Billie Holiday “Lady in Satin” LP

Lady in Satin puts the focus on vocal jazz built on behind-the-beat phrasing, blues feeling, and close attention to lyric meaning.

• Holiday sings against Ray Ellis's lush orchestral arrangements, putting fragile late-career vocals in a dramatic string setting.
• Standards such as “I'm a Fool to Want You” gain extra emotional weight from the tension between the polished orchestra and Holiday's weathered phrasing.
• The record remains one of the most discussed and emotionally direct albums of Holiday's final years.

For fans of Lester Young, Ella Fitzgerald, and Sarah Vaughan.

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