Billie Holiday • Lady Sings the Blues (Verve/UMG, 1956/2013) Released in December 1956, Lady Sings the Blues is Holiday’s last recording for Clef records. “Taken from sessions taped during 1954–56, Lady Sings the Blues features Holiday backed by tenor saxophonist Paul Quinichette, trumpeter Charlie Shavers, pianist Wynton Kelly, and guitarist Kenny Burrell. Though Holiday's voice had arguably deteriorated by the 1950s, the album is well regarded – in a 1956 review, Down Beat awarded the album 5 out of 5 stars, and had this to say about the co-current book: Lady Sings The Blues is Billie Holiday's autobiography [...] she tries to get the reader on her side of the mirror, so don't expect a three-dimensional view of the subject. The book was written with William Dufty, assistant to the editor of the New York Post [...] Seldom in the book does she talk about her singing[.]” Wikipedia #billieholiday #clefrecords #ververecords #mysonicarchive #nowspinning #vinyljunkie #vinyligclub #vinyligcommunity #vinylcollection #vinylcommunity #vinylclub (at Mexico City, Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn4bFc1OdQK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
