Search results for "Cassandra Wilson"

Cassandra Wilson: Red River Valley (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 24, 07

When Hollywood's The Grapes of Wrath (1940) made "Red River Valley" the anthem of Dust Bowl Okies, moviegoers assumed...

Cassandra Wilson: You Don’t Know What Love Is (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music October 25, 07

Cassandra Wilson’s ascension to successful musical iconoclast may trouble those who belabor the question of what is j...

Cassandra Wilson: The Weight (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music April 08, 09

It's hard to top The Band's performance of this anthem on Martin Scorsese's The Last Waltz from 1978. Then again, Ca...

Cassandra Wilson/Regina Carter/Bela Fleck: This Land Is Your Land (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music May 14, 09

What a joy! The serendipity of this performance (recorded at a post-9/11 "Made in America" concert) and its inclusion...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MUSICAL AMERICANA

         Jazz Americana, artwork by Suzanne Cerny Shortly ...

New Air Featuring Cassandra Wilson: Apricots On Their Wings (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music April 16, 09

At the beginning of her career - before her Blue Note albums made her a major jazz star - Cassandra Wilson was some...

Cassandra Wilson: Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music May 23, 08

Wilson & Co. undertake a major renovation on this old standard. They shift most of the tune into a tiptoeing waltz te...

Cassandra Wilson: Honey Bee (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

Wilson hails from Jackson, Mississippi, and on this track she digs deeply into the blues tradition of her home state....

Cassandra Wilson: Easy Rider (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music January 17, 08

Don’t be scared off by the personnel listing. You might assume that a recording with three bass players, two drummer...

Cassandra Wilson: Lover Come Back to Me (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 13, 08

The rhythm section adopts a retro pose on this reworking of a 1928 Romberg and Hammerstein standard. Sewell's chug-a...

Cassandra Wilson: Poet (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music November 05, 07

Oh, how I love those low notes! Most vocalists reach into their upper register to grab the audience’s attention, bu...

Wynton Marsalis: Blood on the Fields (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music December 22, 07

Wynton Marsalis has built a career on high ambitions—including (for a start) assimilating the music vocabulary from H...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: EARLY VINTAGE WYNTON MARSALIS

Wynton Marsalis may be the most frequently discussed musician in jazz, but also among the least well understood. ...

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