Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Audio CD EAN: 5099950769926 Label: Blue Note Records Manufacturer: Blue Note Records Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Blue Note Records Release Date: June 10, 2008 Sales Rank: 366 Studio: Blue Note Records
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 Thought of You, Cassandra is one of the few singers that can genuinely re-invent a song that we all think we know, such as Wouldn't It Be Loverly and turn it breathe new emotional life into it. However, the standout track has to be the stunning funky, soulful, brooding St. James Infirmary which has become a staple of her live set
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Rating: - Low energy performances
Ms. Wilson seems to be missing the energy to deliver much excitement in these songs. Maybe good bedtime music.
Rating: - Many fine moments, some funky grooves.
Cassandra's smoky alto remains one of the most beguiling voices in jazz and blues.
After it was wreathed in a high-tech production by the producer T. Bone Burnett on Thunderbird, she goes back to acoustic basics of traditional jazz vocals here, with a set almost entirely comprised of vintage tunes recorded with a small combo featuring the brilliant pianist du jour, Jason Moran and the guitar of Marvin Sewell.
"Loverly" was produced in a rented house in her Mississippi hometown, with assembled invited musician friends who got down to the business of recording then and there, making this recording so relaxed and personal that it feels like a live set in your own living room.
It's impressive to hear the class and character Cassandra has injected into these 20th century songs.
With the help of Yoruba percussionist Lekan Babalola she knits West African rhythms into stripped-down arrangements, ... Read More
Rating: - "Lots of Choc'lates For Me To Eat . . . Wouldn't It Be Loverly?"
Listening to this latest album of Cassandra Wilson is such a novelty for me since this is my first taste of her one-of-a-kind vocal artistry. I have enjoyed the whole CD after listening with repeated plays and as a result of my delightful listening adventure, I have added another one of hers, Rendezvous to my ever-growing collection. And I'm looking forward as well to owning some of her most remarkable recordings.
With this CD, Cassandra Wilson has totally impressed me with her unique vocal art and flair. Ms. Wilson and her bandmates did a great job with the remarkable renditions with new twists on all twelve tracks making it a truly notable album that is worthy to be in every music lover's collection. She called their group the "magnificent seven musicians"-- Lonnie Plaxico and Reginald Veal (bass), Lekan Babalola (percussion), Marvin Sewell (guitar), Herlin Riley (drums), Jason Moran (piano) and the "Woman ... Read More
Rating: - not as good
I like Wilson. This CD was not as exciting as suggested by a review I read (in the New Yorker ??). She seems to lack energy. Too much of it was the same.
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- Low energy performances
- "Lots of Choc'lates For Me To Eat . . . Wouldn't It Be Loverly?" 
- not as good
