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This is the most controversial of all Billie Holiday records. Lady Day herself said that this session (which finds her accompanied by Ray Ellis' string orchestra) was her personal favorite, and many listeners have found her emotional versions of such songs as "I'm a Fool to Want You," "You Don't Know What Love Is," "Glad to Be Unhappy," and particularly "You've Changed" to be quite touching. But Holiday's voice was essentially gone by 1958, and although not yet 43, she could have passed for 73. Ellis' arrangements do not help, veering close to Muzak; most of this record is very
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R:\__Jazz\_B\Billie Holiday\1958. Billie Holiday – Lady In Satin (Sony Remaster 2002) [SACD][DSD64] - Explorer: Open folder
- AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/album/MW0000660667
Credits
Arranged By — Ray Ellis Conductor — Ray Ellis Trombone — J.J. Johnson, Urbie Green Soloist — J.J. Johnson, Urbie Green, Mel Davis Trumpet — Mel Davis
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