Billie Holiday - Solitude Format:Limited Edition 180G Virgin Vinyl + 3 Bonus Tracks the Corale Rossini

the Corale Rossini

The ambition of this 1972 debut is written large in band name and album title

because it is a gift

it’s also an album that comes loaded with a deep-rooted conviction in the end result

the outside world can’t help but seep in

Billie Holiday - Solitude Format:Limited Edition 180G Virgin Vinyl + 3 Bonus Tracks the Corale RossiniAfter an impasse in which she mostly recorded with tightly arranged groups (for Commodore) and big bands with strings (for Decca), Billie Holiday signed her last long term contract with Norman Granz. He tried to repeat the small group magic of her early days. Solitude included Billies first studio sessions for Granz, and features the singer backed by Charlie Shavers on trumpet, Flip Phillips on tenor sax, and the Oscar Peterson Trio plus drummers