A big hit with fantastic songs

The young jazz musician Rebecca Ferguson is following a previously unknown way for them with their third album. For the first time they consciously Covert title of another great artist, honoring this occasion of its one hundredth birthday this year, Billie Holiday. And so has the new album, which is named "Lady Sings The Blues" for a movie from 1972 about the life of Billie Holiday, 17 covers of Billie Holiday songs.
Together with producer Troy Miller Rebecca Ferguson has recorded at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, the recording of this album exception. And not only the charm of this famous recording venue, but also the powerful voice of the British giving the individual pieces a standalone, yet timeless touch.
And with songs like "Summertime," "Get Happy," "What Is This Thing Called Love" or the closing "My Man" thrilled Rebecca Ferguson on entire route. It is next to the captivating vocals and the musical backing of title, the charm of earlier jazz and swing weddings captures very well and transfers into the present. And so this album underlines once again the magical touch of Billie Holiday, who has even decades after her death lost none of its uniqueness and quality. And how could such a grande dame better homage than a cover album in the style of "Lady Sings The Blues". A big hit with fantastic songs by one of perhaps the most gifted jazz and blues singers of our time.