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| The Billie Holiday Songbook |
| Terence Blanchard |
első megjelenés éve: 1993
53 perc |
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| (1996)
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| 1. | Detour Ahead
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| 2. | Nice Work if You Can Get It
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| 3. | In My Solitude
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| 4. | What a Little Moonlight Can...
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| 5. | Good Morning Heartache
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| 6. | I Cried for You
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| 7. | Don't Explain
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| 8. | Fine and Mellow
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| 9. | I Cover the Waterfront
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| 10. | Left Alone
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| 11. | Strange Fruit
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| 12. | Lady Sings the Blues
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Jazz
Contemporary Jazz
Standards
Ballads
Recorded: Oct 20, 1993,Oct 29, 1993
Trumpeter Terence Blanchard's tribute to Billie Holiday is a rather melancholy and often downbeat affair. Sounding less original than usual (he displays a strong Wynton Marsalis influence and also hints at times at both Miles Davis and Thad Jones), there is little joy to these renditions of Lady Day material other than the second half of "I Cried for You." The trumpeter's arrangements for the unswinging string section is occasionally oppressive, sometimes border on muzak and tends to weigh down the music. The only bright spot are the five fine vocals by Jeanie Bryson, who wisely does not try to sound like Holiday and comes across quite well. Otherwise this is a disappointing outing.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Terence Blanchard
Active Decades: '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Mar 13, 1962 in New Orleans, LA
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Crossover Jazz, Hard Bop, Modal Music, Post-Bop
Although he originally rose to prominence in the shadow of Wynton Marsalis, Terence Blanchard was one of the first "Young Lions" to develop his own sound, mixing in elements of Freddie Hubbard and Marsalis. He studied piano from the age of five and took up trumpet in 1976. Blanchard was with Lionel Hampton during 1980-1982 and then replaced Marsalis with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. He found fame while with Blakey during 1982-1986, and then co-led a group with Donald Harrison. After taking time off to work on his embouchure (and returning with a greatly increased range), Blanchard became active writing film scores for Spike Lee. He played in the films Do the Right Thing and Mo' Better Blues, and then wrote for Jungle Fever and Malcolm X, launching a lucrative second career. Fortunately, Blanchard has not neglected his own playing and has recorded several superior sets of advanced post-bop music. Included among these are 1993's Simply Stated, 1995's Heart Speaks, his 1999 classic soundtrack-themed Jazz in Film, his 2000 return to all-original post-bop Wandering Moon, 2003's fusion-influenced Bounce, and his 2007 tribute to post-hurricane New Orleans, A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina).
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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