In My Solitude: The Billie Holiday Songbook

In My Solitude: The Billie Holiday Songbook
Studio album by Terence Blanchard
Released March 29, 1994
Recorded October 20, 1993 – October 29, 1993
Genre Jazz
Length 52:27
Label Columbia
Producer Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard chronology
Terence Blanchard
(1992)		 In My Solitude: The Billie Holiday Songbook
(1994)		 Romantic Defiance
(1995)
Professional ratings
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Allmusic[1]

In My Solitude: The Billie Holiday Songbook is a 1994 jazz album by Terence Blanchard and Jeanie Bryson, released on the Columbia label.

Terence Blanchard plays soothing, appealing ballads, uptempo tunes and wonderful melodies on muted and open horn, cleanly and fully hitting high and low notes, while executing mellow or intense statements smoothly and with flair. His guest vocalist Jeanie Bryson singing immortal compositions previously made anthems by legend Billie Holiday.

Performers

Track listing

Track Song Title Vocals Time
1. Detour Ahead Jeanie Bryson 4:32
2. Nice Work If You Can Get It Jeanie Bryson 4:36
3. In My Solitude 3:39
4. What a Little Moonlight Can Do Jeanie Bryson 4:01
5. Good Morning Heartache 4:38
6. I Cried For You 3:42
7. Don't Explain 4:10
8. Fine And Mellow Jeanie Bryson 4:37
9. Cover The Waterfront 4:34
10. Left Alone 8:02
11. Strange Fruit Jeanie Bryson 3:48
12. Lady Sings The Blues 6:09

Billboard Chart

Billboard Chart[2]
Year Category Weeks on Chart Peak Position
1994 Top Jazz Album 24 3

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Billboard chart history
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