Billie Holiday – Billie's Blues (E/E) – LP, EU 2014

Billie's Blues is an LP by Billie Holiday from 2014 released on the Doxy label.

About this album

Ladylove highlights Billie Holiday’s extraordinary ability to turn familiar material into deeply personal jazz. Issued in 1962, the album draws on swing and cool jazz standards, with Holiday’s phrasing, timing and emotional shading doing the real drama. Songs such as Blue Moon, All of Me and I Cover the Waterfront show how she could bend a melody to her own emotional truth, while Billie's Blues and Lover Come Back to Me underline the individuality that made her such a singular interpreter. For listeners, it is a fine snapshot of an artist whose influence on jazz singing remains immense.