Body and Soul (Billie Holiday album) explained

Body and Soul
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Billie Holiday
Cover:	billieholidaybodyandsoul.jpg
Released:	1957
Recorded:	January 3, January 4, January 7, & January 9, 1957
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	40:07
Label:	Verve
Producer:	Norman Granz
Prev Title:	Lady Sings the Blues
Prev Year:	1956
Next Title:	Songs for Distingué Lovers
Next Year:	1957

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

Critical reception

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."^[1]

Track listing

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

• Billie Holiday – vocals
• Ben Webster – Tenor Sax
• Barney Kessel – Guitar
• Harry "Sweets" Edison – Trumpet
• Jimmy Rowles – Piano
• Red Mitchell – Bass
• Alvin Stoller – Drums on 1, 3, 5 and 8
• Larry Bunker – Drums on 2, 4, 6 and 7

Notes and References

1. . Body and Soul: Billie Holiday. Saturday Review . Saturday Review Associates. 1957. 40 . 36 .