Simply Stated

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Simply Stated
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 5, 1992
StudioBMG Studios, NYC
Genre Jazz
Length1:02:42
Label Columbia CK 48903
Producer Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard chronology
Terence Blanchard
(1991)
Simply Stated
(1992)
The Malcolm X Jazz Suite
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Simply Stated is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard. [5] [6] The album was released by Columbia Records on May 5, 1992.

Contents

Background

Simply Stated marked Blanchard's second album as a band leader. Blanchard explained that the album is a tribute to Miles Davis. The album contains four famous jazz standards and four Blanchard's original compositions. The reached the top 10 on the Billboard traditional jazz charts. [7]

Critical reception

Nick Deriso of Something Else Reviews wrote, "This record was, Blanchard told me, his love letter to Miles Davis. In retrospect, it was the beginning of his ascension from young lion into modern standard bearer, too... "Simply Stated," pleasant if never really triumphant, is centered by sharp if respectful renditions of a challenging Davis-associated number "Dear Old Stockholm" and then on "Sleepy Time Down South." Blanchard, working his way back from a problem with his embouchure, even then blended enough artistry to draw second glances. As perhaps overly careful as this album sometimes was, it actually marked the starting point in a series of giant steps for Blanchard as an artist. [8]

Scott Yanow of AllMusic wrote, "Terence Blanchard is in top form throughout this highly enjoyable outing... The music is tied to the hard bop tradition yet is quite fresh and open to more modern influences. Recommended."

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Lil' Fawdy"Blanchard5:25
2."Central Focus"Blanchard4:33
3."Simply Stated"Blanchard8:20
4."Dear Old Stockholm" Stan Getz 9:59
5."Little Miss Olivia Ray"Blanchard2:27
6."Glass J/Mo' Better Blues/Lonely Woman" 11:23
7."Detour Ahead" Lou Carter, Herb Ellis, John Frigo 11:42
8."When It's Sleepy Time Down South" Clarence Muse, Otis Rene, Leon René 8:34
Total length:1:02:42

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1992)Peak
position
US Traditional Jazz Albums ( Billboard ) [9] 10

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