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Cassandra Wilson

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2015 - Coming Forth by Day

2012 - Another Country

2010 - Silver Pony

2009 - Closer to You: The Pop Side

2008 - Loverly

2006 - Thunderbird

2003 - Glamoured

2002 - Belly of the Sun

1999 - Travelling Miles

1997 - Rendezvous

1996 - New Moon Daughter

1993 - Blue Light 'Til Dawn

1993 - Dance to the Drums Again

1992 - After the Beginning Again

1991 - She Who Weeps

1990 - Jumpworld

1988 - Blue Skies

1987 - Days Aweigh

1985 - Point of View

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Jackson, USA

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Jazz

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1955

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Cassandra Wilson - Harvest Moon
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Cassandra Wilson - Time After Time
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Cassandra Wilson - Fragile

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Cassandra Wilson is a jazz musician, vocalist, 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. She began playing piano at six, guitar by the age of twelve and was working as a vocalist by the mid-'70s, singing a wide variety of material. After moving to New York City in the early 80’s, Cassandra met saxophonist Steve Coleman and became one of the founding members of the M-Base Collective. She signed with Blue Note Records in 1992 and released a landmark album titled “Blue Light ‘Til Dawn” which would pave the way for a new generation of jazz singers seeking an approach and repertoire that challenges the supremacy of the American Standard songbook. Wilson has continued interpreting in fresh and creative ways vintage blues, country and folk music up until the present day. Her awards include: two Grammys, the Django D’Or, The Edison Music Award, a marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail, and the 2012 Echo Award for Jazz. She also performed one of the leading roles in Wynton Marsalis' "Blood on the Fields," the first jazz work to receive a Pulitzer Prize.