Days Aweigh

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Days Aweigh
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Studio album by
Released1987
RecordedMay 1987
StudioSystems Two, Brooklyn.
Genre Jazz
Length51:58
Label JMT JMT 870012
Producer Stefan F. Winter, Steve Coleman, Cassandra Wilson
Cassandra Wilson chronology
Point of View
(1986)
Days Aweigh
(1987)
Blue Skies
(1988)

Days Aweigh is the second studio album by American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson. [1] It was originally released on the JMT label in 1987 and later rereleased on Winter & Winter. [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

AllMusic's Scott Yanow stated that "this is advanced free funk dance music." [3]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Cassandra Wilson; except where indicated

  1. "Electromagnolia" (Olu Dara, Cassandra Wilson) – 4:45
  2. "Let's Face the Music and Dance" (Irving Berlin) – 2:31
  3. "Days Aweigh" (Jean-Paul Bourelly) – 3:27
  4. "Subatomic Blues"  – 4:34
  5. "Apricots on Their Wings" (Henry Threadgill) – 5:49
  6. "If You Only Know How"  – 5:07
  7. "You Belong to You"  – 4:55
  8. "Some Other Time" (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 5:12
  9. "Black and Yellow" (Rod Williams) – 5:38

Personnel

Production notes:

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References

  1. Giddins, Gary (1998). Visions of Jazz: The First Century . Oxford University Press. p.  643. ISBN   9780199879533 . Retrieved 26 September 2019. Days Aweigh (Cassandra Wilson album).
  2. Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed September 26, 2014
  3. 1 2 Days Aweigh at AllMusic
  4. Larkin, Colin. "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". archive.org. p. 5871. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  5. Cook, Richard. "The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD". archive.org. p. 1589. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  6. Larkin, Colin (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music. Virgin. p. 475. ISBN   9780753501597 . Retrieved 23 September 2019.