Billie Holiday / Lady In Satin (US, Columbia, CL 1157)

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Billie Holiday / Lady In Satin (US, Columbia, CL 1157)
(side 1) XLP43015-1A
(side 2) XLP43016-1A

1958年2月に録音され6月に発売された、最晩年の傑作。情感に訴えかける掠れて荒れた声に圧倒されます。

この当時のビリー・ホリデイはワイルドなジャム・セッションをやりたいと思っておらず、またレイ・エリスの"Ellis in Wonderland"を気に入っており「レイのオケをバックに可愛らしく繊細なアルバムを作りたい」と強く望んでいたそうです。レイは連絡を受け「ビリー・ホリデイが自分を知っていたなんて!」と感激して受けたそうです。

発売されたこのアルバムは当時は酷評され、 The Penguin Guide to Jazz誌には「殴られている女性を盗み見ているようだ」、The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
誌では「厚着のレディー」「Billie's punch was gone」と書かれました。

Billie Holiday - I'm a Fool to Want You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA4BXkF8Dfo

I'm a Fool to Want You
I'm a fool to want you
I'm a fool to want you
To want a love that can't be true
A love that's there for others too

I'm a fool to hold you
Such a fool to hold you
To seek a kiss not mine alone
To share a kiss the Devil has known

Time and time again I said I'd leave you
Time and time again I went away
But then would come the time when I would need you
And once again these words I'd have to say

I'm a fool to want you
Pity me, I need you
I know it's wrong, it must be wrong
But right or wrong I can't get along
Without you

Time and time again I said I'd leave you
Time and time again I went away
But then would come the time when I would need you
And once again these words I'd have to say

Take me back, I love you
Pity me, I need you
I know it's wrong, it must be wrong
But right or wrong I can't get along
Without you

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