Lady Sings the Blues

Who played on Lady Sings the Blues

• Billie Holiday vocals on 11 tracks
• Aaron Bell double bass, bass on 8 tracks
• Charlie Shavers trumpet, trombone on 8 tracks
• Kenny Burrell guitar, electric guitar on 8 tracks
• Lenny McBrowne drums (drum set) on 8 tracks
• Paul Quinichette tenor saxophone on 8 tracks
• Tony Scott clarinet on 8 tracks
• Wynton Kelly piano on 8 tracks
• Barney Kessel guitar on 3 tracks
• Bobby Tucker piano on 3 tracks
• Chico Hamilton drums (drum set) on 3 tracks
• Harry “Sweets” Edison trumpet on 3 tracks
• Red Callender double bass on 3 tracks
• Willie Smith alto saxophone on 3 tracks

Tracklist

1. A1 Lady Sings the Blues standard — Herbie Nichols 3:49
2. A2 Trav'lin' Light — Jimmy Mundy, Trummy Young 3:13
3. A3 I Must Have That Man — Jimmy McHugh 3:09
4. A4 Some Other Spring standard — Arthur Herzog, Jr., Irene Kitchings 3:43
5. A5 Strange Fruit — Lewis Allan 3:09
6. A6 No Good Man — Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham 3:27
7. B1 God Bless the Child standard — Arthur Herzog, Jr. 4:02
8. B2 Good Morning Heartache standard — Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham 3:33
9. B3 Love Me or Leave Me standard — Walter Donaldson 2:40
10. B4 Too Marvelous for Words standard — Richard A. Whiting 2:18
11. B5 Willow Weep for Me standard — Ann Ronell 3:15
12. B6 I Thought About You standard — Jimmy Van Heusen 2:52

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