tracks 3, 5, 8, 10 arranged by [strings] Eric Gorfain tracks 4, 6 arranged by [strings] Van Dyke Parks art direction, design Frank Harkins tracks 2, 4, 7 baritone guitar T-Bone Burnett bass Martyn P. Casey co-producer Ed Gerrard tracks 4 composed by [notes extended] Eric Gorfain coordinator [project] Sherry Beth Mounce drums, percussion Thomas Wydler tracks 1, 10, 12 effects [guitar string], loops Ming Vauze tracks 4, 8 to 10, 12 guitar [additional], loops Nick Zinner guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo, loops, chimes [guitar], loops Kevin Breit management Ed Gerrard management Peter Himberger mastered by Bernie Grundman photography by Mark Seliger piano, organ Jon Cowherd producer [assistant], recorded by Atom Greenspan producer, mixed by, recorded by, liner notes Nick Launay saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, melodica, baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone Robby Marshall tracks 3, 5, 8, 10 strings Daphne Chen tracks 3, 5, 8, 10 strings Lauren Chipman tracks 3, 5, 8, 10 strings Richard Dodd tracks 3 to 5, 8, 10 strings The Section Quartet tracks 4, 6 strings Van Dyke Parks Orchestra tracks 3, 5, 8, 10, 11 strings, violin [with echos] Eric Gorfain Phonographic Copyright (p) Ojah Media Group, LLC Copyright (c) Ojah Media Group, LLC Distributed By Sony Music Entertainment Made By Sony DADC Mastered At Bernie Grundman Mastering Recorded At Seedy Underbelly Mixed At Seedy Underbelly A homage to legendary jazz vocalist Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan on April 7, 1915) on the 100th anniversary of the singer's birth. The album features 11 re-interpretations of standards associated with Lady Day plus an original penned by Cassandra Wilson the dream-like new Last Song (For Lester), imagined as a heartbreaking final message from Billie to her musical love, Lester Young.
Recorded and mixed at Seedy Underbelly Studios, Valley Vaillage, CA in summer of 2014