Cassandra Wilson - New Moon Daughter - Music & Performance - Vinyl

Limited vinyl LP pressing of the jazz vocalist’s 1995 album. Her luscious alto has the depth and texture of a great tenor saxophonist, but Cassandra Wilson's defining asset is a post-modern song sense that enables her to surf through Son House, Neil Young, Johnny Mercer, Billie Holiday, and (gasp!) the Monkees in pursuit of strong songs that can provide that instrument with a canvas. Her second Blue Note album extends Wilson's seductive pilgrimage beyond the conventions of jazz repertoire and accompaniment, yet it's her instincts as a jazz singer that inform these brilliant readings. The settings again step away from traditional small group jazz (for starters, there's no piano) to evoke the emotional core of these songs. Anyone who can turn the Monkees' "Last Train to Clarksville" into a slow-burning erotic vignette deserves your attention.

Limited vinyl LP pressing of the jazz vocalist's 1995 album. Her luscious alto has the depth and texture of a great tenor saxophonist, but Cassandra Wilson's defining asset is a post-modern song sense that enables her to surf through Son House, Neil Young, Johnny Mercer, Billie Holiday, and (gasp!) the Monkees in pursuit of strong songs that can provide that instrument with a canvas. Her second Blue Note album extends Wilson's seductive pilgrimage beyond the conventions of jazz repertoire and accompaniment, yet it's her instincts as a jazz singer that inform these brilliant readings. The settings again step away from traditional small group jazz (for starters, there's no piano) to evoke the emotional core of these songs. Anyone who can turn the Monkees' "Last Train to Clarksville" into a slow-burning erotic vignette deserves your attention.

Performer	Cassandra Wilson
Music genre	Jazz
Music subgenre	Vinyl Record - JAZZ
Music release type	Release
Media format	LP
Original release date	1995
Edition	Standard
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	2
Series title	Cassandra Wilson - New Moon Daughter [VINYL LP]
Track listing	Strange Fruit 5:33, Love Is Blindness 4:53, Solomon Sang 5:56, Death Letter 4:13, Skylark 4:08, Find Him 4:37, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry 4:50, Last Train to Clarksville 5:14, Until 6:30, A Little Warm Death 5:45, Memphis 5:05, Harvest Moon 5:01, 32-20 5:23
Record label	Blue Note Records
Music media format	Vinyl Record
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N