No Cover, No Minimum

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No Cover, No Minimum
Live album by Billy Eckstine
Released 1960
Recorded 1960 Blue Note, Las Vegas
Genre Classic pop
Length 65:03
Label Blue Note
Producer Teddy Reig
Professional reviews
Billy Eckstine chronology
Billy and Sarah
(1959)		 No Cover, No Minimum
(1960)		 Once More with Feeling
(1960)

No Cover, No Minimum is a 1960 live album by Billy Eckstine. It was recorded in Las Vegas and features Eckstine both as a vocalist and also on trumpet, backed by an orchestra arranged and directed by his pianist, Bobby Tucker. Production was by Teddy Reig. The album was originally released by Roulette Records, but is also available on the Blue Note label and features several jazz standards.

[edit] Track listing

  1. Have a Song on Me (Billy Eckstine) - 1:08)
  2. I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face - Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe - 2:26
  3. Lady Luck (Lloyd Price, Harold Logan) - 3:03
  4. Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) - 4:04
  5. Without a Song (Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose) - 2:17
  6. Moonlight in Vermont (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) - 2:56
  7. I Want a Little Girl (Billy Moll, Murray Mencher) - 2:02
  8. Medley: Prelude to a Kiss/I'm Beginning to See the Light (Johnny Hodges, Harry James, Duke Ellington, Adolph Green, Irving Gordon - 4:56
  9. Fools Rush In (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer) - 2:12
  10. In the Still of the Night (Cole Porter) - 3:41
  11. Prisoner of Love - (Leo Robin, Russ Columbo, Clarence Gaskill) - 1:57
  12. Little Mama (Billy Eckstine, Sid Kuller) - 3:23
  13. I Apologise (Eric Nelson, Al Hoffman, [[Al Goodhart[[) - 1:57
  14. Till There Was You (Meredith Willson) - 3:25
  15. Medley: I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart/I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) - (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell, Paul Francis Webster, Henry Nemo) - 6:08
  16. Alright, Okay, You Win (Sidney Wyche, Mayme Watts - 3:22
  17. 'Deed I Do - (Fred Rose, Walter Hirsch) - 2:21
  18. It Might as Well Be Spring - (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 2:44
  19. That's for Me (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 2:25
  20. You'll Never Walk Alone (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 3:20
  21. Misty (Errol Garner, Johnny Burke) - 5:07

[edit] Personnel

  • Billy Eckstine - Trumpet, Vocals, Main Performer
  • Buddy Balboa - Saxophone
  • Will Friedwald - Liner Notes
  • Buddy Grievey - Drums,
  • Bucky Manieri - Trombone
  • Charlie McLean - Saxophone
  • Teddy Reig - Producer
  • Bobby Tucker - Piano, Arranger, Director
  • Charlie Walp - Trumpet
  • Wally Helder - Engineer

[edit] External links

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Billy Eckstine albums

Billy Eckstine Sings (1950) · Tenderly (1952) · Blues for Sale (1954) · Favourites (1954) · I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart (1954) · Songs by Billy Eckstine (1954) · The Great Mr. B (1954) · The Love Songs of Mr. B (1954) · I Surrender, Dear (1955) · Mister B With A Beat (1955) · Rendezvous (1955) · That Old Feeling (1955) · Billy's Best! (1958) · Billy Eckstine's Imagination (1958) · Imagination (1958) · Basie and Eckstine, Inc. (1959) · Billy and Sarah (1959) · No Cover, No Minimum (1960) · Once More with Feeling (1961) · At Basin St. East (1961) · Billy Eckstine & Sarah Vaughan Sing Irving Berlin (1961) · Broadway, Bongos and Mr. B (1961) · Don't Worry 'bout Me (1962) · 12 Great Movies (1964) · Modern Sound of Mr. B (1964) · Prime of My Life (1965) · My Way (1966) · For Love of Ivy (1969) · Feel the Warm (1971) · Moment (1972) · Senior Soul (1972) · She Walked into My Life (1974) · Memento Brasiliero (1978) · Billy Eckstine Sings with Benny Carter (1986) · Everything I Have Is Yours (1994) · I Apologize (1995) · How High the Moon (2002) · Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra (2002) · Stardust (2002) · The Motown Years (2003) · Love Songs (2004) · Timeless (2005)