Violets for Your Furs (album)

Violets for Your Furs
Live album by Shirley Horn
Released	1981
Recorded	July 10-12, 1981
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	45:59
Label	SteepleChase Records
Producer	Scott Winther
Shirley Horn chronology
All Night Long (1981)All Night Long1981 Violets for Your Furs (1981) The Garden of the Blues (1984)The Garden of the Blues1984

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

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album four stars and said "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

References