In My Solitude: The Billie Holiday Songbook

In My Solitude: The Billie Holiday Songbook
Studio album by Terence Blanchard
Released March 29, 1994
Recorded October 20–29, 1993
Genre Jazz
Length 52:27
Label Columbia
Producer Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard chronology
The Malcolm X Jazz Suite
(1993)The Malcolm X Jazz Suite1993
In My Solitude: The Billie Holiday Songbook
(1994)
Romantic Defiance
(1995)Romantic Defiance1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

In My Solitude: The Billie Holiday Songbook is a 1994 jazz album by American trumpeter Terence Blanchard and vocalist Jeanie Bryson, released on the Columbia label.[2]

Overview

Terence Blanchard plays soothing, appealing ballads, uptempo tunes and wonderful melodies on muted and open horn, cleanly and fully hitting high and low notes, while executing mellow or intense statements smoothly and with flair. His guest vocalist Jeanie Bryson singing immortal compositions previously made anthems by legend Billie Holiday.

Critical reception

Scott Yanow of Allmusic stated "Trumpeter Terence Blanchard's tribute to Billie Holiday is a rather melancholy and often downbeat affair. Sounding less original than usual (he displays a strong Wynton Marsalis influence and also hints at times at both Miles Davis and Thad Jones), there is little joy to these renditions of Lady Day material other than the second half of "I Cried for You." The trumpeter's arrangements for the unswinging string section is occasionally oppressive, sometimes border on muzak and tends to weigh down the music."

Track listing

TrackSong TitleVocalsTime
1.Detour AheadJeanie Bryson4:32
2.Nice Work If You Can Get ItJeanie Bryson4:36
3.In My Solitude3:39
4.What a Little Moonlight Can DoJeanie Bryson4:01
5.Good Morning Heartache4:38
6.I Cried For You3:42
7.Don't Explain4:10
8.Fine And MellowJeanie Bryson4:37
9.Cover The Waterfront4:34
10.Left Alone8:02
11.Strange FruitJeanie Bryson3:48
12.Lady Sings The Blues6:09

Personnel

Billboard Chart

Billboard Chart[3]
Year Category Weeks on Chart Peak Position
1994 Top Jazz Album 24 3

Footnotes

  1. Allmusic review
  2. "Terence Blanchard – The Billie Holiday Songbook". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  3. Billboard chart history
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