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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.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
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| 1 | Don't ExplainBillie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr. | Terence Blanchard | Play | 04:16 | 9 MB | 18 MB |
| 4 mins | 9 MB | |||||
| 4 mins | 18 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Allan | Composer |
| 2 | Sanford Allen | Concert Master |
| 3 | Gus Arnheim | Composer |
| 4 | Bruce Barth | Piano |
| 5 | Terence Blanchard | Primary Artist, Producer, Trumpet |
| 6 | Jeanie Bryson | Guest Artist, Performer, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 7 | Robin Burgess | Assistant Producer |
| 8 | Dr. George Butler | Executive Producer |
| 9 | Lou Carter | Composer |
| 10 | Oscar Castro-Neves | Conductor |
| 11 | Roy Clark | Assistant Engineer |
| 12 | Richard Clarke | Assistant Engineer |
| 13 | Troy Davis | Drums |
| 14 | Eddie DeLange | Composer |
| 15 | Eric Dolphy | Composer |
| 16 | Ervin Drake | Composer |
| 17 | Duke Ellington | Composer |
| 18 | Herb Ellis | Composer |
| 19 | Dan Fisher | Composer |
| 20 | Arthur Freed | Composer |
| 21 | John Freigo | Composer |
| 22 | Johnny Frigo | Composer |
| 23 | George Gershwin | Composer |
| 24 | Ira Gershwin | Composer |
| 25 | Miles Goodman | Arranger, Conductor, Producer |
| 26 | Johnny Green | Composer |
| 27 | Arthur Herzog, Jr. | Composer |
| 28 | Edward Heyman | Composer |
| 29 | Irene Higginbotham | Composer |
| 30 | Billie Holiday | Composer |
| 31 | Abe Lyman | Composer |
| 32 | Irving Mills | Composer |
| 33 | Herbie Nichols | Composer |
| 34 | James Nichols | Engineer |
| 35 | James P. Nichols | Engineer |
| 36 | Chris Thomas | Bass |
| 37 | Mal Waldron | Composer |
| 38 | Harry Woods | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |