MARCH 3

                BILLIE HOLIDAY

                Last Recordings

               Recording Dates:

                  March 3, 1959, NYC  tk 8-11

                  March 4, 1959, NYC  tk 2-4, 7

                  March 11, 1959,       tk 1, 5, 6, 12

              Personnel:

                 Jimmy Cleveland  TB
                 Romeo Penque     TS
                 Hank Jones           P
                 Kenny Burrell        G
                 Joe Benjamin       B
                 Osie Johnson        D
                 Ray Ellis               CD
                 Billie Holiday        VO
                 Janet Putman        HP

                                                                                                                              LINK Retired

Review by Ron Wynn
In many ways, a sad event. 1988 reissue of an album with Ray Ellis and his orchestra. It's poignant in a tragic way.