Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue
2002 studio album by Ledisi
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Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Ledisi.[1] The album was released in 2002 on Ledisi's record label LeSun Music.
- Laughing Tiger Studios (San Rafael, California)
- Blue Cherry Studios (San Jose, California)
- Spark (Emeryville, California)
- Coda Studios (Oakland, California)
- Gemini Studio (San Francisco, California)
- Infinite Studios (Alameda, California)
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| Released | 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 2001 | |||
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| Length | 51:29 | |||
| Label | LeSun Music | |||
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The album's musical style ranges from 1930s–1940s blues influences to contemporary jazz music. Live instrumentation was employed in recording of the entire album as part of Ledisi's vision of creating a jazz record using live instruments.
Production and recording
In 2001, Ledisi began recording her second album. Unlike her previous album Soulsinger, Ledisi wrote and recorded original jazz songs. "Sugar / Brown Sugar" mixes interpretations of "Sugar" by Stanley Turrentine and "Brown Sugar" by D'Angelo. She also recorded jazz standards including "'Round Midnight", "In a Sentimental Mood", and "Autumn Leaves". She worked with American musician Pete Escovedo on the title-track "Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue". According to album's liner notes, "If You Go" was dedicated to American singer Aaliyah who died in a plane crash in August 2001.[2]
Promotion
"Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue" was released as the first single in June 2002. "Good Lovin'", from the album Soulsinger (2000), was released as the B-side song to "Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue". On May 25, 2003, Ledisi and her band Anibade performed a twenty-minute set list at the California Music Awards.[3]
Accolades
Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue won "Outstanding Jazz Album" at the California Music Awards on May 25, 2003.[3] She was also nominated for "Outstanding Female Vocalist" and Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue was also nominated for "Outstanding R&B Album" at the same ceremony.[4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "So Right" |
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| 3:43 |
| 2. | "I've Got It" |
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| 3:33 |
| 3. | "Sugar / Brown Sugar" |
| 4:43 | |
| 4. | "Meeting Marcus on a Thursday" |
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| 3:59 |
| 5. | "'Round Midnight" |
| 3:44 | |
| 6. | "Straight No Chaser" |
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| 2:55 |
| 7. | "Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue" (featuring Pete Escovedo) |
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| 7:43 |
| 8. | "In a Sentimental Mood" |
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| 5:22 |
| 9. | "If You Go" |
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| 2:32 |
| 10. | "Autumn Leaves (Les feuilles mortes)" |
| 4:37 | |
| 11. | "Land of the Free" |
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| 5:33 |
| 12. | "Autumn Leaves" (Reprise) |
| 2:56 | |
| Total length: | 51:29 | |||
Sample credits
- "Sugar / Brown Sugar" contains an interpretation of "Sugar" by Stanley Turrentine and "Brown Sugar" by D'Angelo.
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue.[2]
- Ledisi – all vocals, horn conductor (4)
- Sundra "Sun" Manning – acoustic piano (2, 7, 10, 11), Hammond B3 organ (3, 10), Fender Rhodes (5)
- Louis "Paisley" Hinton – acoustic piano (4)
- Mark Levine – acoustic piano (9)
- David James – slide guitar (2)
- Nelson Braxton – electric 6-string bass (1, 5, 8, 11), fretless bass (1), bass (3, 7, 10)
- Ron Belcher – acoustic upright bass (2, 6), upright bass (4)
- Tommy Bradford – drums (1, 8)
- Robert Rhodes Jr. – drums (2)
- Brian Collier – drums (3, 5, 7, 10, 11)
- Dezson Claborne – drums (4)
- Josh Jones – percussion (3, 10)
- Pete Escovedo – shaker (7), timbales (7)
- Karl Perazzo – bongos (7), congas (7)
- Richard Howell – tenor saxophone (4, 6)
- Wayne Braxton – tenor saxophone (8)
- Wayne Wallace – trombone (4), horn conductor (4)
- Rich Armstrong – trumpet (2)
- Khalil Shaheed – trumpet (4)
- Music arrangements
- Nelson Braxton – arrangements (3, 5, 10, 11)
- Louis "Paisley" Hinton – arrangements (3, 11)
- Ledisi – horn arrangements (4, 7), arrangements (5, 6, 10)
- Sundra "Sun" Manning – arrangements (10, 11)
Production
- Ledisi – executive producer, logo design
- Nelson Braxton – recording (1, 4-10), mixing (1, 3, 5)
- Ari Rios – recording (1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11)
- Ben Leinbach – recording (2, 5, 11)
- Tony Mills – mixing (2, 7-10)
- Franklin Miller – recording (3)
- Michael Denten – mixing (4), recording (10)
- Wayne Braxton – recording (8)
- Ken Lee – mastering at Ken Lee Mastering (Oakland, California)
- Don Mizell – album sequencing
- Alex Butkus – graphics
- Peggy Moore – photography