Billie Holiday - Body and Soul (Essential Vinyl Series)

Billie Holiday’s 1957 album Body and Soul captures the singular singer during her final years at Verve. Her weathered bBillie Holiday’s 1957 album Body and Soul captures the singular singer during her final years at Verve. Her weathered but deeply expressive voice lends fresh weight to standards including ‘Embraceable You’, ‘Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off’ and ‘They Can’t Take That Away from Me’. The heartfelt title track is another highlight, demonstrating the emotional power and distinctive phrasing that made Holiday such an influential interpreter of song.

ut deeply expressive voice lends fresh weight to standards including ‘Embraceable You’, ‘Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off’ and ‘They Can’t Take That Away from Me’. The heartfelt title track is another highlight, demonstrating the emotional power and distinctive phrasing that made Holiday such an influential interpreter of song.