All or Nothing at All

ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL compiles three separate LPs originally released in the late 1950s: ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL (Verve 8329), BODY AND SOUL (Verve 8197) and SONGS FOR DISTINGUE LOVERS (Verve 8257). SONGS FOR DISTINGUE LOVERS is available separately on CD on Verve (815 055).Personnel: Billie Holiday (vocals); Ben Webster (tenor saxophone); Harry "Sweets" Edison (trumpet); Jimmy Rowles (piano); Barney Kessel (guitar); Joe Mondragon, Red Mitchell (bass); Alvin Stoller, Larry Bunker (drums).Producer: Norman Granz.Compilation producer: Michael Lang.Recorded at Radio Recorders and Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California on August 14 & 18, 1956 and from January 3-9, 1957. Includes liner notes by Nat Hentoff and new Donald Clarke.This is Volume 7 of the Verve Take 2 series.ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL is actually a compilation of three albums worth of material recorded in 1956 and 1957, near the end of Holiday's life. The satisfactions here are numerous. Producer Norman Granz presented one of jazz'