Billie Holiday - Body And Soul

Body and Soul belongs to Billie Holiday’s later work for Verve Records. Although her voice had changed during this period, its emotional power remained undiminished. On the album, Holiday gives a personal interpretation to beloved repertoire, including “Embraceable You,” “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off,” “They Can’t Take That Away from Me,” and the title track. Her restrained interpretations demonstrate her ability to give familiar songs a profound, deeply lived-in emotional quality. In this way, Body and Soul remains a lasting document of a voice that has continued to move generations of singers and listeners.