New Terrence Howard Album To Land September 2nd

Terrence Howard, terrific actor from Oscar winning films Crash and Hustle and Flow, will be releasing his own musical album that lends itself to jazzy styles, not the rap from the latter film.  From the NYTimes review:

For example he is prone to rhapsodizing about the 1972 soft-pop hit “Vincent,” Don McLean’s ode to van Gogh. “Even at 12 years old, listening to it, I could hear Don McLean talking about his own disappointments,” Mr. Howard said recently in a restaurant in this Philadelphia suburb, where he lives. “I loved being able to see that. I mean, Don McLean, Jim Croce and Paul Simon — all of them are incredible storytellers. I wanted to tell stories.”

Regardless of his intentions, Mr. Howard’s debut album, “Shine Through It,” which comes out on Sept. 2 on Columbia Records, does not sound like Mr. McLean or Croce, or, for that matter, Barry Manilow, another songwriter whom he cites admiringly. The 11 tracks tend more toward a blend of orchestral jazz and upscale R&B, with lush textures of flutes, horns, strings, female backing vocals and keyboards accompanying Mr. Howard, who plays delicate acoustic guitar.

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