Nancy Wilson: Turned to Blue
CML call number: CD/JAZZ/Wilson
Contents: This Is All I Ask, Take Love Easy, Turned to Blue (featuring lyrics from the poem "My Life Has Turned to Blue" by Maya Angelou), Knitting Class, Be My Love (featuring Hubert Laws), Taking a Chance on Love, Just Once, These Golden Years, I Don't Remember Ever Growing Up, Old Folks, I'll Be Seeing You (featuring Billy Taylor).
V. R. Peterson wrote in People: "Wilson, 2004's Grammy winner for best jazz vocal album, takes her song lyrics personally, infusing them with fresh meaning while extracting ever-surprising emotions. That skill delights throughout this fine set, on which Wilson is surrounded by big-band arrangements, reflective sextets and guest soloists including flautist Hubert Laws. She cruises through Ellington's 'Take Love Easy' but flares dramatically on pop covers like 'Just Once.' The originals also impress: The title cut makes a Maya Angelou poem a percussive lament, and 'Knitting Class' needles with attitude: 'I'll be fine without you/ Life is not about you'" (8/28/06).
Contents: This Is All I Ask, Take Love Easy, Turned to Blue (featuring lyrics from the poem "My Life Has Turned to Blue" by Maya Angelou), Knitting Class, Be My Love (featuring Hubert Laws), Taking a Chance on Love, Just Once, These Golden Years, I Don't Remember Ever Growing Up, Old Folks, I'll Be Seeing You (featuring Billy Taylor).
V. R. Peterson wrote in People: "Wilson, 2004's Grammy winner for best jazz vocal album, takes her song lyrics personally, infusing them with fresh meaning while extracting ever-surprising emotions. That skill delights throughout this fine set, on which Wilson is surrounded by big-band arrangements, reflective sextets and guest soloists including flautist Hubert Laws. She cruises through Ellington's 'Take Love Easy' but flares dramatically on pop covers like 'Just Once.' The originals also impress: The title cut makes a Maya Angelou poem a percussive lament, and 'Knitting Class' needles with attitude: 'I'll be fine without you/ Life is not about you'" (8/28/06).
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