“Now or Never” Artist: Billie Holiday Album/Label: ESP multi-disc package, disc 5 track #22 >> Rare Live Recordings 1934-1959 ESP Author(s): Holiday/Lewis 2:13 (Complete cut) Session 1950-Aug-19 Date: Saturday, August 19, 1950 Location: Hollywood (Part of short film which highlighted Count Basie and the child pianist/entertainer 'Sugar Chile' Robinson.) Band: Count Basie and his Sextet Type: FILM Notes: Giants of Jazz, 19-25 august 1950. Announcement by Count Basie. Session Musician(s): Bass: Lewis, Jimmy Clarinet: DeFranco, Buddy Drums: Johnson, Gus Guitar: Green, Freddy Piano: Basie, Count / Robinson, Sugar Child Sax, Tenor: Gray, Wardell Sax, Baritone: Chaloff, Serge Trumpet: Terry, Clark https://www.billieholiday.be/session/0105_1950-aug-19.html

“Fine and Mellow” Artist: Billie Holiday Album: “Rare Live Recordings 1934-1959” Label: ESP Author: Holiday 8:33 (complete cut) Session 1957-Dec-08 Date: Sunday, December 8, 1957 Location: New York City, CBS Studio 58 Band: Billie Holiday with Mal Waldron and All Stars Type: TV Notes: The sound of Jazz. On Wednesday, 4 December 1957, Columbia Records documented one of the most important jazz recordings in the history of the music ("The Sound of Jazz"/CS-8040) with an all-star cast from various record labels. On Sunday, 8 December 1957, in what remains perhaps the most important jazz event in television history, CBS television aired a live broadcast, including most of the musicians from the recording session, as they performed the same music in a recording studio environment. Shown here are (l-r) Billie Holiday, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins and Gerry Mulligan. Session Musician(s): Bass: Hinton, Milton Drums: Johnson, Osie Guitar: Barker, Danny Piano: Waldron, Mal Sax, Baritone: Mulligan, Gerry Sax, Tenor: Hawkins, Coleman / Webster, Ben / Young, Lester Trombone: Dickenson, Vic Trumpet: Cheatham, Doc / Eldridge, Roy https://www.billieholiday.be/session/0164_1957-dec-08.html