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Wynton Marsalis: Reeltime (Swinging into the 21st)
(more) »rank: 155876by: Wynton Marsalis, Cassandra Wilson, Shirley Caesar
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Point of View
(more) »rank: 137829by: Cassandra Wilson
: :Cassandra Wilson's striking 1985 debut album, Point of View, has been remastered (to 24-bit digital) and repackaged (in a sturdy box set containing the original art work) on this excellent JMT reissue. The Mississippi-raised singer became involved early with Steve Coleman's M-Base collective in Brooklyn, and the eclectic, multifaceted music presented here reflects the stylistic range of that group. Mixing elements of funk, hip-hop, and rock with a solid jazz grounding, Wilson and mates create an original brew. Wilson's husky contralto, with its hints of Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, and Betty Carter, is fully integrated into the stop-and-start rhythms and unconventional compositions of ...
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Blue Skies
(more) »rank: 138572by: Cassandra Wilson
: essential recording:Cassandra Wilson has convincingly argued that all American popular music displays one fundamental aspect of the jazz tradition: a delight in taking songs--from the simplest to most profound--and recombining them into idiosyncratic form. That includes standards such as those she lolls into on this 1988 release--'Polka Dots and Moonbeams,' 'I Didn't Know What Time It Was,' 'My One and Only Love,' and others. Underpinning these performances is an intriguing world-weariness, often of slightly sad (dare one say, postcoital) drowsiness. Wilson's sultry contralto augments that bold inflection, which impresses from the opening moments of the well-worn, usually more flirtatious 'Shall We Dance.' ...
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Let's Get Lost
(more) »rank: 50686by: Terence Blanchard, Cassandra Wilson
: :Like George Gershwin and Cole Porter, the music of Jimmy McHugh is an essential part of the American popular song canon, and jazz musicians have always been the canon's greatest interpreters. On this CD, New Orleans-born trumpeter Terence Blanchard delivers fresh renditions of McHugh's songs with four of the brightest singers on the scene. The cool Canadian chanteuse Diana Krall tickles the title track with her Shirley Horn-like vocals and pianisms, while Jane Monheit graces the ballad 'Too Young to Go Steady' and the bouncy 'I Can't Give You Anything but Love' with her quiet-storm phrasing. Dianne Reeves's powerful voice imbues 'I Can't ...
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Glamoured
(more) »rank: 132725by: Cassandra Wilson
:Album Description:'Glamoured' is a Gaelic word meaning to be whisked away, says vocalist and songwriter Cassandra Wilson, explaining the title of her new CD. 'It's like being in a daydream, those split seconds when you're transfixed and your eyes don't move and you have to shake yourself out of it. This album captures the feeling of that reverie.' Indeed, Wilson sets such a mood with her trademark mix of first-rate originals and adventurous covers of other songwriters' works, this time picking material by Sting, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Muddy Waters and Abbey Lincoln. Such eclectic tastes come naturally to Wilson, who began her ...
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Loverly
(more) »rank: 178286by: Cassandra Wilson
:Album Description:Long considered one of the finest singers in the jazz world, Cassandra Wilson's new album is a tour de force of emotion, technique, interpretation and style as she brings her considerable powers to this collection of classic songs. Once again she has gathered a band of shining talent, featuring the brilliant Jason Moran on Piano with guitarist Marvin Sewell and Lonnie Plaxico on bass - a band that is so good together that Cassandra was happy to sit in the producer's chair and let the songs speak for themselves. Featuring incredible interpretations of the classics like Black Orpheus, Caravan, and The Very ...
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Days Aweigh
(more) »rank: 172219by: Cassandra Wilson
:Album Description:Long considered one of the finest singers in the jazz world, Cassandra Wilson's new album is a tour de force of emotion, technique, interpretation and style as she brings her considerable powers to this collection of classic songs. Once again she has gathered a band of shining talent, featuring the brilliant Jason Moran on Piano with guitarist Marvin Sewell and Lonnie Plaxico on bass - a band that is so good together that Cassandra was happy to sit in the producer's chair and let the songs speak for themselves. Featuring incredible interpretations of the classics like Black Orpheus, Caravan, and The Very ...
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Songbook
(more) »rank: 169822by: Cassandra Wilson
:Album Description:Long considered one of the finest singers in the jazz world, Cassandra Wilson's new album is a tour de force of emotion, technique, interpretation and style as she brings her considerable powers to this collection of classic songs. Once again she has gathered a band of shining talent, featuring the brilliant Jason Moran on Piano with guitarist Marvin Sewell and Lonnie Plaxico on bass - a band that is so good together that Cassandra was happy to sit in the producer's chair and let the songs speak for themselves. Featuring incredible interpretations of the classics like Black Orpheus, Caravan, and The Very ...
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Glamoured
(more) »rank: 218614by: Cassandra Wilson
:Album Description:Japanese edition of the acclaimed jazz vocalist's 2003 album features 13 tracks including 1 bonus track, 'Allow Me'. Blue Note/EMI.
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Blue Skies
(more) »rank: 200335by: Cassandra Wilson
:Album Description:Japanese edition of the acclaimed jazz vocalist's 2003 album features 13 tracks including 1 bonus track, 'Allow Me'. Blue Note/EMI.
