Billie Holiday - Songs for Distingué Lovers @320 (1957) torrent

Billy Holiday-Songs for Distingué Lovers (1957) re-mastered 1997




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Comprising the last five studio dates Holiday did for Verve, SONGS FOR DISTINGUE LOVERS finds Lady Day operating within her ideal environment; that of a small jazz combo. Accompanied by a legendary line-up including Sweets Edison, Ben Webster and Barney Kessel, Holiday sang with the clear enunciation and easy swing that had become her trademark.

Wrapping her phrasing around standards by Rodgers & Hart, The Gershwins and Cole Porter, Billie Holiday demonstrated how years of singing with various jazz bands sharpened her ability to turn a song on its head through slight fluctuations in pitch and tone color.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.


01 Day In, Day Out (Herndon, Mercer, Bloom) 6:47
02 A Foggy Day (G. & I. Gershwin) 4:40
03 Stars Fell On Alabama (Perkins, Parish) 4:28
04 One For My Baby (And One For The Road) (Arlen , Mercer) 5:39
05 Just One Of Those Things (Porter) 5:31
06 I Didn't Know What Time It Was (Rodgers, Hart) 5:59
07 Let's Call The Whole Thing Off (G. & I. Gershwin) 3:23
08 I Wished On The Moon (Parker , Rainger) 3:25
09 They Can't Take That Away From Me (G. & I. Gershwin) 4:10
10 Body And Soul (Heyman , Eyton , Green* , Sour) 6:22
11 Moonlight In Vermont (Blackburn, Suessdorf) 3:49
12 Love Is Here To Stay (G. & I. Gershwin) 3:41

Recorded 1957 at Capitol Studios, Hollywood: tracks 2, 8, and 11 on January 3; tracks 5 and 6 on January 4; tracks 1 and 10 on January 7; tracks 3, 4, and 12 on January 8; and tracks 7 and 9 on January 9

Tracks 1-6 original LP issue: Songs For Distingué Lovers Verve MGV 8257
Tracks 7, 9, 10, 11 original LP issue: Body And Soul Verve MGV 8197
Tracks 8 and 12 original LP issue: All or Nothing at All Verve MGV 8329



Billie Holiday (vocals)
Barney Kessel (guitar)
Ben Webster (tenor saxophone)
Harry "Sweets" Edison (trumpet)
Jimmy Rowles (piano)
Red Mitchell (bass)
Joe Mondragon (bass)
Larry Bunker (drums)
Alvin Stoller (drums)

This is part of the Verve Master Edition series.


Producer: Norman Granz.