(3) from The Sound Of Jazz, combo including Lester Young (ts). (2 ) combo featuring Harry “Sweets” Edison (t). Holiday (v) with: (1) Ray Ellis & His Orchestra. (1) I’m A Fool To Want You For Heavens’ Sake You Don’t Know What Love Is I Get Along Without You Very Well For All We Know Violets For Your Furs You’ve Changed It’s Easy To Remember But Beautiful Glad To Be Unhappy I’ll Be Around The End Of A Love Affair (2) Prelude To A Kiss A Ghost Of A Chance Gone With The Wind Come Rain Or Come Shine What’s New (3) Fine And Mellow (4) When Your Lover Has Gone Don’t Explain (78.17) On balance and considering what is on offer, this is the version of Lady In Satin to go for. Billie on good form here with strong backing and an enthusiastic audience to spur her on. Finally, there are two pieces from a concert at the Plaza hotel in New York in 1958. A set from 1955 has Harry “Sweets” Edison on trumpet and there is that slow blues, Fine And Mellow, recorded for an American television show where Billie sings and there are solos from Lester Young, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Doc Cheatham and Vic Dickenson on offer. The voice, when still sounding clear, can be heard on the bonus tracks, on CD only. Billie’s voice, or what was left of it, comes across starkly and with pain and a bitter edge but the result is, miraculously, a major jazz performance. Other reports say it was vodka, but the exact beverage doesn’t really matter – at all events it was never a smooth recording session. Harsh words and some swearing ensued and it is variously reported that Billie needed a bottle of gin to get through the session. According to Ellis at a later date, Billie did not know the words of some tunes and he claims that he sent her into a corner of the studio with the pianist to learn them. Featured peformers: Ray Ellis (liner notes), Phil Schaap (liner notes), Howard Fritzson (art direction), Randall Martin (design), Don Hunstein (photography), Juliana Myrick (packaging). The standard songs are all well-known and good quality, and all were chosen by Billie herself. Lady in Satin, an Album by Billie Holiday. The orchestra deserve praise too of course and particularly the soloists – J.J Johnson, Urbie Green and trumpeter Mel Davis – whose sombre solos key into the mood of this recording wonderfully. Most important, of course is the music and I can’t add much to what I said last year except to repeat that Billie wanted very much to do this session with Ray Ellis’s orchestra and it is a haunting, emotional experience listening to her overcoming a loss of voice and somehow conjuring up a moving jazz performance against the odds. Even so there is an extra warmth in the LP sound but that’s the peculiar magic of vinyl. ![]() There isn’t a great deal of difference in the sound but that may be because I think this is a straight digital transfer to vinyl and it has not been an all-analogue issue. Two for the price of one? Well, maybe not quite but it is useful to have vinyl in the living room and the CD for the car and computer or whatever. The big difference in the two releases though is that this one has a 180-gram vinyl LP on offer and tucked into the record sleeve you get the CD as well. This release has all that music plus two tracks from a concert recorded at the Plaza Hotel in September 1958. Music Direct does not guarantee delivery within that specified time period.As comparatively recently as September 2019, I reviewed this music on the Jazz Images label with six bonus tracks from 1955-1958. Average ground delivery time ranges from 7-14 business days. The ground shipping method used will be determined at Music Direct's discretion. Please Note: Orders that are less than $125 are not guaranteed to ship via FedEx. Orders will be held to ship all back ordered items together when they are all received in stock. ![]() Music Direct will not charge additional shipping for any back orders items. Music Direct will contact you with shipping charges for these addresses.Ĭustomers can choose an alternative expedited shipping method but it will not qualify for this free shipping offer. This offer is not included on any shipments to FPO/APO addresses. Music Direct reserves the right to change the terms of this promotion or discontinue this offer at any time. Music Direct reserves the right to select the carrier and ship method within the terms of this offer. This offer cannot be applied to previously placed orders. This offer also excludes Oppo, demos, closeouts/sale items and freight shipped items. **Orders must be at least $49, before tax, to qualify. *Ground shipping to the 48 contiguous states only (FPO/APO excluded). If you continue to see a shipping charge on your order, please check the exclusions listed below. ![]() When your order subtotal reaches $49 in the shopping cart the shipping charge for associated qualifying items will automatically be adjusted on your order. Place a qualifying order over $49* and receive FREE DOMESTIC GROUND SHIPPING.
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