Some faces are like watching the wind move through the trees. Oh, yes, and the voice. And the music. A song written by Holiday, accompanied by a star-shot band. The three tenor saxes alone are heavenly wattage. In the most famous performance of the song, on CBS, from a 1957 television special, The Sound of Jazz: Lady Day.

• Ben Webster – tenor saxophone
• Lester Young – tenor saxophone
• Vic Dickenson – trombone
• Gerry Mulligan – baritone saxophone
• Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
• Roy Eldridge – trumpet
• Doc Cheatham – trumpet
• Danny Barker – guitar
• Milt Hinton – double bass
• Mal Waldron – piano
• Osie Johnson – drums

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