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1994 studio album by Etta James
Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday is the eighteenth studio album by Etta James , released in 1994. The album reached a peak position of number two on Billboard 's Top Jazz Albums chart and won the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album .[ 4]
All the songs on this album are covers of songs originally performed by or covered by Billie Holiday during her lifetime.
Title Writer(s) 1. "Don't Explain " Arthur Herzog, Jr. , Billie Holiday5:15 2. "You've Changed " Bill Carey, Carl Fischer 4:35 3. "The Man I Love " George Gershwin , Ira Gershwin 4:26 4. "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance (With You) " Victor Young , Ned Washington , Bing Crosby 4:16 5. "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) " Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman, Roger Ramirez 5:24 6. "Embraceable You " George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin 3:55 7. "How Deep Is the Ocean " Irving Berlin 4:18 8. "(I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over" Herb Magidson , Allie Wrubel 5:45 9. "Body and Soul " Johnny Green , Edward Heyman , Robert Sour , Frank Eyton 4:16 10. "The Very Thought of You " Ray Noble 4:30 11. "I'll Be Seeing You " Irving Kahal , Sammy Fain 4:43
Studio albums Live albums Compilation albums Singles
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader As sideman withArt Blakey & The Jazz Messengers WithArt Farmer (or where stated),Benny Golson &The Jazztet WithEddie Harris WithBilly Higgins WithMilt Jackson WithEtta James WithClifford Jordan WithBlue Mitchell WithHouston Person With others
God Bless Jug and Sonny (Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt , 1973)
Left Bank Encores (Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt, 1973)
Something for Lester (Ray Brown , 1977)
Slow Drag (Donald Byrd , 1967)
The Almoravid (Joe Chambers , 1971–73)
Somethin's Cookin' (Junior Cook , 1981)
Broken Shadows (Ornette Coleman , 1971–72)
Katumbo (Dance) (Johnny Coles, 1971)
Giant Steps (John Coltrane , 1959)
Up, Up and Away (Sonny Criss , 1967)
The Beat Goes On! (Sonny Criss, 1968)
This Is the Moment! (Kenny Dorham , 1958)
Blue Spring (Kenny Dorham & Cannonball Adderley , 1959)
It's All Right! (Teddy Edwards , 1967)
Soul Trombone (Curtis Fuller , 1961)
Smokin' (Curtis Fuller, 1972)
Tangerine (Dexter Gordon , 1972)
Generation (Dexter Gordon, 1972)
Bush Dance (Johnny Griffin , 1978)
Roots (Slide Hampton , 1985)
The Quota (Jimmy Heath , 1961)
Triple Threat (Jimmy Heath, 1962)
Mode for Joe (Joe Henderson , 1966)
Hub Cap (Freddie Hubbard , 1961)
Here to Stay (Freddie Hubbard, 1962)
The Body & the Soul (Freddie Hubbard,1963)
Bolivia (Freddie Hubbard, 1991)
Highway One (Bobby Hutcherson , 1978)
Farewell Keystone (Bobby Hutcherson, 1982)
Really Livin' (J.J. Johnson , 1959)
J.J. Inc. (J.J. Johnson, 1960)
Save Your Love for Me (Etta Jones , 1986)
Advance! (Philly Joe Jones , 1978)
Drum Song (Philly Joe Jones, 1978)
Seven Minds (Sam Jones , 1974)
Something in Common (Sam Jones, 1974–77)
First Class Kloss! (Eric Kloss , 1967)
Abbey Is Blue (Abbey Lincoln , 1959)
Strings! (Pat Martino , 1967)
From This Moment On! (Charles McPherson , 1968)
Horizons (Charles McPherson, 1968)
Caramba! (Lee Morgan , 1968)
The Sixth Sense (Lee Morgan, 1968)
The Mode (Sonny Red , 1961)
Sonny Red (1971)
Setting Standards (Woody Shaw , 1983)
For Losers (Archie Shepp , 1968–69)
Kwanza (Archie Shepp, 1968–69)
Now Is the Time (Idrees Sulieman , 1976)
Goodbye Yesterday (Lucky Thompson , 1972)
Concert: Friday the 13th – Cook County Jail (Lucky Thompson, 1972)
I Offer You (Lucky Thompson, 1973)
Another Story (Stanley Turrentine , 1969)
Up Front (David Williams , 1986)