Velvet Mood
| Velvet Mood | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
||||
| Studio album by Billie Holiday | ||||
| Released | 1956 | |||
| Recorded | August 23, 25 1955 | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 37:41 | |||
| Label | Clef Records (Verve Records) | |||
| Producer | Norman Granz | |||
| Billie Holiday chronology | ||||
|
||||
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |
  |
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) .
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
...
Wikipedia