Time: 67:33
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Jazz Vocals, Jazz Classical Fusion
Art: Front
01. On A Turquoise Cloud (4:13)
02. Heaven (3:32)
03. Come Sunday (5:10)
04. Baby (3:50)
05. Transblucency (3:26)
06. Brown Penny (5:58)
07. Far Away Star (8:23)
08. Creole Love Call (5:57)
09. Single Petal Of A Rose (Feat. Joe Temperley) (6:19)
10. Violet Blue (4:36)
11. Blues I Love To Sing (3:42)
12. Almighty God (Feat. Wycliffe Gordon) (5:03)
13. Thank You For Everything (7:17)
American vocalist Candice Hoyes makes her album debut with On a Turquoise Cloud, collaborating with an octet of jazz luminaries. This rare song collection has gone virtually unrecorded since Duke Ellington’s performances over 70 years ago. The manuscripts sat for decades in obscurity on the shelves of the Smithsonian until Hoyes began her research. She was captivated on sight, knowing only a jazz interpreter with classical training could perform these soaring melodies.
On a Turquoise Cloud brings a stunning chapter of the Ellington songbook to light. “These songs are more lyrical and wider in vocal range than the Ellington standards we already love,” Hoyes remarks. “I’d say they signify a blueprint for today’s musical theater, soul, and contemporary vocal music. And they are made especially to be sung by a woman.”
Produced by two-time GRAMMY® winner, Ulysses Owens Jr., On a Turquoise Cloud features numerous dynamic collaborations. The album includes a vocal rendition of “Single Petal of a Rose” that features the venerable Joe Temperley, a member of the Ellington band before joining the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, and Hoyes, who sings her original lyrics.
Candice Hoyes, vocalist | Alphonso Horne, trumpet | Lynn Gruewald, alto saxophone, alto flute, and clarinet | Dan Bloch, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute | Coleman Hughes, trombone |Lauren Sevian, bass clarinet and baritone saxophone | Adam Birnbaum, piano | Yasushi Nakamura, bass | Ulysses Owens Jr., drums | Music Director: Ulysses Owens Jr.
On a Turquoise Cloud brings a stunning chapter of the Ellington songbook to light. “These songs are more lyrical and wider in vocal range than the Ellington standards we already love,” Hoyes remarks. “I’d say they signify a blueprint for today’s musical theater, soul, and contemporary vocal music. And they are made especially to be sung by a woman.”
Produced by two-time GRAMMY® winner, Ulysses Owens Jr., On a Turquoise Cloud features numerous dynamic collaborations. The album includes a vocal rendition of “Single Petal of a Rose” that features the venerable Joe Temperley, a member of the Ellington band before joining the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, and Hoyes, who sings her original lyrics.
Candice Hoyes, vocalist | Alphonso Horne, trumpet | Lynn Gruewald, alto saxophone, alto flute, and clarinet | Dan Bloch, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute | Coleman Hughes, trombone |Lauren Sevian, bass clarinet and baritone saxophone | Adam Birnbaum, piano | Yasushi Nakamura, bass | Ulysses Owens Jr., drums | Music Director: Ulysses Owens Jr.
On A Turquoise Cloud