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Trav’lin’ Light by Billie Holiday with Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra

First released: Sep 1942, Length: 3:17

Creators (14)

Orchestra

  1. Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra (12 Jun 1942)

Instruments

  1. Alvy West (12 Jun 1942) saxophone
  2. Arthur "Artie" Shapiro (12 Jun 1942) double bass
  3. Buddy Weed (12 Jun 1942) piano
  4. Danny d'Andrea (12 Jun 1942) saxophone
  5. Don Waddilove (12 Jun 1942) trumpet
  6. Larry Neill (12 Jun 1942) trumpet
  7. Lenny Hartman (12 Jun 1942) saxophone
  8. Mike Pingitore (12 Jun 1942) banjo
  9. Monty Kelly (12 Jun 1942) trumpet
  10. Murray McEachern (12 Jun 1942) trombone
  11. Skip Layton (12 Jun 1942) trombone
  12. Willie Rodriguez (12 Jun 1942) drums (drum set)

Vocals

  1. Billie Holiday (12 Jun 1942) lead vocals

Works (1)

Recording Of

  1. Trav’lin’ Light (12 Jun 1942)

    Composer

    1. Jimmy Mundy (1942)
    2. Trummy Young (1942)

    Lyricist

    1. Johnny Mercer (1942)

Releases containing this recording (44)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. Giants Of Jazz: Billie Holiday 1979 Billie Holiday
  2. Your Hit Parade: 1942 1990 Various Artists
  3. The Chronological Classics: Billie Holiday 1940-1942 1993 Billie Holiday
  4. The Complete Capitol Recordings 1995 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
  5. The Quintessence Vol. 1: New York - Los Angeles 1935 - 1944 1995 Billie Holiday
  6. Great Romantic Memories of the War Years 1995 Various Artists
  7. Yesterdays 1999 Billie Holiday
  8. Ken Burns Jazz: Definitive Billie Holiday 07 Nov 2000 Billie Holiday
  9. The Best of Billie Holiday 2000 Billie Holiday
  10. Capitol: From the Vaults, Volume 1: The Birth of a Label: The First Years, 1942-43 2000 Various Artists
  11. The Lady Sings 17 Sep 2001 Billie Holiday
  12. The Ladies Sing With the Big Bands and Beyond 2001 Various Artists
  13. Songs for a Lazy Sunday: Winter Edition 2001 Various Artists
  14. Jazz 2001 Various Artists
  15. Jazz Legends 2002 Various Artists
  16. Golden Greats 2002 Billie Holiday
  17. Pink Champagne 2003 Various Artists
  18. Billie Holiday 2004 Billie Holiday
  19. L’Histoire du jazz vocal : The Story of Vocal Jazz: 1941–1953 2004 Various Artists
  20. Gold 2005 Billie Holiday
  21. Romance in the Dark 2005 Billie Holiday
  22. Retrospective 20 Nov 2006 Billie Holiday
  23. First Class Jazz (disc 2: Billie Holiday) 2006 Various Artists
  24. Classic Divas: Great American Songbook 2006 Various Artists
  25. Easy to Love 2009 Billie Holiday
  26. Alle 40 goed: Oorlogsjaren 2010 Various Artists
  27. 50 Best of Blue Note 24 Mar 2011 Various Artists
  28. The Complete Masters 1933–1959 21 Nov 2011 Billie Holiday
  29. 125 Jazz Classics by Billie Holiday 01 Oct 2012 Billie Holiday
  30. Billie Holiday: Ken Burns’s Jazz 31 Aug 2018 Billie Holiday
  31. Gold 12 Apr 2019 Billie Holiday
  32. Vintage Vaults Volume 3 Billie Holiday

Album - Live

  1. Billie’s Blues 17 May 1988 Billie Holiday
  2. Billie's Blues 1988 Billie Holiday 15 track CD reissue for 10 track LP "Ladylove"
  3. Ladylove 22 Nov 2023 Billie Holiday
  4. Billie's Blues Billie Holiday remaster

Single

  1. Trav'lin' Light / You Were Never Lovelier Sep 1942 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
  2. Trav’lin’ Light / The Old Music Master 1948 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra, Lady Day, Skip Layton, Johnny Mercer, Jack Teagarden
  3. The General Jumped at Dawn / Trav'lin' Light Jan 1952 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra

Promotion

Album - Compilation

  1. Capitol Records 50th Anniversary 1942–1992 27 Apr 1992 Various Artists
  2. From the Vaults 2000 Various Artists