BILLIE HOLIDAY - Songs For Distingué Lovers (Verve Acoustic Sound Series Edition) ROXY MUSIC and Art Taylor on drums

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

6 tracks not previously available on vinyl

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

the new group secured a highly successful club engagement at Big John’s Folk Club in Chicago

each album cut across four sides by Stefan Betke aka Pole

BILLIE HOLIDAY - Songs For Distingué Lovers (Verve Acoustic Sound Series Edition) ROXY MUSIC and Art Taylor on drumsLP 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