiday | |
| 8 | 10 | Yesterdays (live at Carnegie Hall, 1956) | ♡ | 1:16 | Otto Harbach / Jerome Kern | |
| 8 | 11 | Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone (live at Carnegie Hall, 1956) | ♡ | 1:43 | Sam H. Stept / Sidney Clare | |
| 8 | 12 | I’ll Be Seeing You (live at Carnegie Hall, 1956) | ♡ | 2:28 | Sammy Fain / Irving Kahal | |
| 8 | 13 | Reading From Lady Sings the Blues No. 5 | ♡ | 2:50 | Billie Holiday | Billie Holiday / Gilbert Millstein |
| 8 | 14 | My Man (live at Carnegie Hall, 1956) | ♡ | 3:13 | Maurice Yvain / Albert Willemetz / Jacques Charles | |
| 8 | 15 | I Cried for You (live at Carnegie Hall, 1956) | ♡ | 3:09 | Abe Lyman / Gus Arnheim / Arthur Freed | |
| 8 | 16 | Fine and Mellow (live at Carnegie Hall, 1956) | ♡ | 3:15 | Billie Holiday | |
| 8 | 17 | I Cover the Waterfront (live at Carnegie Hall, 1956) | ♡ | 3:46 | Edward Heyman / Johnny Green | |
| 8 | 18 | What a Little Moonlight Can Do (live at Carnegie Hall, 1956) | ♡ | 2:49 | Harry M. Woods | |
| 8 | 19 | I Wished on the Moon | ♡ | 3:25 | Dorothy Parker / Ralph Rainger | |
| 8 | 20 | Moonlight in Vermont | ♡ | 3:49 | Karl Suessdorf / John Blackburn | |
| 8 | 21 | A Foggy Day | ♡ | 4:40 | Ira Gershwin / George Gershwin | |
| 8 | 22 | I Didn’t Know What Time It Was | ♡ | 5:59 | Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart | |
| 8 | 23 | Just One of Those Things (take 7 — incomplete) | ♡ | 0:25 | Cole Porter | |
| 8 | 24 | Studio Talk No. 5 | ♡ | 0:47 | Billie Holiday / Harry “Sweets” Edison / Ben Webster / Jimmy Rowles / Barney Kessel / Red Mitchell / Alvin Stoller | |
| 8 | 25 | Just One of Those Things (take 8 — master take) | ♡ | 5:31 | Cole Porter | |
| 8 | 26 | Studio Talk No. 6 | ♡ | 0:29 | Billie Holiday / Harry “Sweets” Edison / Ben Webster / Jimmy Rowles / Barney Kessel / Red Mitchell / Alvin Stoller | |
| 8 | 27 | Comes Love (take 1 — alternate) | ♡ | 3:58 | Sam H. Stept / Charles Tobias / Lew Brown | |
| 8 | 28 | Comes Love (take 2 — false start) | ♡ | 0:36 | Sam H. Stept / Charles Tobias / Lew Brown | |
| 8 | 29 | Comes Love (take 3 — false start) | ♡ | 0:20 | Sam H. Stept / Charles Tobias / Lew Brown | |
| 8 | 30 | Comes Love (take 4 — master take) | ♡ | 4:00 | Sam H. Stept / Charles Tobias / Lew Brown | |
| 9 | 1 | Day In Day Out | ♡ | 6:47 | Rube Bloom / Johnny Mercer | |
| 9 | 2 | Darn That Dream | ♡ | 6:19 | Jimmy Van Heusen / Eddie DeLange | |
| 9 | 3 | But Not for Me | ♡ | 3:48 | Ira Gershwin / George Gershwin | |
| 9 | 4 | Body and Soul | ♡ | 6:22 | Frank Eyton / Robert Sour / Edward Heyman / Johnny Green | |
| 9 | 5 | Studio Talk No. 7 | ♡ | 0:45 | Billie Holiday / Harry “Sweets” Edison / Ben Webster / Jimmy Rowles / Barney Kessel / Red Mitchell / Alvin Stoller | |
| 9 | 6 | Just Friends | ♡ | 6:26 | Sam M. Lewis / John Klenner | Billie Holiday / Harry “Sweets” Edison / Ben Webster / Jimmy Rowles / Barney Kessel / Alvin Stoller / Red Mitchell |
| 9 | 7 | Studio Talk No. 8 | ♡ | 0:16 | Billie Holiday / Harry “Sweets” Edison / Ben Webster / Jimmy Rowles / Barney Kessel / Red Mitchell / Alvin Stoller | |
| 9 | 8 | Stars Fell on Alabama (take 1 — incomplete) | ♡ | 0:36 | Frank Perkins / Mitchell Parish | |
| 9 | 9 | Stars Fell on Alabama | ♡ | 4:29 | Frank Perkins / Mitchell Parish | |
| 9 | 10 | Studio Talk; Say It Isn’t So (take 1 — incomplete) | ♡ | 0:25 | Billie Holiday / Harry “Sweets” Edison / Ben Webster / Jimmy Rowles / Barney Kessel / Red Mitchell / Alvin Stoller | |
| 9 | 11 | Say It Isn’t So (take 2 — master take) | ♡ | 3:16 | Irving Berlin | |
| 9 | 12 | Studio Talk; Our Love Is Here to Stay (take 1 — false start) | ♡ | 0:25 | Billie Holiday / Harry “Sweets” Edison / Ben Webster / Jimmy Rowles / Barney Kessel / Red Mitchell / Alvin Stoller | |
| 9 | 13 | Our Love Is Here to Stay (take 2 — master take) | ♡ | 3:42 | Ira Gershwin / George Gershwin | |
| 9 | 14 | Studio Talk; One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) (take 1 — false start) | ♡ | 0:28 | Billie Holiday / Harry “Sweets” Edison / Ben Webster / Jimmy Rowles / Barney Kessel / Red Mitchell / Alvin Stoller | |
| 9 | 15 | One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) (take 2 — incomplete) | ♡ | 1:56 | Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer | |
| 9 | 16 | One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) | ♡ | 5:39 | Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer | |
| 9 | 17 | They Can’t Take That Away From Me | ♡ | 4:10 | Ira Gershwin / George Gershwin | |
| 9 | 18 | Embraceable You | ♡ | 6:47 | Ira Gershwin / George Gershwin | |
| 9 | 19 | Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off | ♡ | 3:24 | Ira Gershwin / George Gershwin | |
| 9 | 20 | Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You | ♡ | 5:38 | Andy Razaf / Don Redman | |
| 10 | 1 | Announcement by Willis Conover (live at the Newport Jazz Festival/1957) | ♡ | 0:54 | Spoken Word | Willis Conover |
| 10 | 2 | Announcement by Johnny Mercer (live at the Newport Jazz Festival/1957) | ♡ | 0:42 | Spoken Word | Johnny Mercer |
| 10 | 3 | Fanfare From Oh, Lady Be Good (live at the Newport Jazz Festival/1957) | ♡ | 0:11 | Ira Gershwin / George Gershwin | Billie Holiday / Mal Waldron / Joe Benjamin / Jo Jones |
| 10 | 4 | Nice Work If You Can Get It (live at the Newport Jazz Festival, 1957) | ♡ | 2:39 | Ira Gershwin / George Gershwin | |
| 10 | 5 | Willow Weep for Me (live at the Newport Jazz Festival, 1957) | ♡ | 3:08 | Ann Ronell | |
| 10 | 6 | My Man (live at the Newport Jazz Festival, 1957) | ♡ | 3:30 | Maurice Yvain / Albert Willemetz / Jacques Charles | |
| 10 | 7 | Lover, Come Back to Me (live at the Newport Jazz Festival, 1957) | ♡ | 2:06 | Sigmund Romberg / Frank Mandel / Oscar Hammerstein II | |
| 10 | 8 | Lady Sings the Blues (live at the Newport Jazz Festival, 1957) | ♡ | 3:00 | Herbie Nichols / Billie Holiday | |
| 10 | 9 | What a Little Moonlight Can Do (live at the Newport Jazz Festival, 1957) | ♡ | 2:54 | Harry M. Woods | |
| 10 | 10 | Fanfare From Oh, Lady Be Good With Conover Announcement (live at the Newport Jazz Festival/1957) | ♡ | 0:19 | Ira Gershwin / George Gershwin | Billie Holiday / Mal Waldron / Joe Benjamin / Jo Jones / Willis Conover |
| 10 | 11 | Announcement by Leonard Feather (live From Seven Ages of Jazz Festival/1958) | ♡ | 0:47 | Spoken Word | Billie Holiday / Leonard Feather |
| 10 | 12 | I Wished on the Moon (live From Seven Ages of Jazz Festival/1958) | ♡ | 2:43 | Dorothy Parker / Ralph Rainger | |
| 10 | 13 | Lover Man (live From Seven Ages of Jazz Festival /1958) | ♡ | 3:01 | Jimmy Sherman / Roger “Ram” Ramirez / Jimmy Davis | |
| 10 | 14 | All the Way | ♡ | 3:23 | Sammy Cahn / Jimmy Van Heusen / Ray Ellis | Billie Holiday / Ray Ellis & His Orchestra |
| 10 | 15 | It’s Not for Me to Say | ♡ | 2:26 | Robert Allen / Al Stillman | |
| 10 | 16 | I’ll Never Smile Again | ♡ | 3:23 | Ruth Lowe | Billie Holiday / Ray Ellis & His Orchestra |
| 10 | 17 | Just One More Chance | ♡ | 3:44 | Sam Coslow / Arthur Johnston | Billie Holiday / Ray Ellis & His Orchestra |
| 10 | 18 | When It’s Sleepy Time Down South | ♡ | 4:06 | Otis René / Leon René / Clarence Muse | Billie Holiday / Ray Ellis & His Orchestra |
| 10 | 19 | Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me | ♡ | 3:08 | Rube Bloom / Ted Koehler | |
| 10 | 20 | Sometimes I’m Happy | ♡ | 2:46 | Vincent Youmans / Irving Caesar | |
| 10 | 21 | You Took Advantage of Me | ♡ | 3:08 | Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart | Billie Holiday / Ray Ellis & His Orchestra |
| 10 | 22 | There’ll Be Some Changes Made | ♡ | 2:52 | Billy Higgins / W. Benton Overstreet | |
| 10 | 23 | ’Deed I Do | ♡ | 2:14 | Fred Rose / Walter Hirsch | |
| 10 | 24 | All of You | ♡ | 2:31 | Cole Porter | |
| 10 | 25 | Baby Won’t You Please Come Home | ♡ | 3:04 | Charles Warfield / Clarence Williams |
Links
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- AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/album/MW0000096919
Credits
Engineer — Andrew Nicholas, Joseph M. Palmaccio, Patrick Ryan, Rick Rowe, Suha Gur, Tom Ruff Executive-Producer — Michael Lang, Richard Seidel Supervised By — Norman Granz Vocals — Billie Holiday
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