Turned to Blue
2006 studio album by Nancy Wilson
Turned to Blue | ||||
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Studio album by Nancy Wilson | ||||
Released | August 22, 2006 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 52:02 | |||
Label | MCG Jazz | |||
Producer | Marty Ashby | |||
Nancy Wilson chronology | ||||
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Turned to Blue is the fifty-second and final studio album by American jazz singer Nancy Wilson. It was released in 2006 through MCG Jazz. The title track is a poem written by Maya Angelou. The album won Best Jazz Vocal Album at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards, becoming Wilson's third and final Grammy win.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "This Is All I Ask" | Gordon Jenkins | 5:56 |
2. | "Take Love Easy" |
| 4:30 |
3. | "Turned to Blue" |
| 4:02 |
4. | "Knitting Class" |
| 3:53 |
5. | "Be My Love" |
| 3:55 |
6. | "Taking a Chance on Love" |
| 3:17 |
7. | "Just Once" | 4:21 | |
8. | "These Golden Years" |
| 6:10 |
9. | "I Don't Remember Ever Growing Up" | Artie Butler | 5:17 |
10. | "Old Folks" |
| 5:24 |
11. | "I'll Be Seeing You" | 5:17 | |
Total length: | 52:02 |
Charts
Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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US Jazz Albums (Billboard)[1] | 11 |
US Traditional Jazz Albums (Billboard)[2] | 7 |
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:
- Jimmy Heath
- Bob Mintzer
- Andy Snitzer
- Eric DeFade
- James Moody
- Tom Scott
- Sean Jones on trumpet
External links
- Partial List of Grammy Award winners from USA Today
References
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Nancy Wilson
- Like in Love
- Something Wonderful
- The Swingin's Mutual!
- Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley
- Broadway – My Way
- Hollywood – My Way
- Yesterday's Love Songs/Today's Blues
- Today, Tomorrow, Forever
- How Glad I Am
- A Touch of Today
- Tender Loving Care
- Nancy – Naturally
- Just for Now
- Lush Life
- Welcome to My Love
- Easy
- The Sound of Nancy Wilson
- Nancy
- Son of a Preacher Man
- Hurt So Bad
- Can't Take My Eyes Off You
- Now I'm a Woman
- But Beautiful
- Kaleidoscope
- I Know I Love Him
- All in Love Is Fair
- Come Get to This
- This Mother's Daughter
- The Two of Us
- Keep You Satisfied
- Forbidden Lover
- A Lady with a Song
- With My Lover Beside Me
- Love, Nancy
- If I Had My Way
- A Nancy Wilson Christmas
- R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal)
- Turned to Blue
- "(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am"
- "Uptight (Everything's Alright) "
- "You've Got Your Troubles"
- "Can't Take My Eyes Off You"
- "She Called Me Baby"
- "Love Won't Let Me Wait"
- "I Can't Make You Love Me"
- "Slippin' into Darkness"