Billie Holiday – Body and Soul – CD

Surrounded by exceptional musicians, Billie Holiday expresses a contained but palpable pain which, even if we could neglect to take it seriously, reveals the inner narrative and almost biographical dimension of the words of these standards, and offers the privilege of hearing them like never before, and probably never since. Body and Soul must be a contender for that “finest album” spot. It catches her at a time when the melodic invention and rhythmic suppleness of earlier days has given way to a more deliberate, almost speech-derived style which places greater emphasis on the lyric than on the harmonies.

1 Body And Soul
2 They Can’t Take That Away From Me
3 Darn That Dream
4 Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off
5 Comes Love
6 Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good To You
7 Embraceable You
8 Moonlight In Vermont
9 Day In, Day Out
10 A Foggy Day
11 Stars Fell On Alabama
12 One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
13 Just One Of Those Things
14 I Didn’t Know What Time It Was