- jazz, vocal jazz
- 37 min
- 8 tracks
- Clef Records
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.
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Character-led, grave, spare and intimate.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
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Tracks
- A1Prelude to a Kiss5:34
- A2When Your Lover Has Gone4:57
- A3Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone4:19
- A4Nice Work If You Can Get It3:49
- B1I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues5:52
- B2What's New4:16
- B3I Hadn't Anyone Till You4:02
- B4Everything I Have Is Yours4:31
8 tracks, 37 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Billie Holiday
- Label
- Clef Records
- Released
- 1956
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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