Billie Holiday - Velvet Mood ( 1956 )

 

Track listing

Side one

1. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Irving Gordon) - 5:37
2. "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) - 4:58
3. "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" (Sam H. Stept, Sidney Clare, Bee Palmer) - 4:23
4. "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:48

Side two

1. "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 5:55
2. "What's New?" (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke) – 4:20
3. "I Hadn't Anyone Till You" (Ray Noble) – 4:05
4. "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