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Cassandra Wilson: Thunderbird
by AAJ Italy Staff
A tre anni da Glamoured, a tredici dal capolavoro Blue Light 'Til Down, Cassandra Wilson sembra aver definitivamente preso confidenza con la scrittura più che con la reinterpretazione originale di classici. Prodotto da T Bone Burnett, Thunderbird, è il disco della svolta dell'artista afroamericana nata a Jackson, Mississipi. Un CD che riassume tutto il suo passato, ...
She Who Weeps
Label: JMT Productions
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. Iconic Memories
2. Chelsea Bridge
3. Out Loud (Jeris' Blues)
4. She Who Weeps
5. Angel
6. Body and Soul
7. New African Blues
Cassandra Wilson: She Who Weeps
by Celeste Sunderland
The timbre of Cassandra Wilson’s voice is like an opal—incomparably beautiful, deliciously pearlescent, graceful, rich, and eternally strong. On She Who Weeps, originally recorded in 1990 and rereleased last January, lyrics bare little importance. The descriptive quality of words takes a back seat to Wilson’s innate ability to instantly create an atmosphere and strike emotional chords ...
Cassandra Wilson
by WBGO 88.3FM
WBGO-FM Midday Jazz host Rhonda Hamilton interviews singer Cassandra Wilson about her life and her new CD Belly of the Sun. Rhonda Hamilton: On Belly of the Sun you took inspiration from the Mississippi Delta where it was recorded. You are from Mississipi, born in Jackson, and you decided to go home to make this album, ...
Cassandra Wilson: Glamoured
by Mike Perciaccante
Cassandra Wilson possesses one of the most recognizable voices in modern jazz. On Glamoured, she again delivers a wonderfully realized album with just the right mix of well-chosen, eclectic covers (Sting's “Fragile," Willie Nelson's “Crazy," Muddy Waters' “Honey Bee" and Bob Dylan's “Lay Lady Lay") and immensely catchy originals ("Heaven Knows" “On This Train," “I Want ...
Glamoured
Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Fragile; Sleight of Time; I Want More; If Loving You Is Wrong; Lay Lady Lay; Crazy; What Is it?;
Heaven Knows; Honey Bee; Broken Drum; On this Train; Threw It Away.
Cassandra Wilson: Glamoured and Glamorous
by R.J. DeLuke
The Egg Albany, NY November 20, 2003 There are few sounds in jazz as rich as the voice of Cassandra Wilson. Her sonorous tone was as delectable on Nov. 20 at The Egg in Albany, NY, as the pastries being sold in the lobby. And just as sweet. On tour supporting ...
Cassandra Wilson: Glamoured
by Jim Santella
Her resonating contralto voice eases its way deeply into your inner thoughts. Few can escape the magic that Cassandra Wilson's vocal interpretations bring to the jazz forum. Her program on Glamoured, steeped in the blues and pregnant with the tidings of pop culture, offers the jazz fan an eclectic taste from the many different worlds of ...
A Fireside Chat With Cassandra Wilson
by AAJ Staff
With the recent commercial viability of Diana Krall and Norah Jones, authentic jazz vocalists like Betty Carter and Billie Holiday seem remote and jazz yore. And although Abbey Lincoln maintains the standard of progression, the sheer barrage of lounge singers has consumed any impression. Hope exists, however, with Cassandra Wilson, matured in the M-Base doctrine and ...
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