Billie Holiday – Songs For Distingue Lovers (1957) [Analogue Productions 2012] {SACD ISO + FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz}

Songs for Distingué Lovers forms part of the last series of extensive small-group recordings that Lady Day would make in the studio. Although her voice was largely shot at this point, she puts so much feeling into the lyrics that it’s easy to overlook her dark sound. The band is a major asset, and made up of all-stars: trumpeter Harry “Sweets” Edison, tenor saxophonist Ben Webster, pianist Jimmie Rowles, guitarist Barney Kessel, bassist Red Mitchell, and Alvin Stoller or Larry Bunker on drums. There are plenty of short solos for Edison, Webster, and Kessel. Holiday does her best on such numbers as “A Foggy Day,” “One for My Baby,” “Just One of Those Things,” and “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was,” and there are plenty of haunting moments, even if one could tell (even at the time) that the end was probably drawing near for the singer.

Tracklist:
01. Day In, Day Out
02. A Foggy Day
03. Stars Fell on Alabama
04. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)
05. Just One of Those Things
06. I Didn’t Know What Time It Was

SACD ISO

BillieH0lidayS0ngsF0rDistingueL0vers1957APRemaster2012SACDIS0.part1.rar
BillieH0lidayS0ngsF0rDistingueL0vers1957APRemaster2012SACDIS0.part2.rar

FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz

BillieH0lidayS0ngsF0rDistingueL0vers1957APRemaster2012FLAC2488.2.rar