[TR24][OF] Billie Holiday - Songs For Distingue Lovers (Reissue) - 1957/2014 (Vocal Jazz)

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. [Some reissues add six songs, doubling the original program, including further recordings made during the same January 1957 sessions.]

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Analyzed: Billie Holiday / Songs For Distingué Lovers
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR14      -0.59 dB   -18.45 dB      6:49 01-Day In Day Out
DR14      -2.04 dB   -19.45 dB      4:43 02-A Foggy Day
DR14      -2.43 dB   -18.82 dB      4:31 03-Stars Fell On Alabama
DR14      -0.14 dB   -17.66 dB      5:40 04-One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
DR14      -1.19 dB   -18.07 dB      5:33 05-Just One Of Those Things
DR14      -1.39 dB   -18.05 dB      6:03 06-I Didn't Know What Time It Was
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Number of tracks:  6
Official DR value: DR14
Samplerate:        192000 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   24
Bitrate:           6324 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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