Branford Marsalis Quartet - Harlem Blues (Acapulco Version)

Harlem Blues (Acapulco Version) / Branford Marsalis Quartet
Featuring Terence Blanchard
[album version]
Written by W. C. Handy
Produced, Arranged by Raymond Jones
Executive Produced by 40 Acres And A Mule Filmworks, Spike Lee
*1990 single (September 17, 1990) Cassette - Sony #73564
*1990 album (July 31, 1990)
1st single from the original soundtrack album
"Mo' Better Blues" (July 31, 1990) sony

Covered song by W. C. Handy
"Harlem Blues"
written by W. C. Handy

Personnel
Vocals - Cynda Williams
Soprano Saxophone - Branford Marsalis
Piano - Kenny Kirkland
Trumpet - Terence Blanchard
Bass - Robert Leslie Hurst III
Drums - Jeff "Tain" Watts
Strings Arranged, Conducted - Claire Fischer

Chart history
(US Billboard Hot R&B Singles #09) November 17 1990

Length
album version 4:50

single version
(US CD, Single, Promo, 1990) Columbia ‎-- CSK 2246
Cynda Williams ‎-- Harlem Blues
1. Harlem Blues (Edit) - 4:10
2. Harlem Blues (Album Version) - 4:49
3. Harlem Blues (Acapulco Version) - 4:48

・Note
Cynda Williams (born May 17, 1966)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
American television and film actress

Raymond Jones
(born December 13, 1958 - Died, July 1, 2011, age 52)
American hit-making songwriter, producer and keyboardist
born New York City, United States
Jones was 19 years-old when he joined
Bernard Edwards'and Nile Rodgers'group Chic