Billie Holiday - Body And Soul

Billie Holiday — Body And Soul on SHM-SACD

Japanese pressing features the high-fidelity SHM-SACD format (single layer). Cardboard sleeve packaging. Universal. 2025.

Small jazz groups brought out the best in Billie Holiday — especially groups as good as the one heard on this classic 1957 recording. Ben Webster, Harry "Sweets" Edison and the other members of this stellar ensemble were not just gifted soloists but sensitive accompanists as well. Lady Day was rarely more ably supported than she was on this program of sturdy standards, including three gems by the Gershwin brothers — and she rarely sounded more luminous.

Features:
• Super High Material Super Audio CD
• SHM-SACD Stereo SACD Layer
• Single-Layer Stereo SHM-SACD, to secure enough reflectance and not to compress DSD file.
• Label of the disc is printed with a special green ink called 'Onsho Shiyou,' which minimizes diffuse reflection.
• Carefully selected master audio is used, from existing DSD files to newly converted from analog tapes.
• This Single-Layer SHM-SACD can only be played on a Super Audio CD Player!
• Japanese pressing

Musicians:
Billie Holiday, vocals
Barney Kessel, guitar
Jimmy Rowles, piano
Ben Webster, tenor saxophone
Red Mitchell, bass
Harry "Sweets" Edison, trumpet 
Alvin Stoller, Larry Bunker, drums

 

 

1. Body and Soul

2. They Can't Take That Away From Me

3. Darn That Dream

4. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off

5. Comes Love

6. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You

7. Embraceable You

8. Moonlight in Vermont

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