Turned to Blue

Turned to Blue is the fifty-second and final studio album by American jazz singer Nancy Wilson. It was released in 2006 through MCG Jazz. The title track is a poem written by Maya Angelou. The album won Best Jazz Vocal Album at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards, becoming Wilson's third and final Grammy win.

Turned to Blue
Studio album by Nancy Wilson
Released	August 22, 2006
Genre	Jazz
Length	52:02
Label	MCG Jazz
Producer	Marty Ashby
Nancy Wilson chronology
R.S.V.P. (2004) Turned to Blue (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
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Allmusic	link

Track listing

Turned to Blue track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"This Is All I Ask"	Gordon Jenkins	5:56
2.	"Take Love Easy"	Duke Ellington John La Touche	4:30
3.	"Turned to Blue"	Jay Ashby Maya Angelou	4:02
4.	"Knitting Class"	K. Lawrence Dunham Bryce Rohde	3:53
5.	"Be My Love"	Nicholas Brodszky Sammy Cahn	3:55
6.	"Taking a Chance on Love"	Vernon Duke Ted Fetter La Touche	3:17
7.	"Just Once"	Barry Mann Cynthia Weil	4:21
8.	"These Golden Years"	D. Channsin Berry John Proulx	6:10
9.	"I Don't Remember Ever Growing Up"	Artie Butler	5:17
10.	"Old Folks"	Dedette Lee Hill Willard Robison	5:24
11.	"I'll Be Seeing You"	Sammy Fain Irving Kahal	5:17
Total length:			52:02

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
US Jazz Albums (Billboard)[1]	11
US Traditional Jazz Albums (Billboard)[2]	7

Featured performers

Several noted performers were featured on this recording, including (but not limited to):

• Hubert Laws on flute
• Billy Taylor on piano
• Andy Narell on steelpan

Reedists

Several reedists were featured on this recording, many of which are well-known saxophonists:

• Jimmy Heath
• Bob Mintzer
• Andy Snitzer
• Eric DeFade
• James Moody
• Tom Scott
• Sean Jones on trumpet

External links

• Partial List of Grammy Award winners from USA Today