Billie Holiday - A Sunbonnet Blue (And A Yellow Straw Hat)

[mightybruno]

real smooth

[fromthesidelines]

That's perfectly all right, 'purple'. Keep in mind that it had been almost two years between the time Billie recorded her first sides with Benny's band and this session. When she began recording with Wilson's outfit, he had his own sidemen (and, incidentally, Benny ISN'T featured on this one; he left the studio before this was cut- he only sat in on the first three numbers, as a favor to Teddy Wilson and producer John Hammond). Don't feel so bad...

[fromthesidelines]

Sorry, 'purple', but this is Teddy Wilson's band backing Billie here, from their first joint session on July 2, 1935; Ben Webster is on sax, Roy Eldridge on trumpet, John Kirby on bass, Cozy Cole on drums, John Trueheart on guitar, and Teddy at the piano.

[purple0accident]

I'm sorry for the incorrect information. I copy-pasted the band from the first session assuming it remained the same. Thank you for your remark, I'll fix it as soon as possible (: