Lady in Satin ( CS 8048) marked Billie Holiday's last big hit and her second to last album ever. It represents something close toher swan song. Although some live recordings made after the LP exist, and she even made a second album with Ray Ellis for MGM,none of these documents were as enduring as Lady in Satin. In fact, Billie herself loved this LP, on which she fully impregnates the musicwith her soul, even though the effects of a lifetime of drug abuse and alcoholism are apparent in her voice. Most jazz fans now considerLady in Satin to be Holiday's last great effort. By early 1959 she had cirrhosis of the liver. She stopped drinking on doctor's orders, but soonrelapsed. On May 31, 1959, she was taken to Metropolitan Hospital in New York for treatment of liver and heart disease. She died on July 17,1959 at the age of 44.

Additional Details

Label: Jazz Images

Genre: Jazz

Run Time: 70 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 11/22/19

UPC: 8436569194300