Music for Torching with Billie Holiday is the fourth studio album by jazz singer Billie Holiday. A collection of torch songs, it was released in 1955 by Clef Records.Music for Torching at the Jazz Discography Project, accessed Mar 24, 2020 It is her first 12-inch LP for the label, after four 10 inch LPs.
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 follow-up album Velvet Mood (MG C-713).Sessions of August 1955 in session index for Billie Holiday at the Jazz Discography Project, accessed Mar 24, 2020
Track listing
Side A "It Had to Be You" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) – 4:02 "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 4:23 "I Don't Want to Cry Anymore" (Victor Schertzinger) – 3:55 "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (Victor Young, Ned Washington, Bing Crosby) – 4:29
Side B "A Fine Romance" (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) – 3:35 "Gone with the Wind" (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson) – 3:26 "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Cole Porter) – 5:42 "Isn't This a Lovely Day?" (Irving Berlin) – 4:16
Personnel Billie Holiday – vocals Harry "Sweets" Edison – trumpet Benny Carter – alto & tenor saxophone Jimmy Rowles – piano Barney Kessel – guitar John Simmons – bass Larry Bunker – drums
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