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Cassandra Wilson: Traveling Miles
by C. Michael Bailey
Critic's Note. AAJ 's Jim Santella reviewed Traveling Miles in the April issue of the magazine. And Miles to Go. Cassandra Wilson has an original vocal and performance style in the same way the late Betty Carter did. They both are aggressively experimental in their phrasing with absolutely no qualms about pushing the envelope to the ...
Cassandra Wilson: Traveling Miles
by Jim Santella
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 ...
Lee Oskar: The Best of Lee Oskar
by Robert Spencer
Remember WAR, the old rock and funk group? Remember their killer harmonica player? That's right: it was Lee Oskar. Lesser known outside WAR, Lee released a passel of first-rate Seventies-funk solo albums. This Best Of collection culls the best cuts from those albums. They are uniformly funky and distinguished by the Danish-born Oskar's distinctively straightforward, refreshingly ...
