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Title: Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro
Artist: Billy Childs
Label: Sony Masterworks
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 888430665729
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 2014-09-09
Number of Discs: 1

When Grammy Award winning musician Billy Childs was 11 years old, his older sisters introduced him to the work of Songwriters and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame singer/songwriter Laura Nyro. Her blend of Broadway-inspired melodies, jazz improvisation and socially conscious lyrics have stayed with him. Now Billy has returned to his early source of inspiration, conceiving and orchestrating his new album, MAP TO THE TREASURE: REIMAGINING LAURA NYRO. Childs is not alone in his enthusiasm for Nyro's music, an incredible range of musicians join him in interpreting her narratives. Classical soprano Renee Fleming and cellist Yo-Yo Ma add new meaning to her hometown ode, 'New York Tendaberry.' Jazz stars Esparanza Spalding and Wayne Shorter collaborate on Nyro's pictorial 'Upstairs by a Chinese Lamp,' and R&B chanteuse Ledisi updates one of Nyro's biggest hits, 'Stoned Soul Picnic.' Other prominent voices include Alison Krauss, Rickie Lee Jones, Shawn Colvin, Dianne Reeves, Susan Tedeschi, Lisa Fischer and Becca Stevens, with featured instrumental soloists Chris Botti, Jerry Douglas, Chris Potter and Steve Wilson.

Tracks:
1.1 New York Tendaberry - Feat. Renée Fleming ; Yo-Yo Ma
1.2 The Confession - Feat. Becca Stevens
1.3 Map to the Treasure - Feat. Lisa Fischer
1.4 Upstairs By a Chinese Lamp - Feat. Esperanza Spalding ; Wayne Shorter
1.5 Been on a Train - Feat. Rickie Lee Jones ; Chris Potter
1.6 Stoned Soul Picnic - Feat. Ledisi
1.7 Gibsom Street - Feat. Susan Tedeschi ; Steve Wilson
1.8 Save the Country - Feat. Shawn Colvin ; Chris Botti
1.9 To a Child - Feat. Dianne Reeves
1.10 And When I Die - Feat. Alison Krauss ; Jerry Douglas