BILLIE HOLIDAY - Lady In Satin (+1 Bonus Track) (Limited Edition) BILLIE HOLIDAY
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Billie Holiday’s life was as much sandpaper as it was satin. The beauty of her singing was always a surface gloss over real pain. But like so many apparently tortured or unlucky artists, she had a deep desire to find something affirmative even in the darkest materials. Just as John Coltrane sometimes turned from trying to find the Godhead in order to play pretty, so Holiday, after making so many records for Norman Granz’s Verve, was desperate to make something sweetly lyrical with bandleader Ray Ellis. Instead of using the band to push her along, she now wanted her accompanists to cushion and support her singing. One might think this was a lesser act of creation, but listen just once to Lady in Satin and it’s hard not to recognize the difference between the Billie Holiday that circumstance forced her to be and the Billie Holiday she recognized in herself.
BRIAN MORTON
[Morton writes on music and literature and has broadcasted extensively on BBC Radio]
Lady in Satin, recorded and released in 1958, marked Billie Holiday's last big hit and her second to last album ever. It represents something close to her swan song. Most jazz fans now consider Lady in Satin to be Holiday's last great effort. Whatever its merits and flaws, there is no doubt that it is one of Billie Holiday's most poignant recordings ever, and a true jazz classic.
½ AllMusic
“This was Billie Holiday’s penultimate album, recorded when her body was telling her enough was enough. During the sessions with arranger Ray Ellis she was drinking vodka neat, as if it were tap water. Despite her ravaged voice (the sweetness had long gone), she was still an incredible singer. The feeling and tension she manages to put into almost every track set this album as one of her finest achievements.” (Rovi Staff)
Track List
Side A
1 I’M A FOOL TO WANT YOU 3:23
2 FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE 3:28
3 YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS 3:49
4 I GET ALONG WITHOUT YOU VERY WELL 2:59
5 FOR ALL WE KNOW 2:54
6 VIOLETS FOR YOUR FURS 3:25
7 I’LL NEVER SMILE AGAIN 3:23 *
Side B
1 YOU’VE CHANGED 3:18
2 IT’S EASY TO REMEMBER 4:02
3 BUT BEAUTIFUL 4:30
4 GLAD TO BE UNHAPPY 4:07
5 I’LL BE AROUND 3:24
6 THE END OF A LOVE AFFAIR 4:49
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