Live (Cassandra Wilson album)

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Live
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Live album by
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
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Live is a jazz album by American singer Cassandra Wilson, released in 1991. [3]

Cassandra Wilson American musician

Cassandra Wilson is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi. Described by critic Gary Giddins as "a singer blessed with an unmistakable timbre and attack [who has] expanded the playing field" by incorporating blues, country, and folk music into her work.

Contents

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

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Swenson, John (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  3. Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed September 26, 2014