| In My Solitude: The Billie Holiday Songbook | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Terence Blanchard |
| Cover: | The Billie Holiday Songbook -album cover.jpg |
| Released: | March 29, 1994 |
| Recorded: | October 20–29, 1993 |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 52:27 |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Terence Blanchard |
| Prev Title: | The Malcolm X Jazz Suite |
| Prev Year: | 1993 |
| Next Title: | Romantic Defiance |
| Next Year: | 1995 |
In My Solitude: The Billie Holiday Songbook is a 1994 jazz album by American trumpeter Terence Blanchard and vocalist Jeanie Bryson, released on the Columbia label.
Scott Yanow of AllMusic stated: "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." Zan Stewart of the Los Angeles Times added "...Blanchard will explore an earlier era on "In My Solitude: The Billie Holiday Songbook" (Columbia), his fat, sassy trumpet tone accompanied by a string section".[1]
| Track | Song Title | Vocals | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Detour Ahead | 4:32 | |
| 2. | Jeanie Bryson | 4:36 | |
| 3. | 3:39 | ||
| 4. | Jeanie Bryson | 4:01 | |
| 5. | 4:38 | ||
| 6. | 3:42 | ||
| 7. | 4:10 | ||
| 8. | Jeanie Bryson | 4:37 | |
| 9. | Cover The Waterfront | 4:34 | |
| 10. | Left Alone | 8:02 | |
| 11. | Jeanie Bryson | 3:48 | |
| 12. | 6:09 | ||
| Chart (1994) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| US Traditional Jazz Albums (Billboard)[2] | 3 | |
| Billboard 200[3] | 14 |