Billie Holiday - Body And Soul (Verve Records 1957)

"Body and Soul" is a popular jazz song featured on Billie Holidays album with the same title. Billie Holiday (vocals); Barney Kessel (guitar); Ben Webster (tenor saxophone); Harry "Sweets" Edison (trumpet); Jimmy Rowles (piano); Larry Bunker, Alvin Stoller (drums), Lady Day's 'Body and Soul' is a popular song written in 1930 by Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton and Johnny Green. Tony Bennett recorded the classic pop standard Body And Soul, with Amy Winehouse at Abbey Road Studios in London March, 2011. The duet proceeds will be donated to her charity "The Amy Winehouse Foundation."

Accompanied with Billie, Ben Webster (Tenor Sax); Barney Kessel (Guitar); Harry "Sweets" Edison (Trumpet); Jimmy Rowles (Piano); Red Mitchell (Bass); and Larry Bunker (Drums). Recorded January 7th, 1957 (20507-1).

My days have grown so lonely
For you I cry, for you dear only
Why haven't you seen it
I'm all for you body and soul

I spend my days in longin'
I'm wondering why it's me you're wronging
I tell you I mean it
I'm all for you body and soul

I can't believe it
It's hard to conceive it
That you'd throw away romance
Are you pretending
It looks like the ending
Unless I can have one more chance to prove, dear

My life a hell you're making
You know I'm yours for just the taking
I'd gladly surrender
Myself to you body and soul

What lies before me
A future that's stormy
A winter that's gray and cold
Unless there's magic the end will be tragic
And therefor a tale that's been told so often

My life revolves about you
What earthly good am I without you
Oh I tell you I mean it
I'm all for you body and soul

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[batmandannyb]

Her voice skips my ears and goes straight to my heart. She IS the story of jazz!

[Edscew]

To piggyback off of that, a man at a bar drew an obscene picture(mind you after she sang Strange Fruit) and she proceeded to hit him over the head with a chair, God I love Lady Day.

[George Whitney]

How ever so beautiful is this! Damn! Ben Webster! What can I say? Ms. Billie Holiday is eternal!

[roberto pithon]

There is nothing that can be said about Billie (Lady Day) Holiday that can actually do justice to her Immense talent. Many years will pass and she will continue being the great jazz muse of all time. Marvelous!

[Rosanna Marchese]

maravillosa canción

[Noel Rosa]

Linda e emocionante voz.

[christopher cox]

RIP I will always love u

[Lesley Luther]

Fabulous......pure magic.

[dim1309]

Pure bliss.

Thank you so much.

[doctorhugo]

As if Billie weren't enough you have the genius of "Sweets" and Ben Webster caressing the lyrical qualities with their soft, yet genius treatment as they bounce the soft-horn tonal backup between themselves, not unlike throwing a soft pillow back and forth. If you want to hear the heart, body and soul of American jazz...you just did!