An Evening with Billie Holiday

An Evening with Billie Holiday (MG C-144) is the second 10-inch LP studio album by jazz singer Billie Holiday, released by Clef Records in 1953.

In 1956, when the 10-inch format was phased out, the album was reissued by Clef with the same artwork, and seven of the eight tracks, as a 12-inch LP called A Recital by Billie Holiday (MG C-686). The track "Tenderly", was moved to another 12-inch compilation called Solitude. Five additional tracks were added that had been previously released on her third 10-inch LP, simply titled Billie Holiday.

1953 10" LP, An Evening with Billie Holiday

 * A side
 * 1) "Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:41
 * 2) "Lover Come Back to Me" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 3:36
 * 3) "My Man" (Jacques Charles, Channing Pollack, Albert Willemetz, Maurice Yvain) – 2:37
 * 4) "He's Funny That Way" (Richard Whiting, Neil Moret) – 3:11
 * B side
 * 1) "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) – 2:49
 * 2) "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 3:23
 * 3) "I Can't Face the Music" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) – 3:14
 * 4) "Remember" (Irving Berlin) – 2:34

1956 12" LP, A Recital By Billie Holiday

 * A side
 * 1) "If the Moon Turns Green" (George Cates, Bernie Hanighen) – 2:46
 * 2) "Remember" (Irving Berlin) – 2:34
 * 3) "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) – 3:43
 * 4) "My Man" (Jacques Charles, Channing Pollack, Albert Willemetz, Maurice Yvain) – 2:37
 * 5) "Lover Come Back to Me" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 3:36
 * 6) "Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:41
 * B side
 * 1) "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach – 2:49
 * 2) "He's Funny That Way" (Richard Whiting, Neil Moret) – 3:11
 * 3) "I Can't Face the Music" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) – 3:14
 * 4) "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) – 3:00
 * 5) "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" (Harry M. Woods) – 3:14
 * 6) "I Cried for You" (Gus Arnheim, Arthur Freed, Abe Lyman) – 2:27

Personnel
The personnel of the original 10-inch "LP are from two different recording dates, with different musicians. The 12-inch LP adds one track from each of the two sessions, as well as three tracks from a 1954 session.

April 1952 Personnel (exact date unknown) (Evening tracks B3-4; Recital tracks A1-A3):
 * Billie Holiday – vocals
 * Charlie Shavers – trumpet
 * Flip Phillips – tenor saxophone
 * Oscar Peterson – piano
 * Barney Kessel – guitar
 * Alvin Stoller – drums
 * Ray Brown – bass

July 27, 1952 Personnel (Evening tracks A1-B2; Recital tracks A4-6, B1-3):
 * Billie Holiday – vocals
 * Joe Newman – trumpet
 * Paul Quinichette – tenor saxophone
 * Oscar Peterson – piano (organ on "Yesterdays")
 * Freddie Green – guitar
 * Gus Johnson – drums
 * Ray Brown – bass

April 14, 1954 Recordings (Recital tracks B4-6)
 * Billie Holiday – vocals
 * Charlie Shavers – trumpet
 * Oscar Peterson – piano
 * Herb Ellis – guitar
 * Ed Shaughnessy – drums
 * Ray Brown – bass