Turned to Blue

by Nancy Wilson

Overview

On Nancy Wilson's previous album, 2004's R.S.V.P., the legendary vocalist teamed up with a given instrumentalist on each track. She must have liked the formula, because she's done it again on Turned to Blue. Here the oft-honored jazz singer leaves room in each number -- save for the title track, a Maya Angelou poem set to music and arranged by Jay Ashby -- for a different soloist, bringing in such heavyweights as Hubert Laws on flute, saxists Jimmy Heath, Andy Snitzer, Bob Mintzer (who appears to be summoning Stan Getz on the opening number, Gordon Jenkins' "This Is All I Ask"), James Moody and Tom Scott, pianist Dr. Billy Taylor, and steel pans player Andy Narrell, among others. Working with configurations ranging from classic big band (Duke Ellington's "Take Love Easy") to trio-plus-guest-soloist ("Knitting Class"), Wilson applies her seasoned but still flexible pipes to material both old and new, straddling the fence between adult contemporary/pop and the more demanding jazz of her earlier career. Heavy on the ballads, and confined nearly exclusively to love songs, Turned to Blue finds Nancy Wilson right where she ought to be nearly half a century into her recording career. ~ Jeff Tamarkin

Product Details

Release Date:	08/22/2006
Label:	Telarc Distribution
UPC:	0612262102226
Rank:	67790

Tracks

1. This Is All I Ask
2. Take Love Easy
3. Turned to Blue
4. Knitting Class
5. Be My Love
6. Taking a Chance on Love
7. Just Once
8. These Golden Years
9. I Don't Remember Ever Growing Up
10. Old Folks
11. I'll Be Seeing You

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Nancy Wilson   Primary Artist,Vocals
Jimmy Heath   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Andy Narell   Primary Artist
John Clayton   Primary Artist
Bob Mintzer   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Sax (Tenor)
Tom Scott   Primary Artist,Sax (Tenor),Guest Artist
Dave Samuels   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Hubert Laws   Primary Artist,Flute,Guest Artist
Llew Matthews   Primary Artist
Andy Snitzer   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Sax (Tenor)
Sean Jones   Primary Artist
James Moody   Guest Artist,Sax (Tenor)
Rufus Reid   Bass (Upright)
Billy Taylor   Guest Artist

Technical Credits

Jay Ashby   Audio Production,Composer
Marty Ashby   Audio Production
Dedette Lee Hill   Composer
D. Channsin Berry   Composer
Bryce Rohde   Composer
John Proulx   Composer
Gordon Jenkins   Composer
Sammy Fain   Composer
Artie Butler   Composer
Barry Mann   Composer
Ted Fetter   Composer
Willard Robison   Composer
Nicholas Brodszky   Composer
Cynthia Weil   Composer
Duke Ellington   Composer
Vernon Duke   Composer
Kaye Lawrence Dunham   Composer
John Latouche   Composer
Irving Kahal   Composer