Live Albums Recorded In 1954

Billie Holiday Lady Love Live in Basel 1954

Lady Love: Live In Basel is a live album by Billie Holiday performing live in Switzerland in 1954. It was originally released as Ladylove in 1962.

The recording was originally attributed to a concert in Cologne from the same tour but tapes from that concert have been found and released separately.

The 2015 release on the Poll Winners Records labels also includes:

five earlier studio tracks that had previously been added to the Lady Love album,
four 1951 Aladdin sides with the Tiny Grimes Sextet,
her Capitol recording of ‘Trav lin Light‘ with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra,
the complete live performance in Brussels on the same tour in 1954.

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Charlie Parker Boston 1952 1954

Boston 1952 is a live album by Charlie Parker.

Confusingly, it has two performances recorded at the High Hat in Boston, the first from December 14, 1952 and the second from January 18, 1954.

Playing at the 1952 concert are:

Charlie Parker – alto saxophone
Joe Gordon – trumpet
Dick Twardzik – piano
Charlie Mingus – bass
Roy Haynes – drums

Playing on the 1954 songs are:

Charlie Parker – alto saxophone
Herbie Williams – trumpet
Rollins Griffith – piano
Jimmy Woode – bass
Marquis Foster – drums

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Louis Armstrong Live at the University of North Carolina 1954

Live at the University of North Carolina is a live album by Louis Armstrong and the All-Stars.

It was recorded at the University of North Carolina Memorial Hall on 8th May 1954.

It also includes bonus tracks from:

1956 Newport Jazz Festival,
1954 performances with Sidney Bechet and James P. Johnson, and
a soundtrack excerpt from the seldom-seen 1937 film Artists and Models

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Count Basie Class of 54

Class of 54 is an album by Count Basie where the first half was recorded in a studio and the second half was live in concert.

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Art Blakey & Clifford Brown A Night At Birdland Vol 1 1954

A Night At Birdland Vol 1 is a live album featuring Art Blakey and Clifford Brown.

It was recorded at Birdland in New York City on February 21, 1954.

Playing on the album are:

Clifford Brown – trumpet,
Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone,
Horace Silver – piano,
Curly Russell – bass,
Art Blakey – drums.

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