tracks

This Can't Be Love
I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
Body And Soul
Too Close For Comfort
Lullaby Of Birdland
I've Got A Crush On You
I'm Gonna Sit Right Dorwn And Write Myself A Letter
April In Paris
Air Mail Special
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Willow, Weep For Me
My Man
Lover, Come Back To Me
Lady Sings The Blues
What A Little Moonlight Can Do
I'll Remember April
Body And Soul
McRae Introduces "Skyliner"
Skyliner
McRae Introduces The Band And "Midnight Sun"
Midnight Sun
Love Is Here To Stay
Perdido

notes

Tracks 1 to 3, 6 and 8 to 16 are from the original LP-issue "Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport" (MGVS 6022)
Tracks 4, 5, 7 and 17 to 24 are previously unissued.

All tracks recorded in July 1957 at Freebody Park, Newport, Rhode Island. Tracks 1 to 10 on the 4th, 11 to 16 on the 6th and 17 to 24 on the 5th. US mono (MGv-8234) version. 23 tracks not 24. Verve Clef Series.

credits

Bass – Ike Isaacs (2) (tracks: 17, 18, 20, 22 to 24), Joe Benjamin (tracks: 11 to 16), Wendell Marshall (tracks: 1 to 10)
Drums – Jo Jones (tracks: 1 to 16), Specs Wright (tracks: 20, 22, 23)
Piano – Don Abney (tracks: 1 to 10), Mal Waldron (tracks: 11 to 16), Ray Bryant (tracks: 20, 22, 23)
Producer [Concerts] – George Wein
Vocals – Billie Holiday (tracks: 11 to 16), Carmen McRae (tracks: 17 to 24), Ella Fitzgerald (tracks: 1 to 10)
Bass – Ike Isaacs (2) (tracks: 17, 18, 20, 22 to 24), Joe Benjamin (tracks: 11 to 16), Wendell Marshall (tracks: 1 to 10)
Drums – Jo Jones (tracks: 1 to 16), Specs Wright (tracks: 20, 22, 23)
Piano – Don Abney (tracks: 1 to 10), Mal Waldron (tracks: 11 to 16), Ray Bryant (tracks: 20, 22, 23)
Producer [Concerts] – George Wein
Vocals – Billie Holiday (tracks: 11 to 16), Carmen McRae (tracks: 17 to 24), Ella Fitzgerald (tracks: 1 to 10)

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