Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue

Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue
Studio album by Ledisi
Released	2002
Recorded	2001
Genre	jazz soul blues
Length	51:29
Label	LeSun Music
Producer	Ledisi, Sundra Manning, Nelson Braxton, Wayne Braxton, Louis "Paisley" Hinton
Ledisi chronology
Soulsinger (2000) Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue (2002) Lost & Found (2007)

Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Ledisi. The album was released in 2002 on Ledisi's record label LeSun Music.

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.

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.

Accolades

Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue won "Outstanding Jazz Album" at the California Music Awards on May 25, 2003. 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.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"So Right"	Ledisi	Ledisi Sundra Manning Nelson Braxton	3:43
2.	"I've Got It"	Ledisi	Ledisi Manning	3:33
3.	"Sugar / Brown Sugar"	Stanley Turrentine Ali Shaheed Muhammad D'Angelo	Louis "Paisley" Hinton	4:43
4.	"Meeting Marcus on a Thursday"	Ledisi	Ledisi Manning	3:59
5.	"'Round Midnight"	Thelonious Monk Bernie Hanighen Cootie Williams	Ledisi Braxton	3:44
6.	"Straight No Chaser"	Ledisi Sally Swisher Monk	Ledisi Manning	2:55
7.	"Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue" (featuring Pete Escovedo)	Ledisi	Ledisi Manning	7:43
8.	"In a Sentimental Mood"	Manny Kurtz	Ledisi Manning Nelson Braxton Wayne Braxton	5:22
9.	"If You Go"	Ledisi	Ledisi Manning	2:32
10.	"Autumn Leaves (Les feuilles mortes)"	Johnny Mercer Jacques Prévert	Joseph Kosma Manning Nelson Braxton	4:37
11.	"Land of the Free"	Ledisi	Ledisi	5:33
12.	"Autumn Leaves"	Johnny Mercer Jacques Prévert	Joseph Kosma Manning	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.

• Rich Armstrong – trumpet (track 2)
• Ron Belcher – double bass (tracks: 2, 4, 6)
• Tommy Bradford – drums (tracks: 1, 8)
• Nelson Braxton – arrangements (tracks 5, 10, 11), bass (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11), production (track 1)
• Wayne Braxton – production (track 8), tenor saxophone (track 8)
• Dezson Claborne – drums (tracks 4)
• Brian Collier – drums (tracks 3, 5, 7, 10, 11)
• Pete Escovedo – percussion (track 7)
• Louis "Paisley" Hinton – arrangements (tracks 3, 11), piano (track 4)
• Richard Howell – tenor saxophone (tracks 4, 6)
• David James – slide guitar (track 2)
• Josh Jones – percussion (tracks: 3, 10)
• Ledisi – executive production, vocals (all tracks), arrangements (tracks: 4, 5, 6, 10), production (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11), songwriting (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 11)
• Mark Levine – piano (track 9)
• Sundra "Sun" Manning (tracks 10, 11), organ (tracks 3, 10), piano (tracks 2, 5, 7, 10, 11), production (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7)
• Johnny Mercer – songwriting (tracks: 10, 12), production (tracks 10, 12)
• Karl Perazzo – percussion (track 7)
• Robert Rhodes, Jr. – (track 2)
• Khalil Shaheed – trumpet (track 4
• Wayne Wallace – trombone (track 4)