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Cassandra Wilson Born 4th December 1955 Is A U.S. Jazz Vocalist 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 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's Honor And Includes Three Selections Based On Davis's Own Compositions In Which Wilson Adapted The Original Themes. A Brief Discography
Point Of View 1986 JMT Days Aweigh 1987 JMT Blue Skies 1988 JMT Jumpworld 1989 JMT She Who Weeps 1990 JMT Live 1991 JMT After The Beginning Again 1992 JMT Dance To The Drums Again 1992 DIW/Columbia Blue Light 'til Dawn 1993 Blue Note New Moon Daughter 1995 Blue Note Rendezvous With Jacky Terrasson 1998 Blue Note Traveling Miles 1999 Blue Note Belly Of The Sun 2002 Blue Note Glamoured 2003 Blue Note Thunderbird 2006 Blue Note Loverly 2008 Blue Note Silver Pony 2010 Blue Note Another Country 2012 EOne Official Website Www.Cassandrawilson.Com read less