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Body and Soul (Billie Holiday album)

Body and Soul is a studio album by jazz singer Billie Holiday, released in 1957.[4]

Body and Soul
Studio album by
Billie Holiday
Released1957
RecordedJanuary 3, January 4, January 7, & January 9, 1957
GenreJazz
Length40:07
LabelVerve
ProducerNorman Granz
Billie Holiday chronology
Lady Sings the Blues
(1956) 		Body and Soul
(1957) 		Songs for Distingué Lovers
(1957)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

Critical reception

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In its 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."[5]

Track listing

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A side
  1. "Body and Soul" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, and Frank Eyton) – 6:18
  2. "They Can't Take That Away From Me" (George and Ira Gershwin) – 4:08
  3. "Darn That Dream" (Jimmy Van Heusen and Eddie DeLange) – 6:15
  4. "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off" (George and Ira Gershwin) – 3:22
B side
  1. "Comes Love" (Sam H. Stept, Lew Brown and Charles Tobias) – 3:58
  2. "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf and Don Redman) – 5:34
  3. "Embraceable You" (George and Ira Gershwin) – 6:45
  4. "Moonlight in Vermont" (Karl Suessdorf and John Blackburn)- 3:47
bonus tracks on 2002 Verve Master Edition CD
  1. "Comes Love" (false start take 2) - 0:32
  2. "Comes Love" (false start take 3) - 0:20
  3. "Comes Love" (alternate take 1) - 3:56

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 716. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  4. ^ a b The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 382.
  5. ^ "Body and Soul: Billie Holiday". Saturday Review. Vol. 40. Saturday Review Associates. 1957. p. 36.
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