Live (Cassandra Wilson album)

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Live
Cassandra Wilson Live.jpg
Live album by
Cassandra Wilson
ReleasedMay 9, 1991
RecordedApril 18, 1991 at Amerika Haus, München
Genre Jazz
Length69:06
Label JMT
Producer Stefan F. Winter
Cassandra Wilson chronology
Jumpworld
(1989)		Live
(1991)		 She Who Weeps
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Buffalo News Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Live is a jazz album by American singer Cassandra Wilson, released in 1991. [5]

Contents

Reception

The Buffalo News review by Jeff Simon wrote, "Wilson's modal version of "Body and Soul" a la Betty Carter more than makes up for it by being as inventive and powerful as any you're likely to hear from jazz's postmodern generation." [2]

Track listing

  1. "Don't Look Back" (Jean-Paul Bourelly, Cassandra Wilson) – 5:55
  2. "Soul Melange" (Steve Coleman, Wilson) – 11:35
  3. "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) – 7:58
  4. "My Corner of the Sky" (Wilson) – 9:43
  5. "Desperate Move" (Coleman) – 12:07
  6. "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) – 9:31
  7. "Rock This Calling" (Coleman, Wilson) – 12:15

Personnel

Production notes

Chart positions

YearChartPosition
1992Billboard Top Jazz Albums23

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. 1 2 Simon, Jeff (May 1, 1992). "In Brief". The Buffalo News . Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard. "The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD". archive.org. p. 1589. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  4. ↑ Swenson, John (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide . Random House. Retrieved September 23, 2019. Blue Skies (Cassandra Wilson album).
  5. ↑ Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed September 26, 2014
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