Strange Fruit (live, 1945-02-12: Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA)

~ Recording by Billie Holiday

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.2Strange Fruit?:??Billie HolidayBillie Holiday at Jazz at the PhilharmonicBillie HolidayAlbum + Live
Clef RecordsMGC 169
1.2Strange Fruit2:48Billie HolidayCompact Jazz: Billie Holiday LiveBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation + Live
  • US1989-10-25
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)841 434-2
1.2Strange Fruit3:01Billie HolidayThe Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945–1959Billie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • XE1993-03-09
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)517 658-2
1.2Strange Fruit2:52Billie HolidayJazz at the PhilharmonicBillie HolidayAlbum + Live
  • JP1994-04-25
Clef Records, Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)POCJ-2266
1.2Strange Fruit2:52Billie HolidayJazz at the PhilharmonicBillie HolidayAlbum + Live
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)314 521 642-2
1.2Strange Fruit2:56Billie HolidayBD Jazz, Volume 4: Billie Holiday (stretched digipak)Billie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • -2003
NocturneJZBD 004
3.20Strange Fruit (live)2:57Billie HolidayJust Great Jazz SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2005-07-25
DiskyCB903279
2.10Strange Fruit2:56Billie HolidayThe Complete Jazz at the Philharmonic on Verve 1944-1949Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)983 6087
1.15Strange Fruit2:53Billie HolidayFour Classic Albums PlusBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
Avid EntertainmentAMSC989
2.10Strange Fruit2:52Billie Holiday, Lester Young, Illinois Jacquet, Georgie Auld, Buck Clayton, Ken Kersey, Tiny Grimes, J.C. Heard100 Years of Lady DayBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group), The Intense Media600245
1.2Strange Fruit2:55Billie HolidayAt Jazz at the PhilharmonicBillie HolidayAlbum + Live
Verve Reissues
1.2Strange Fruit (live at Philharmonic Hall, Los Angeles, 1945)2:52Billie HolidayJazz at the Philharmonic (expanded edition)Billie HolidayAlbum + Live
Verve Reissues
1.2Strange Fruit (live at Philharmonic Hall, Los Angeles, 1945)2:56Billie HolidayThe Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945–1959Billie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2018-08-17
Verve Reissues
1.2Strange Fruit (live at Philharmonic Hall, Los Angeles, 1945)2:48Billie HolidayCompact Jazz: Billie Holiday LiveBillie HolidayAlbum + Compilation + Live
  • XW2019-10-25
Verve Reissues
1.2Strange Fruit (live at Philharmonic Hall, Los Angeles, 1945)2:55Billie HolidayAt Jazz at the PhilharmonicBillie HolidayAlbum + Live
  • XW2021-03-05
Verve Reissues

Relationships

alto saxophone:Willie Smith (US jazz alto saxophonist, 1910-1967) (on 1945-02-12)
double bass [bass]:Charles Mingus (on 1945-02-12)
drums (drum set):Davie Coleman (jazz drummer) (on 1945-02-12)
electric guitar:Dave Barbour (on 1945-02-12)
piano:Milt Raskin (Milton Raskin) (on 1945-02-12)
tenor saxophone:Wardell Gray (on 1945-02-12)
Illinois Jacquet (on 1945-02-12)
Charlie Ventura (on 1945-02-12)
trumpet:Howard McGhee (on 1945-02-12)
vocals:Billie Holiday (on 1945-02-12)
recorded at:Billie Holliday at Philharmonic Auditorium (1945-02-12)
recorded at:Philharmonic Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1945-02-12)
recording of:Strange Fruit (on 1945-02-12: live)

Related works

Strange Fruit

lyricist and composer:Lewis Allan
publisher:Basart Editions
Carlin Music Corporation
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
version of:Bitter Fruit
is the basis for:Strange Fruit
arrangements:Strange Fruit (for string quartet, Hardy)