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Turned to Blue
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 22, 2006
GenreJazz
Length52:02
LabelMCG Jazz
ProducerMarty Ashby
Nancy Wilson chronology
R.S.V.P.
(2004)
Turned to Blue
(2006)
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Turned to Blue is an album from jazz singer Nancy Wilson released in 2006. This was her final album. The title track is a poem written by Maya Angelou. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2006.

Track listing

  1. "This Is All I Ask" (Gordon Jenkins) – 5:56
  2. "Take Love Easy" (Duke Ellington, John La Touche) – 4:30
  3. "Turned to Blue" (Jay Ashby, Maya Angelou) – 4:02
  4. "Knitting Class" (K. Lawrence Dunham, Bryce Rohde) – 3:53
  5. "Be My Love" (Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn) – 3:55
  6. "Taking a Chance on Love" (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John La Touche) – 3:17
  7. "Just Once" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) – 4:21
  8. "These Golden Years" (D. Channsin Berry, John Proulx) – 6:10
  9. "I Don't Remember Ever Growing Up" (Artie Butler) – 5:17
  10. "Old Folks" (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison) – 5:24
  11. "I'll Be Seeing You" (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) – 5:17

Several noted performers were featured on this recording, including (but not limited to):

Reedists

Several reedists were featured on this recording, many of which are well-known saxophonists: