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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 ...
Belly Of The Sun
Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: The Weight; Justice; Darkness on the Delta; Waters of March; You Gotta Move; Only a Dream in Rio; Just Another Parade; Wichita Lineman; Shelter From the Storm; Rock Me Baby; Cooter Brown; Little Lion; Show Me a Love; Road So Clear; Hot Tamales.
Cassandra Wilson: Belly Of The Sun
by Jim Santella
Returning to her Mississippi blues roots, singer Cassandra Wilson interprets the stories like no one else can. Her warm, contralto voice hypnotizes. Surrounded by the natural sound of her 6-piece touring band, Wilson settles in for a refreshing look at Americana. Plaintive guitar cries and hands-down percussion provide a natural landscape. Steel pans, dobro, hand drums, ...
Cassandra Wilson: Belly Of The Sun
by Jim Santella
Returning to her Mississippi blues roots, singer Cassandra Wilson interprets the stories like no one else can. Her warm, contralto voice hypnotizes. Surrounded by the natural sound of her 6-piece touring band, Wilson settles in for a refreshing look at Americana. Plaintive guitar cries and hands-down percussion provide a natural landscape. Steel pans, dobro, hand drums, ...
Inside
Label: Cristal Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: Corners (For Herbie);
Day Dreaming;
Trance;
Brother Ray;
Lisa;
When I'm With You;
Naked Moon;
Cane;
Ain't No Sunshine;
Miss You.
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 ...
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