Billie Holiday: Music for Torching/Velvet Mood

Rating: ★★★★

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State of Art

September/2018

Two of Norman Granz's most celebrated sessions from 1955, with Benny Carter and Sweets in the line-up, plus Jimmy Rowles and a very prominently featured Barney Kessel, backing a very – er – relaxed, but dazzlingly emotional, Billie in almost conversational mode on a set of timeless standards.

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