Billie Holiday - Songs For Distingue Lovers

Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound

"...these are all truly classic Verve titles that you simply don't want to miss...most importantly, the sound of these reissues is nothing short of astounding. Particularly the early Billie and Ella mono records are incredible treasures of sonic beauty. I'd definitely ask Santa for the whole set, or, if you want to cherry pick, the most classic titles. Whatever you decide, you owe yourself at least a half dozen!" Winner of a 2012 Positive Feedback Online Writers' Choice Award - Danny Kaey, Positive Feedback Online, November/December 2011

It is undeniable that Billie Holiday's singing changed in her later years. Her voice darkened and shifted to a lower range. Her economy of means distilled her sound to its expressive essence - a kind of heightened speech. The classic LP Songs For Distingue Lovers has also deepened and become burnished with time. Maybe it's that still-arresting word, "distingue"; maybe it's that iconic, tinted image of Lady Day on the cover. But now that legendary LP, with the singer's best studio work of the Fifties, is available at 45 RPM!

Originally released in 1957.

Billie Holiday, vocals

Larry Bunker, drums

Harry "Sweets" Edison, trumpet

Barney Kessel, guitar

Red Mitchell, bass

Joe Mondragon, bass

Jimmy Rowles, piano

Alvin Stoller, drums

Ben Webster, tenor saxophone

1. Day In Day Out

2. A Foggy Day

3. Stars Fell On Alabama

4. One for My Baby (And One More For the Road)

5. Just One of those Things

6. I Didn't Know What Time It Was