Articles tagged "cassandra wilson"

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The Best Jazz of 2008

by Will Layman

[17.Dec.08] :. More than ever, the best jazz is coming from small labels, and more than ever the best draws a decent slice from the dynamics of rock and pop music without itself being a commercial venture.

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Column: Jazz Today

Double Standards

by Will Layman

[17.Jul.08] :. What does it say about our time and place that our two boldest -- maybe best -- jazz singers, Patricia Barber and Cassandra Wilson, are returning to singing standards again?

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Cassandra Wilson: Loverly

by Claudrena N. Harold

[13.Jun.08] :. On her exciting new release, Loverly, Cassandra Wilson further solidifies her status as not only the most brilliant jazz singer of her generation, but one of the New South’s most provocative voices.

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Cassandra Wilson: Thunderbird

by Will Layman

[14.Apr.06] :. The alt-jazz diva gets T Boned.

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Cassandra Wilson: Belly of the Sun

by Marshall Bowden

[19.Apr.02] :. When the word got out late last year that Cassandra Wilson was recording a blues album in an abandoned train station in Clarksdale, Mississippi, expectations were naturally high. Would Wilson find a...

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