Cassandra Wilson - Live (1991)

Cassandra Wilson (born December 4, 1955) is an American jazz musician, vocalist, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi.

Described by critics 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, Wilson has won two Grammy Awards.
Live is a jazz album by American singer Cassandra Wilson, released in 1991. Singer Cassandra Wilson was still searching for her own style during the time of this live concert. Accompanied by keyboardist James Weidman, electric bassist Kevin Bruce Harris and drummer Mark Johnson, Wilson performs four of her originals (none of which are too memorable), Steve Coleman’s “Desperate Move” and a couple of standards (“‘Round Midnight” and “Body and Soul”).
This forgettable (and somewhat boring) set is strictly for Cassandra Wilson completists; more general listeners are advised to get her more interesting mid-’90s recordings instead.

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

• Cassandra Wilson – vocals
• Kevin Bruce Harris – bass
• James Weidman – piano, synthesizer
• Mark Johnson – drums

Production notes

• Stefan F. Winter – producer
• Johannes Wohlleben – engineer, mixing
• Adrian Von Ripka – engineer, mixing
• Paul Cameron – assistant engineer
• Sara Schwartz – artwork, illustrations
• Andreas Weise –photography

Notes
Released: May 9, 1991
Recorded: April 18 1991 at Amerika Haus, München
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Contemporary Jazz
Length: 69:06
© 1991

Label – JMT Records