Music for Torching (album)

Music for Torching is a studio album by jazz singer Billie Holiday.[1] A collection of torch songs, it was released in 1955 by Clef Records.[2] It is her first 12-inch LP for the label, after four 10 inch LPs.

Music for Torching
Studio album by
Billie Holiday
ReleasedOctober 1955
RecordedAugust 23 & August 25, 1955
StudioLos Angeles, CA
GenreJazz, Swing
Length33:48
LabelClef (Verve) MG C-669
ProducerNorman Granz
Billie Holiday chronology
Billie Holiday at JATP
(1954)		 Music for Torching
(1955)		 Velvet Mood
(1956)

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).[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[6]

Track listing
A side
  1. "It Had to Be You" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) - 4:02
  2. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 4:23
  3. "I Don't Want to Cry Anymore" (Victor Schertzinger) - 3:55
  4. "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (Victor Young, Ned Washington, Bing Crosby) - 4:29
B side
  1. "A Fine Romance" (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) - 3:35
  2. "Gone with the Wind" (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson) - 3:26
  3. "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Cole Porter) - 5:42
  4. "Isn't This a Lovely Day?" (Irving Berlin) - 4:16

Personnel

References
  1. "Billie Holiday: Billie Holiday: Four Classic Albums Plus". All About Jazz. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  2. Music for Torching at the Jazz Discography Project, accessed Mar 24, 2020
  3. Sessions of August 1955 in session index for Billie Holiday at the Jazz Discography Project, accessed Mar 24, 2020
  4. Music for Torching at AllMusic
  5. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  6. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 716. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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