Released 1956 Length 37:41 Artist Billie Holiday Label Clef Records Genre Vocal jazz | Recorded August 23, 25 1955 Velvet Mood
(1956) The Lady Sings
(1956) Release date 1956 Producer Norman Granz | |
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Billie holiday prelude to a kiss 1955
Velvet Mood (subtitled Songs by Billie Holiday) (MGC 713) is an 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 had also resulted in all the material for her previous album Music for Torching (MGC 669) .
Contents
Billie holiday prelude to a kiss from the 1956 album velvet mood
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
Songs
1Prelude To A Kiss5:34
2When Your Lover Has Gone4:57
3Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone4:19
References
Velvet Mood Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA