Turned to Blue
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Turned to Blue is an album from jazz singer Nancy Wilson released in 2006. 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
- "This Is All I Ask" (Gordon Jenkins) – 5:56
- "Take Love Easy" (Duke Ellington, John La Touche) – 4:30
- "Turned to Blue" (Jay Ashby, Maya Angelou) – 4:02
- "Knitting Class" (K. Lawrence Dunham, Bryce Rohde) – 3:53
- "Be My Love" (Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn) – 3:55
- "Taking a Chance on Love" (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, La Touche) – 3:17
- "Just Once" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) – 4:21
- "These Golden Years" (D. Channsin Berry, John Proulx) – 6:10
- "I Don't Remember Ever Growing Up" (Artie Butler) – 5:17
- "Old Folks" (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robinson) – 5:24
- "I'll Be Seeing You" (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) – 5:17
Featured performers
Several noted performers were featured on this recording, including (but not limited to):
- Hubert Laws on flute
- Billy Taylor on piano
- Andy Narell on steelpan
Reedists
Several reedists were featured on this recording, many of which are well-known saxophonists: