Velvet Mood: Songs by Billie Holiday is the fifth studio album by jazz singer Billie Holiday, released in 1956 on Clef Records. 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).
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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, 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