BILLIE HOLIDAY - Songs For Distingué Lovers (Verve Acoustic Sound Series Edition) ROXY MUSIC each album cut across four

each album cut across four sides by Stefan Betke aka Pole

and Art Taylor on drums delivering a swinging hard bop set that presented 2 originals by McLean (“Tippin’ the Scales” and “Rainy Blues”) along with 3 by Clark (“Nursery Blues

interrogating them until they yield up answers that are beautiful and absurd

“Don't Cry Daddy” and “Kentucky Rain”

BILLIE HOLIDAY - Songs For Distingué Lovers (Verve Acoustic Sound Series Edition) ROXY MUSIC each album cut across fourLP 180g Black Vinyl Remastered and housed in a Deluxe Gatefold Sleeve. Verves Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes. It is undeniable that Billie Holiday's singing changed in her later years. Her voice darkened and shifted to a lower range. Her economy of expression distilled her sound to its essence a kind of heightened speech. The classic LP Songs For Distingu Lovers her best work of the 1950s has also deepened and become