• INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS
 
CONTAINS NEW SPECIALLY PREPARED LINER NOTES BY PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ'S WRITER BRIAN MORTON AND BY PARIS' PRESTIGIOUS JAZZ MAGAZINE
 
“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
 
“Surrounded by exceptional musicians, Billie Holiday expresses a contained but palpable pain which, even if we could neglect to take it seriously, reveals the inner narrative and almost biographical dimension of the words of these standards, and offers the privilege of hearing them like never before, and probably never since.” - JAZZ MAGAZINE
 
PERSONNEL:
BILLIE HOLIDAY - (vocals)
BEN WEBSTER - (tenor sax)
HARRY “SWEETS” EDISON - (trumpet)
JIMMY ROWLES - (piano)
BARNEY KESSEL - (guitar)
RED MITCHELL - (bass)
ALVIN STOLLER - (drums on A1, A3, A5, B1 & B4-B5)
LARRY BUNKER - (drums on A2, A4 & B2-B3)
 
All tracks recorded in Hollywood, California.
January 3 (A5, B4), January 4 (B1 & B5),
January 7 (A1 & A3), January 8 (B5)
and January 9 (A2, A4, B2-B3), 1957
 
SIDE A
A1. BODY AND SOUL
A2. THEY CAN’T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME
A3. DARN THAT DREAM
A4. LET’S CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF
A5. I WISHED ON THE MOON (*)
 
SIDE B
B1. COMES LOVE
B2. GEE, BABY, AIN’T I GOOD TO YOU
B3. EMBRACEABLE YOU
B4. MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT B5. SAY IT ISN’T SO (*)
(*) BONUS TRACKS