Lady in Satin

by Billie Holiday

Lady in Satin cover art

Billie Holiday's penultimate album, 'Lady in Satin', deliberately moved away from her small jazz combo work, instead featuring the singer's personally requested lavish and delicate orchestral arrangements from Ray Ellis. The production places Holiday's fragile, weathered voice, altered by years of hardship and abuse, against a lush backdrop of strings and choir. While retaining her masterful phrasing and emotional depth, the album's sound was initially divisive but is now considered a poignant and raw interpretation of Great American Songbook standards, and the last album released in her lifetime.

Genres

  • Vocal Jazz

Tracklist

  1. I'm a Fool to Want You
  2. For Heaven's Sake
  3. You Don't Know What Love Is
  4. I Get Along Without You Very Well
  5. For All We Know
  6. Violets for Your Furs
  7. You've Changed
  8. It's Easy to Remember
  9. But Beautiful
  10. Glad to Be Unhappy
  11. I'll Be Around
  12. The End of a Love Affair
  13. I'm a Fool to Want You
  14. I'm a Fool to Want You (with Ray Ellis & His Orchestra) - Take 2 [Alternate]
  15. The End of a Love Affair - The Audio Story
  16. The End of a Love Affair