Billie Holiday - Body And Soul + Songs For Distingu� Lovers

Two albums on 1CD with 28-page booklet, includes specially prepared liner notes by the Penguin Guide to Jazz writer, Brian Morton.

Body and Soul must be a contender for that finest album spot. It catches her at a time when the melodic invention and rhythmic suppleness of earlier days has given way to a more deliberate, almost speech-derived style which places greater emphasis on the lyric than on the harmonies. Penguin Guide To Jazz