Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerals and Sarah Vaughan performing with various ensembles and orchestras
Jazz vocals.
In part mono, in part stereo.
"Institute of Jazz Studies official archive collection."
Program notes by Edward Berger ([20] pages : portraits) laid in container.
Recorded 1935-1973.
Billie Holiday. I'm painting the town red (Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra) ; Yankee Doodle never went to town (Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra) ; Carelessly (Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra) ; Mean to me (Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra) ; Getting some fun out of life (Billie Holiday and her Orchestra) ; If dreams come true (Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra) ; Now they call it swing (Billie Holiday and her Orchestra) ; They say (Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra) ; I've got a date with a dream (Billie Holiday and her Orchestra) ; Say it with a kiss (Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra) ; More than you know (Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra) ; Sugar (Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra) ; Long gone blues (Billie Holiday and her Orchestra) ; I gotta right to sing the blues (Billie Holiday and her Orchestra) ; Body and soul (Billie Holiday and her Orchestra) ; Laughing at life (Billie Holiday and her Orchestra) ; Am I blue? (Billie Holiday and her Orchestra) ; I'll be seeing you (Eddie Heywood and his Orchestra) ; Don't explain (Bob Haggart and his Orchestra) ; Them there eyes (Sy Oliver and his Orchestra) ; These foolish things (Billie Holiday and her Orchestra) ; If the moon turns green (Billie Holiday and her Orchestra) ; Please don't talk about me when I'm gone (Billie Holiday and her Orchestra) ; The end of a love affair (Ray Ellis and his Orchestra) -- Ella Fitzgerald. All my life (Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra) ; Love is the thing (Chick Webb and his Orchestra) ; You showed me the way (Chick Webb and his Orchestra) ; The dipsy doodle (Chick Webb and his Orchestra) ; 'Tain't what you do (Chick Webb and his Orchestra) ; Little white lies (Chick Webb and his Orchestra) ; Miss Otis regrets (Ella Fitzgerald Quartet) ; Nice work if you can get it ; I've got a crush on you ; Good morning heartache (Ella Fitzgerald Quartet) ; Indian summer (Chick Webb Orchestra directed by Eddie Barefield) ; Medley: Don't worry 'bout me/These foolish things ; Lemon drop (Ella Fitzgerald Quartet) -- Sarah Vaughan. Mean to me (Dizzy Gillespie Quartet) ; Lover man (Dizzy Gillespie All Star Quintet) ; If you could see me now (Tadd Dameron and his Orchestra) ; It might as well be spring (Jimmy Jones Band) ; It's crazy ; How high the moon (Ernie Wilkins Orchestra) ; Stairway to the stars (Sarah Vaughan Trio) ; I've got a crush on you (Hal Mooney's Orchestra) ; I can't give you anything but love (Benny Carter and his Orchestra) ; Misty (Sarah Vaughan Trio) ; In a sentimental mood ; I'll remember April (Sarah Vaughan Trio)