Struggling to record The End of a Love Affair on February 20, 1958, Billie Holiday abruptly ended a take for her album Lady in Satin with resigned frustration. She said into the studio microphone, "No good. I don't know it. Mal, please try to play...as loud as you can. I don't know the tune." Mal was Mal Waldron, her accompanying pianist. Holiday was in…
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