Album: Body and Soul by Billie Holiday (1957)
Genre: Jazz
Format: Album

Description: Body and Soul is a studio album made by jazz singer Billie Holiday, released in 1957. In their 1957 review of the album, Saturday Review wrote:

"With changes in her voice which bring Miss Holiday's singing closer to recitative has come an occasional timidity about altering a melody where before there was boldness. But she remains one of the best jazz singers, not only for her unique sound and attack, but for her straightforward, honest, musical communication."

Artist Background: Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Harris April 7, 1915 - July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. Critic John Bush wrote that Holiday "changed the art of American pop vocals forever." She co-wrote only a few songs, but several of them have ... Part of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Jazz movement.

Related Artists: Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington

Music Scene: Part of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Jazz movement.

Tags: Jazz, classic, Album


Body and Soul is a studio album made by jazz singer Billie Holiday, released in 1957. In their 1957 review of the album, Saturday Review wrote:

"With changes in her voice which bring Miss Holiday's singing closer to recitative has come an occasional timidity about altering a melody where before there was boldness. But she remains one of the best jazz singers, not only for her unique sound and attack, but for her straightforward, honest, musical communication."

Body and Soul

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