In My Solitude: The Billie Holiday Songbook

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In My Solitude: The Billie Holiday Songbook
The Billie Holiday Songbook -album cover.jpg
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
Allmusic4/5 stars[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[2]
Tom HullB–[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz3/4 stars[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide3.5/5 stars[5]

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.[6]

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".[7]

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)[8] 3
Billboard 200[9] 14

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin. "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". p. 586. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Terence Blanchard". Tom Hull. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. p. 128. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  5. ^ Swenson, John (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. p. 1865. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Terence Blanchard – The Billie Holiday Songbook". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  7. ^ Stewart, Zan (8 January 1994). "New Year Promises Slew of First-Rate Recordings". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Terence Blanchard". Billboard. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Terence Blanchard". Billboard. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
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