Y (whirl@slack.net)
Tue, 9 Mar 1999 09:52:05 -0500 (EST)
Has anyone heard this newest from Ms. Wilson ?
A self-proclaimed "Miles Davis celebration"
that picks up such Davis songs like
"Someday My Prince Will Come," "Blue in Green"
and (for some inexplicable reason)
Cyndi Lauper's (?!?!) "Time After Time."
Being not very familiar with her work previously
I can't say I was all too impressed by this album.
Cassandra Wilson is most known to me
thru her work in the soundtrack on the film
"Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil."
Everytime I hear her husky voice, I can't get
these sweepy willow trees and creepy cemetaries
trailing vine and shadowy figures out of my mind.
Is she known for experimentalism ?
She sounded like the norm cut-and-paste jazz vocalist,
like a lounge act you can hear on any given night
in the jazz clubs of NYC's West Village.
Has anyone thoughts on her album ?
Cheers,
Yvonne.
=
Her crop was a miscellany
When all was said and done,
A little bit of everything,
A great deal of none.
( Robert Frost, A Girl's Garden )
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