Tracklisting:
- What A Diff'rence A Day Makes
- No More
- Let's Do It
- I Loves Ya Porgy
- Smile
- But Beautiful
- Had You Been Around
- Little Girl Blue
- Can't Get Started With You
- Love Is Here To Stay
- You've Changed
- My Man (Mon Homme)
Bonus Tracks - Easy Living
- Solitude
- He's Funny That Way
- T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
From the press release:
"BLUE," A NEVER-BEFORE-RELEASED 1972 DIANA ROSS ALBUM OF JAZZ STANDARDS, IS DISCOVERED IN THE MOTOWN VAULTDebuts More Than Three Decades After Being Recorded
For more than 30 years, rumors have circulated of a never-issued Diana Ross album of jazz standards recorded around the time of her triumphant star turn in "Lady Sings The Blues." Recently, these archival recordings were discovered in the Motown vault. The resulting album, "Blue" (Motown/UMe), marks the long-overdue debut of what David Ritz, esteemed author and writer of the album's liner notes, calls "some of the most emotionally satisfying music Ross has ever made."
Recorded in late 1971 and early 1972, the album that is now being released as "Blue" was originally envisioned as a companion to the No. 1 soundtrack LP to "Lady Sings The Blues," a box office hit that earned a Best Actress Oscar® nomination for Ross. Blue was produced, arranged and conducted by Gil Askey, who did the same for the "Lady Sings The Blues" soundtrack and who had conducted Supremes shows in the past and would conduct Ross' solo shows in the future. "Blue" includes all twelve of the original tracks – all of which are previously unreleased, plus four bonus cuts from the recording sessions which took place in late 1971 and early 1972.
Charlie Chaplin's "Smile" would later appear in alternate versions on 1973's "Touch Me In The Morning" and 1976's "Diana Ross," respectively.
The release of "Blue" completes, finally, an important chapter in the career of one of the most popular singers in the history of popular music.
