High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Blue Gardenia is an album by Etta James, released in August 2001 through the record label Private Music. Produced by John Snyder, who had worked with James on five of her previous studio albums, Blue Gardenia contains thirteen jazz standards from the 1930s–50s arranged by pianist Cedar Walton (with the exception of "Love Letters", arranged by Josh Sklair). Between November 2000 and February 2001, Snyder and Walton first assembled musicians to record tracks while James was recovering from a flu; her vocals were added following her recovery. In addition to Walton, guests appearing on the album included Red Holloway on tenor saxophone and Dorothy Hawkins, James` mother, who provided vocals on the title track.