{"title":"Artist: Cassandra Wilson","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"new-moon-daughter-cassandra-wilson-2lp","title":"New Moon Daughter [Import]","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eKEY FEATURES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e2xLP pressed on 180-Gram Audiophile Black Vinyl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoused in a gatefold sleeve\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eRe-mastering by Ron McMaster at Capitol Studios\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eRecorded at the Turtle Creek Barn, Bearsville, NY and Sound on Sound, New York City, Beartracks, Suffern, NY, and Bearsville Studio B, Bearsville, NY (1995)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eRELEASE DESCRIPTION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is no easy listen--sparse, complex, often brooding arrangements coupled with Cassandra Wilson's deep, earthy voice and complicated phrasing demand your attention. Waver and you're lost. But… give this album the listening time \u0026amp; space it deserves and reap the rewards. Unusual, highly atmospheric tracks that combine superb singing and marvelously \"distant\" musical backings to weave real magic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCassandra Wilson's own excellent, jazz-tinged compositions sit alongside a stunning set of ingenious covers from a highly diverse spectrum of composers. \"Last Train To Clarksville\" is transformed from a catchy pop song into a stripped-down and genuinely effective jazz vocal workout. \"Harvest Moon\" slows down Neil Young's already wistful ballad to an almost painful level and, in so doing, takes it to an even higher level of gentle reflection. Hank Williams' \"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry\" \u0026amp; U2's \"Love Is Blindness\" are transformed into 3 in the morning jazz club classics. The vocals and backing to Robert Johnson's \"32-20\" are simplified to the point where only the essence of the blues is allowed to shine and, Lewis Allan's \"Strange Fruit\" becomes as desolate and challenging as its horrific lyrics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClever, very effective, and worth the required effort! by nicjaytee\/London\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTRACKLIST \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStrange Fruit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLove is Blindness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolomon Song\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeath Letter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSkylark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFind Him\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI'm So Lonesome I Could Cry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLast Train to Clarksville\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUntil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Little Warm Death\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMemphis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHarvest Moon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32-20\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eLISTEN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eAvailable on Desktop \u0026amp; Mobile\u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"Cassandra Wilson","offers":[{"title":"2LP \/ Black","offer_id":43186534744255,"sku":"PPAN BST32861-BK","price":58.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/6947\/3471\/files\/tmp_2F1500408120996-p0gh6xdu07e-f77eac3dde9d3969f16eb646e5a08dff_2F00602537445929-cover-zoom.jpg?v=1713909324"},{"product_id":"blue-light-til-dawn-cassandra-wilson-2lp","title":"Blue Light 'Til Dawn [Import]","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eKEY FEATURES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e2xLP pressed on 180-Gram Audiophile Black Vinyl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoused in a gatefold sleeve\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eRe-mastering by: Ron McMaster at Capitol Studios\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eRecorded at Sear Sound Studios\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eRELEASE DESCRIPTION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCassandra Wilson started out as a jazz singer, doing gigs with several innovative bands (including Brooklyn's experimental M-Base collective) and at the same time recording typical jazz-singer let-me-entertain-you stuff-\"Night and Day\" and \"Blue Skies\" and shooby dooby dooby. Eventually the Mississippi-born New York-based vocalist, who reigned among the elite jazz singers of the 1980s, became restless and began to look beyond torch songs for inspiration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo she looked outside of jazz for inspiration. In interviews, she's recalled how she began seeking new challenges for her voice, a mighty instrument blessed with husky overtones and an alluringly smoky woodish hue. She began to integrate gospel, blues, and pop songs into her performances, eventually assimilating them into music that blurs genre distinctions entirely. Blue Light \"til Dawn is the first album to capture that shift. It features wondrously spare, molasses-slow versions of Robert Johnson (\"Come On in My Kitchen,\" \"Hellhound on My Trail\"), Philly soul (Thom Bell and Linda Creed's \"Children of the Night,\"), pop (Van Morrison's \"Tupelo Honey\"), and torch song (\"You Don't Know What Love Is\").\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorking with a small group of inventive New York jazzers, emphasizing hand drums and percussion over trap set, Wilson cultivates the opposite of dazzle-hers is an inviting, shadow-filled sound that calls from a lonesome bayou. Atmosphere dictates everything that happens on these tracks and helps knit together pieces from disparate ends of popular music. It also guides Wilson's vocals: Her sullen \"Hellhound\" wanders far from typical blues woe, yet winds up an apt, weary summation of it all the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlue Light became an adult contemporary hit, and set Wilson on the course she's pursued since. The records are all engrossing and shaped by extremely sensitive musicianship, but Blue Light has something the renegade energy of one who, having taken a flying leap, is just discovering a new mode of expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCourtesy 1000 recordings before you die.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTRACKLIST \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou Don't Know What Love Is\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCome On In My Kitchen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTell Me You'll Wait for Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChildren of the Night\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHellhound On My Trail\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack Crow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSankofa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEstrellas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRedbone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTupelo Honey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlue Light 'Til Dawn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Can't Stand the Rain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eLISTEN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eAvailable on Desktop \u0026amp; Mobile\u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"Cassandra Wilson","offers":[{"title":"2LP \/ Black","offer_id":43186535006399,"sku":"PPAN-BST81357-BK","price":52.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/6947\/3471\/files\/tmp_2F1500408549868-uuas9twbuc-6876f73cb6af762aedc327b9625779f8_2FCassandraWilson_BlueLightTilDawn.jpg?v=1713909330"}],"url":"https:\/\/helixsounds.com\/collections\/artist-cassandra-wilson.oembed","provider":"Helix Sounds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}