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

Critical reception

Nick Deriso of Something Else: “This record was, Blanchard told me, his love letter to Miles Davis. … 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.”

Scott Yanow at AllMusic: “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:
1. “Lil’ Fawdy” Blanchard 5:25
2. “Central Focus” Blanchard 4:33
3. “Simply Stated” Blanchard 8:20
4. “Dear Old Stockholm” Stan Getz 9:59
5. “Little Miss Olivia Ray” Blanchard 2:27
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

Personnel:
Antonio Hart – alto saxophone (track three)
Rodney Whitaker – double bass
Billy Kilson – drums (track seven)
Troy Davis – cymbals, drums
Dr. George Butler – executive producer
Bruce Barth – piano
Terence Blanchard – producer, trumpet, piano (solo) (track five)
Sam Newsome – tenor saxophone

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Released: May 5, 1992
Studio: BMG, NYC
Length: 1:02:42
Label: Columbia CK 48903
Producer: Terence Blanchard