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Coming Forth by Day
Jazz · 2015 · 13 tracks

Coming Forth by Day

A haunting, noir-inflected reimagining of Billie Holiday. Drenched in reverb and murky textures, it turns jazz standards into ghostly, cinematic soundscapes.

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It sounds like a jazz seance held in a David Lynch film.

A haunting, noir-drenched exploration of grief and memory that feels both ancient and modern.

Coming Forth by Day · vs · Cassandra Wilson
Haunting+2.4σ

Haunting saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks
01
Don't Explain
4:35
02
Billie's Blues
5:08
03
Crazy He Calls Me
6:18
04
You Go to My Head
4:08
05
All of Me
4:06
06
The Way You Look Tonight
3:50
07
Good Morning Heartache
4:57
08
What a Little Moonlight Can Do
4:10
09
These Foolish Things
4:14
10
Strange Fruit
4:55
11
I'll Be Seeing You
6:08
12
Last Song (For Lester)
5:51
13
The Mood That I'm In
5:23
Moments Worth Waiting For
The unsettling, distorted guitar feedback that opens Strange Fruit, transforming the standard into a modern gothic nightmare.
The way the rhythm section locks into a slow, hypnotic groove on Billie's Blues, feeling more like a Nick Cave ballad than a jazz club staple.
The heartbreaking intimacy of Last Song (For Lester), where the vocals feel like a private letter being read aloud for the first time.
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