NANCY WILSON - Turned To Blue (2006) APE (image+.cue), lossless

On Nancy Wilson's previous album, 2004's R.S.V.P., the legendary vocalist teamed up with a given instrumentalist on each track. She must have liked the formula, because she's done it again on Turned to Blue. Here the oft-honored jazz singer leaves room in each number -- save for the title track, a Maya Angelou poem set to music and arranged by Jay Ashby -- for a different soloist, bringing in such heavyweights as Hubert Laws on flute, saxists Jimmy Heath, Andy Snitzer, Bob Mintzer (who appears to be summoning Stan Getz on the opening number, Gordon Jenkins' "This Is All I Ask"), James Moody and Tom Scott, pianist Dr. Billy Taylor, and steel pans player Andy Narrell, among others. Working with configurations ranging from classic big band (Duke Ellington's "Take Love Easy") to trio-plus-guest-soloist ("Knitting Class"), Wilson applies her seasoned but still flexible pipes to material both old and new, straddling the fence between adult contemporary/pop and the more demanding jazz of her earlier career. Heavy on the ballads, and confined nearly exclusively to love songs, Turned to Blue finds Nancy Wilson right where she ought to be nearly half a century into her recording career. by Jeff Tamarkin
Tracklist :
1. This Is All I Ask 5:56
Tenor Saxophone [Featuring] – Bob Mintzer
Written-By – Gordon Jenkins
2. Take Love Easy 4:30
Lyrics By – John Latouche
Music By – Duke Ellington
Piano [Featuring] – Llew Matthews
Trumpet [Featuring] – Sean Jones
3. Turned to Blue 4:02
Lyrics By [From The Poem "My Life Has Turned To Blue"] – Maya Angelou
Music By – Jay Ashby
4. Knitting Class 3:53
Lyrics By – K. Lawrence Dunham
Music By – Bryce Rohde
Tenor Saxophone [Featuring] – Jimmy Heath
5. Be My Love 3:55
Flute [Featuring] – Hubert Laws
Lyrics By – Sammy Cahn
Music By – Nicholas Brodszky
6. Taking a Chance on Love 3:17Lyrics By – John Latouche
Music By – Ted Fetter, Vernon Duke
Tenor Saxophone [Featuring] – James Moody
7. Just Once 4:21
Lyrics By – Cynthia Weil
Music By – Barry Mann
8. These Golden Years 6:10
Lyrics By – D. Channsin Berry
Music By – John Proulx
Tenor Saxophone – Tom Scott
9. I Don't Remember Ever Growing Up 5:17
Percussion [Featuring On Steel Pans] – Andy Narrell
Written-By – Artie Butler
10. Old Folks 5:24
Lyrics By – Dedette Lee Hill
Music By – Willard Robison
Tenor Saxophone [Featuring] – Andy Snitzer
11. I'll Be Seeing You 5:17
Lyrics By – Irving Kahal
Music By – Sammy Fain
Piano [Featuring] – Dr. Billy Taylor
Credits :
Accordion – Vito DiSalvo (faixas: 11)
Acoustic Guitar – Marty Ashby (faixas: 1, 5, 7)
Alto Saxophone – Mike Tomaro (faixas: 2, 6, 10), Tia Fuller (faixas: 2, 6, 10)
Arranged By – Dr. John H. Wilson (faixas: 2, 6, 10, 11), Jay Ashby (faixas: 1, 3, 5 to 9, 11), Llew Matthews (faixas: 4, 7, 8), Marty Ashby (faixas: 5)
Backing Vocals – Jay Ashby (faixas: 3)
Baritone Saxophone – Jim German (faixas: 2, 6)
Bass – John Clayton (faixas: 7, 8, 11), Kip Reed (faixas: 3, 5), Nilson Matta (faixas: 1), Rufus Reid (faixas: 2, 6, 9, 10)
Cello – Mikhail Istomin (faixas: 11)
Clarinet – Mike Tomaro (faixas: 8)
Drums – Jamey Haddad (faixas: 3, 5, 9), Portinho (faixas: 1), Roy McCurdy (faixas: 7, 8), Terry Clarke (faixas: 2, 6, 10), Winard Harper (faixas: 11)
Flute – Jennifer Conner (faixas: 5, 8)
Guitar – Marty Ashby (faixas: 2, 6, 9, 10)
Marimba – Jay Ashby (faixas: 3)
Percussion – Jamey Haddad (faixas: 3, 5, 7, 9), Jay Ashby (faixas: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9), Portinho (faixas: 1)
Piano – Alon Yavnai (faixas: 1, 9), Llew Matthews (faixas: 3, 5, 7)
Tenor Saxophone – Andy Snitzer (faixas: 2, 6, 10), Eric DeFade (faixas: 2, 6, 10)
Trombone – Bob Matchett (faixas: 2, 6, 10), Ed Kocher (faixas: 2, 6, 10), Jay Ashby (faixas: 8), Michael Davis (faixas: 2, 6, 10)
Trombone [Bass] – Douglas Purviance (faixas: 2, 6, 10)
Trumpet – Jack Schantz (faixas: 2, 6, 10), Jim Hynes (faixas: 2, 6, 10), Steve Hawk (faixas: 2, 6, 10)
Viola – Rosemary Harris (faixas: 11)
Violin – Jeremy Black (faixas: 11), Kate Black (faixas: 11), Kate Hatmaker (faixas: 11), Stephanie Tertick (faixas: 11)