Velvet Mood

Velvet Mood: Songs by Billie Holiday 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 also resulted in all the material for her previous album Music for Torching (MG C-669).

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

Alex de Paula - Artwork