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Billie Holiday's 1958 Columbia album Lady in Satin, with lush strings by Ray Ellis: "I'm a Fool to Want You," "You Don't Know What Love Is" and "For Heaven's Sake."
Lady in Satin was the album Billie Holiday herself was proudest of late in her career, and her weathered, deeply expressive voice against Ray Ellis's strings is unforgettable.
Produced by Irving Townsend, Lady in Satin pairs Billie Holiday with a full orchestra arranged and conducted by Ray Ellis, setting her voice amid lush, romantic strings and a choir on a programme of great torch songs and standards.
"I'm a Fool to Want You" is one of the most moving vocal performances in jazz, "You Don't Know What Love Is" and "For All We Know" are breathtaking, and "Violets for Your Furs" and "But Beautiful" are tender and intimate.
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Side one
1. I'm a Fool to Want You
2. For Heaven's Sake
3. You Don't Know What Love Is
4. I Get Along Without You Very Well
5. For All We Know
6. Violets for Your Furs
Side two
1. You've Changed
2. It's Easy to Remember
3. But Beautiful
4. Glad to Be Unhappy
5. I'll Be Around
6. The End of a Love Affair
On Columbia / Legacy, a reissue of the 1958 album.
Info from Wikipedia.
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