Velvet Mood: Songs by Billie Holiday is an album by jazz singer Billie Holiday, released in 1956 on Clef Records.[1] The music was recorded over the course of two sessions in Los Angeles, two days apart, which also resulted in all the material for her previous album Music for Torching (MG C-669).[2]
| Velvet Mood | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1956 | |||
| Recorded | August 23 & 25, 1955 | |||
| Studio | Los Angeles, CA | |||
| Genre | Jazz, swing | |||
| Length | 37:41 | |||
| Label | Clef MG C-713 (Verve MG V-8096) | |||
| Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
Track listing
editSide one
edit- "Prelude to a Kiss" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Irving Gordon) - 5:37
- "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) - 4:58
- "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" (Sam H. Stept, Sidney Clare, Bee Palmer) - 4:23
- "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:48
Side two
edit- "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 5:55
- "What's New?" (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke) – 4:20
- "I Hadn't Anyone Till You" (Ray Noble) – 4:05
- "Everything I Have Is Yours" (Burton Lane, Harold Adamson) – 4:33
Personnel
editBillie Holiday - Vocals
Harry "Sweets" Edison - Trumpet
Jimmy Rowles - Piano, celesta on "I Hadn't Anyone Till You", "Everything I Have Is Yours", and "What's New?"
Alex de Paula - Artwork
References
edit- ^ Velvet Mood at the Jazz Discography Project, accessed Mar 24, 2020
- ^ Sessions of August 1955 in session index for Billie Holiday at the Jazz Discography Project, accessed Mar 24, 2020
- ^ Velvet Mood at Allmusic
- ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
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