Billie Holiday, Ray Ellis And His Orchestra – Lady In Satin (E/E) – LP, UK 2021

Lady In Satin is an LP by Billie Holiday, Ray Ellis And His Orchestra from 2021 released on the Columbia 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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