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Cassandra Wilson (born December 4, 1955) is an American jazz singer-songwriter and two-time Grammy Award winner from Jackson, Mississippi. Two of her albums, Blue Skies (1988) and New Moon Daughter (1996), have topped the US jazz charts, and the latter also won her a Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance in 1997. More recently, Wilson’s latest album Loverly (2008) also won the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album at the 51st Grammy Awards in 2009.

Wilson’s repertoire includes both jazz and blues standards and renditions of pop and rock songs. Her contralto voice has been described as bluesy and sultry, and the style of her music ranges from swing to funk to bossa nova. Many of the songs she covers are by artists who usually record in other genres.

Wilson counts the late Miles Davis as one of her greatest influences. In 1989 she performed as the opening act for Davis at the JVC Jazz Festival in Chicago. In 1999 she produced Traveling Miles as a tribute to Davis. The album developed from a series of jazz concerts that she performed at Lincoln Center in November 1997 in Davis’ honor and includes three selections based on Davis’ own compositions, in which Wilson adapted the original themes.

Official website: www.cassandrawilson.com

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radioaktywne wrote:
20 days ago

Some pictures from the concert in Warsaw: http://www.radioaktywne.pl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1196&Itemid=1

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ARGBDude wrote:
last month

amazing voice, must get more of her musics

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keisuh wrote:
last month

I like her voice so much!

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akyji wrote:
last month

jazzbella))))

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StardustMontage wrote:
last month

i'm trying to collect all her albums,she's really talented,i love her songs.

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katia111 wrote:
September 2009

Nice voice!

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FrankKleijn wrote:
September 2009

Love is blindness. One of those few covers that equals or surpasses the original.

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Schrubbel wrote:
September 2009

Welcome to Schru´s JAZZworldMusic http://www.lastfm.de/user/Schrubbel . Listen and Enjoy !

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thatianah wrote:
July 2009

belissima voz.

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BluesRok wrote:
July 2009

If you like movies, you'll love The Movie Group!

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love2groov wrote:
July 2009

New Moon Daughter is one of the best jazz albums of all time. I heard this girl sing a cover and she definitely has potential to be the next Cassandra http://tinyurl.com/kknq2f

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DragonSlaeyer wrote:
June 2009

this girl ain't nothing but GOOD !!!!!!!!!!!!

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hronometer wrote:
June 2009

только что обнаружила, что не могу жить без ее музыки.

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GHELIX wrote:
May 2009

greetings from Poland :) check out my profile :) maybe you`ll find something for you to listen :)

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DamianLezcano wrote:
April 2009

HOLA A TODOS! Tengo 2 entradas para Cassandra Wilson para el 21 de Mayo a las 21:30 hs. en FILA 1 al Centro de Platea y no voy a poder concurrir la idea es si hay algún interesado les dejo la dirección ACLARACIÓN: Se respeta el precio de Ticketek damicaffe@yahoo.com.ar

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DamianLezcano wrote:
April 2009

HOLA A TODOS! Tengo 2 entradas para Cassandra Wilson para el 21 de Mayo a las 21:30 hs. en FILA 1 al Centro de Platea y no voy a poder concurrir la idea es si hay algún interesado les dejo la dirección ACLARACIÓN: Se respeta el precio de Ticketek damicaffe@yahoo.com.ar

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DamianLezcano wrote:
April 2009

HOLA A TODOS! Tengo 2 entradas para Cassandra Wilson para el 21 de Mayo a las 21:30 hs. en FILA 1 al Centro de Platea y no voy a poder concurrir la idea es si hay algún interesado les dejo la dirección ACLARACIÓN: Se respeta el precio de Ticketek damicaffe@yahoo.com.ar

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lubi307 wrote:
April 2009

Wonderful !!! Love her

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mwchurst wrote:
March 2009

News about forthcoming CD from Cassandra, due to be released on 7th April '09. Click on link below: http://www.soultracks.com/story-cassandra-wilson-0309

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aleon_18473 wrote:
March 2009

Una voz suave y envolvedora. Deliciosa!!!

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