Violets for Your Furs (album) explained

Violets for Your Furs
Type:	live
Artist:	Shirley Horn
Cover:	shirlfurs.jpg
Released:	1981
Recorded:	July 10–12, 1981
Genre:	Vocal jazz
Length:	45:59
Label:	SteepleChase Records
Producer:	Scott Winther
Chronology:	Shirley Horn
Prev Title:	All Night Long
Prev Year:	1981
Next Title:	The Garden of the Blues
Next Year:	1984

Violets for Your Furs is a 1981 live album by Shirley Horn recorded at the North Sea Jazz Festival.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "This lesser-known set is up to the same level as Shirley Horn's best-selling Verve sets. Recommended.".^[1]

Track listing

1. "Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:27
2. "Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) - 7:25
3. "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) - 3:40
4. "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" (Jimmy Davis, Roger ("Ram") Ramirez, James Sherman) - 5:18
5. "Violets for Your Furs" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) - 4:56
6. "Baby Won't You Please Come Home" (Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams) - 4:14
7. "My Man" (Jacques Charles, Channing Pollack, Albert Willemetz, Maurice Yvain) - 10:16
8. "More Than You Know" (Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans) - 4:18
9. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 2:25

Personnel

• Shirley Horn - piano, vocals
• Charles Ables - electric bass
• Billy Hart - drums

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=violets-for-your-furs-r166400|pure_url=yes}} Violets for Your Furs]. Allmusic. April 30, 2011.