In My Solitude: The Billie Holiday Songbook

In My Solitude: The Billie Holiday Songbook
Studio album by
Terence Blanchard
ReleasedMarch 29, 1994
RecordedOctober 20–29, 1993
GenreJazz
Length52:27
LabelColumbia
ProducerTerence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard chronology
The Malcolm X Jazz Suite
(1993) 		In My Solitude: The Billie Holiday Songbook
(1994) 		Romantic Defiance
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide[4]

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.

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." Zan Stewart of the Los Angeles Times added "...Blanchard will explore an earlier era on "In My Solitude: The Billie Holiday Songbook" (Columbia), his fat, sassy trumpet tone accompanied by a string section".[5]

Track listing

Track Song Title Vocals Time
1. Detour Ahead Jeanie Bryson 4:32
2. Nice Work If You Can Get It Jeanie Bryson 4:36
3. In My Solitude 3:39
4. What a Little Moonlight Can Do Jeanie Bryson 4:01
5. Good Morning Heartache 4:38
6. I Cried for You 3:42
7. Don't Explain 4:10
8. Fine and Mellow Jeanie Bryson 4:37
9. Cover the Waterfront 4:34
10. Left Alone 8:02
11. Strange Fruit Jeanie Bryson 3:48
12. Lady Sings the Blues 6:09

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1994) Peak
position
US Traditional Jazz Albums (Billboard)[6] 3
Billboard 200[7] 14

Footnotes

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin. "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". p. 586. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. p. 128. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  4. ^ Swenson, John (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. p. 1865. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  5. ^ Stewart, Zan (January 8, 1994). "New Year Promises Slew of First-Rate Recordings". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
  6. ^ "Terence Blanchard". Billboard. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  7. ^ "Terence Blanchard". Billboard. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
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