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Billie Holiday, Ray Ellis And His Orchestra – Lady In Satin (VG+/VG+) – LP, AU 1984
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Lady In Satin is an LP by Billie Holiday, Ray Ellis And His Orchestra from 1984 released on the CBS label.
About this album
Lady In Satin is Billie Holiday’s haunting late-career masterwork, a record that turns vocal fragility into emotional authority. Issued in 1958 and backed by Ray Ellis and his orchestra, it finds Holiday singing standards such as “I’m a Fool to Want You” and “You’ve Changed” with a weathered, deeply expressive voice that makes every phrase feel hard-won. The lush orchestral arrangements give the album a polished surface, but the real force is the contrast between Ellis’s elegance and Holiday’s poignant restraint. Widely regarded as one of her final great statements, it stands as a moving testament to her artistry at the end of a remarkable career.
Genre: Jazz
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AllMusic rating:AllMusic users:A1 I'M A Fool To Want You
A2 For Heaven'S Sake
A3 You Don'T Know What Love Is
A4 I Get Along Without You Very Well
A5 For All We Know
A6 Violets For Your Furs
B1 You'Ve Changed
B2 It'S Easy To Remember
B3 But Beautiful
B4 Glad To Be Unhappy
B5 I'Ll Be Around