Velvet Mood
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| 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 | |||
| Billie Holiday chronology | ||||
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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]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
Track listing
[edit | edit source]Side one
[edit | edit source]- "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 | edit source]- "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
[edit | edit source]- Billie Holiday - Vocals
- Benny Carter - Alto saxophone
- Harry "Sweets" Edison - Trumpet
- Jimmy Rowles - Piano, celesta on "I Hadn't Anyone Till You", "Everything I Have Is Yours", and "What's New?"
- Barney Kessel - Guitar
- John Simmons - Bass
- Larry Bunker - Drums
- Alex de Paula - Artwork
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ 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
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