With Billie in Mind

by Teddy Wilson

Overview

The concept seemed so logical that it was surprising that no one else had thought of it earlier. Producer Hank O'Neal suggested to the veteran swing pianist Teddy Wilson that he record a set of Billie Holiday tunes since "Lady Day" had cut many of her greatest sides with Wilson in the 1930s. This solo CD, which was originally a 14-song LP, has been expanded with the release of six other solos cut at the same sessions. Wilson, who is in peak form, clearly enjoyed playing several tunes that he had not performed in years, and he is heard at the top of his game. Classic swing music. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	04/06/1995
Label:	Chiaroscuro / Chiaroscuro Records
UPC:	0091454011124
Rank:	107355

Tracks

1. What a Little Moonlight Can Do
2. This Year's Kisses
3. When You're Smiling
4. Easy to Love
5. Sugar
6. Body and Soul
7. If You Were Mine
8. Them There Eyes
9. I'll Never Be the Same
10. I Wished on the Moon
11. Why Was I Born
12. I Cried for You
13. If Dreams Come True
14. Fooling Myself
15. Mean to Me
16. Nice Work If You Can Get It
17. I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)
18. Easy Living
19. Miss Brown to You
20. What a Moon, What a Night, What a Girl

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Teddy Wilson   Primary Artist,Piano
Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra   Piano
Joe Cohn   Guitar,Trumpet
Al Grey   Trombone
Mike Grey   Trombone
J.J. Wiggins   Bass

Technical Credits

Teddy Wilson   Liner Notes
Fred Miller   Engineer
Leo Meiersdorff   Cover Design
John DeVries   Cover Design
Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra   Liner Notes
Jerome Kern   Composer
Sidney Mitchell   Composer
John Hammond, Sr.   Liner Notes
Irving Mills   Composer
Jack Lawrence   Composer
Irving Berlin   Composer
Cole Porter   Composer
Joe Goodwin   Composer
Larry Shay   Composer
Frank Eyton   Composer
Frank Signorelli   Composer
Benny Goodman   Composer
Edgar Sampson   Composer
Doris Tauber   Composer
John Jacob Loeb   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
Maceo Pinkard   Composer
Mark Fisher   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
Peter Tinturin   Composer
Rudy Van Gelder   Engineer
Richard A. Whiting   Composer
Roy Turk   Composer
Ralph Rainger   Composer
William Tracey   Composer
Abe Lyman   Composer
Arthur Freed   Composer
Gus Kahn   Composer
Hank O'Neal   Producer
Harry Woods   Composer
J. J. Loeb   Composer
Edward Heyman   Composer
Fred E. Ahlert   Composer
Oscar Hammerstein II   Composer
Johnny Green   Composer
Leo Robin   Composer
Jon Bates   Remastering,Digital Remastering
Robert Sour   Composer
Matty Malneck   Composer
Gus Arnheim   Composer
Glenn Tinturin   Composer
Yoshiyuki Suemura   Photography
Jean Bach   Liner Notes
Rollo Phlecks   Photography
Dorothy Parker   Composer
John Hammond, Jr.   Liner Notes