Jazz Articles about Cassandra Wilson

Cassandra Wilson: Traveling Miles

by Jim Santella
April 1, 1999

Like the career of Miles Davis, Traveling Miles stretches across various musical boundaries. Blending blues, folk, pop, and jazz on one album, singer Cassandra Wilson honors the legendary trumpeter with a sampling from his vast discography. The bebop echoes of “Seven Steps to Heaven," the dramatic modern mainstream modes of “ESP," the earthy fashion of “Resurrection Blues" and the ballad setting of “Blue in Green" create different images into which Wilson implants her deep contralto voice and unique charm. She ...