Map to the Treasure : Reimagining Laura Nyro
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On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch
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Jazz vocals.
Title from disc label.
Program notes by Eileen Silver-Lillywhite and Billy Childs (12 unnumbered pages : portraits) inserted in container.
New York tendaberry (featuring Renée Fleming & Yo-Yo Ma) -- The confession (featuring Becca Stevens) -- Map to the treasure (featuring Lisa Fischer) -- Upstairs by a Chinese lamp (featuring Esperanza Spalding & Wayne Shorter) -- Been on a train (featuring Rickie Lee Jones & Chris Potter) -- Stoned soul picnic (featuring Ledisi) -- Gibsom Street (featuring Susan Tedeschi & Steve Wilson) -- Save the country (featuring Shawn Colvin & Chris Botti) -- To a child (featuring Diane Reeves) -- And when I die (featuring Alison Krauss & Jerry Douglas).
Various featuried vocalists and instrumentalists; with Billy Childs, piano, and assisting instrumentalists.
Composer/arranger/pianist Billy Childs leads and all-star interpretation of songwriter Laura Nyro's beloved works. Featuring guest artists Renee Fleming, Esperanza Spalding, Yo-Yo Ma, Alison Krauss, Ledisi, Wayne Shorter, and more. Nyro is a singer-songwriter from the Songwriters and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame whose blend of Broadway-inspired melodies, jazz improvisation and socially conscious lyrics have stayed with Childs. His devotion to her art is at the heart of this album.
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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Masterworks, [2014]
Year Published: 2014
Description: 1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: CD
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Childs, Billy,
Fleming, Renée,
Ma, Yo-Yo, 1955-
Stevens, Becca,
Fischer, Lisa, 1958-
Spalding, Esperanza, 1984-
Shorter, Wayne,
Jones, Rickie Lee,
Potter, Chris, 1971-
Ledisi, 1972-
Tedeschi, Susan, 1970-
Wilson, Steve (Saxophonist),
Colvin, Shawn,
Botti, Chris,
Reeves, Dianne,
Krauss, Alison, 1971-
Douglas, Jerry, 1956-
SUBJECTS
Jazz vocals.
Jazz -- 2011-2020.