Velvet Mood
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Velvet Mood (subtitled Songs by Billie Holiday) (MGC 713) 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 had also resulted in all the material for her previous album Music for Torching (MGC 669) .[2]
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Track Listing
Side one
- "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
- "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
Billie Holiday - Vocals
Benny Carter - Alto Saxophone
Harry "Sweets" Edison - Trumpet
Jimmy Rowles - Piano (celeste on I Hadn't Anyone Till You and What's New?)
Barney Kessel - Guitar
Larry Bunker - Drums
John Simmons - Bass
Alex de Paula - artwork
References
- ^ Velvet Mood, Discogs.com, accessed Feb 13, 2016
- ^ Billie Holiday sessionography, the Jazz Discography Project, accessed Feb 13, 2016
- ^ Velvet Mood at Allmusic