| Velvet Mood | ||||
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| Released | 1956 | |||
| Recorded | August 23 & 25, 1955 | |||
| Studio | Los Angeles, CA | |||
| Genre | Jazz, swing | |||
| Length | 37:41 | |||
| Label | Clef MG C-713 (Verve MG V-8096) | |||
| Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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Velvet Mood: Songs by Billie Holiday is an album by jazz singer Billie Holiday, released in 1956 on Clef Records.[1] 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).[2]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
- ^ Velvet Mood at the Jazz Discography Project, accessed Mar 24, 2020
- ^ Sessions of August 1955 in session index for Billie Holiday at the Jazz Discography Project, accessed Mar 24, 2020
- ^ Velvet Mood at Allmusic
- ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.