[Album Review] Billie Holiday / Strange Fruit

 

 

 

Billie Holiday / Strange Fruit

 

A1.     I'll Get By     2:56

A2.     My Old Flame     2:59

A3.     Embraceable You     3:16

A4.     (Billie's Blues) I Love My Man     3:26

A5.     I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues     2:50

A6.     I Cover The Waterfront     3:27

A7.     (I Got A Man Crazy For Me) He's Funny That Way     3:01

A8.     Yesterdays     3:24

 

B1.     Strange Fruit     3:11

B2.     On The Sunny Side Of The Street     3:00

B3.     I'm Yours     3:15

B4.     Fine And Mellow     3:15

B5.     Lover Come Back To Me     3:14

B6.     I'll Be Seeing You     3:30

B7.     As Time Goes By     3:09

B8.     How Am I To Know     2:43

 

 

Accompanied By – Eddie Heywood And His Orchestra (tracks: A1 to A3, A6, A7, B3, B5 to B8),

Eddie Heywood Trio (tracks: A4, B2), The Frankie Newton Orchestra* (tracks: A5, A8, B1, B4)

Alto Saxophone – Lem Davis (tracks: A1 to A3, A6, A7, B3, B5 to B8), Tab Smith (tracks: A5, B1, B4)

Art Direction, Design [Album Design] – Richard Mantel

Bass – John Simmons (tracks: A1 to A4, A6, A7, B2, B3, B5 to B8), John Williams* (tracks: A5, A8, B1, B4)

Coordinator [For Atlantic Records] – Michael Cuscuna

Directed By – Bob Smith (14) (tracks: A5, A8, B1, B4)

Drums – Eddie Dougherty (tracks: A5, A8, B1, B4), "Big Sid" Catlett* (tracks: A1 to A4, A6, A7, B2, B3, B5 to B8)

Guitar – Jimmy McLin (tracks: A5, A8, B1, B4)

Liner Notes – Leonard Feather, Milt Gabler

Photography By [Cover Photo Of Billie Holiday] – Skippy Adelman

Photography By [Cover] – Photo File

Photography By [Inside Liner] – Culver Pictures

Photography By [Liner Photos Of Billie Holiday] – Charles Peterson (5), Jack Bradley

Piano – Eddie Heywood (tracks: A1 to A4, A6, A7, B2, B3, B5 to B8), Sonny White (tracks: A5, A8, B1, B4)

Producer – Milt Gabler

Tenor Saxophone – Kenneth Hollon (tracks: A5, A8, B1, B4), Stan Payne* (tracks: A5, B1, B4)

Trombone – Vic Dickenson (tracks: A1 to A3, A6, A7, B3, B5 to B8)

Trumpet – "Doc" Cheatham* (tracks: A1 to A3, A6, B3, B5 to B8), Frank Newton (tracks: A5, B1, B4)