Billie
Holiday –
Music
For Torching With Billie Holiday
Vinyl
LP, Album, Mono, Reissue
Verve
Records
A
smallish jazz band behind Billie Holiday, and she shines as much as
anyone can with the 3 AM feeling. I'm also impressed with this album
because one of its recording dates was August 25, 1955, when I turned
the magical age of 1. The other thing that impressed me was when I
bought this used album and I put it on my turntable, it died. It
died without warning or fuss. I figure this album killed my
turntable. Nevertheless it a turntable was going to die from a
record, this is a good one to die with.
Compared
to Lady
In Satin this
is a very intimate album. I think there's more heart here as well.
You can tell that musicians really liked playing with her. I think
of her voice as another instrument in the band. This is very much an
essential album by her, now if only my turntable can survive her
charms.
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