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Sings Standards | 
 enlarge | Artist: Cassandra Wilson
Label: Umvd Labels
Category: Music
Buy New: $11.98
New (48) Used (17) Collectible (1) from $5.61
Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 130675
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 589837
UPC: 731458983729
EAN: 0731458983729
ASIN: B000066I5B
Release Date: July 16, 2002
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| Tracks:
| • | Polka Dots And Moonbeams | | • | I Wished On The Moon | | • | 'Round Midnight | | • | Angel | | • | I've Grown Accustomed To His Face | | • | Chelsea Bridge | | • | I'm Old Fashioned | | • | Baubles, Bangles, And Beads | | • | Blue Skies | | • | Blue In Green |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Jazz fans who complain about not hearing enough jazz in Cassandra Wilson's eclectic sound, which has increasingly tilted toward pop and blues, will find ample rewards in this collection of her (relatively) straight-ahead efforts from the late '80s. Drawing from four albums for the JMT label, it charts her steady growth away from Brooklyn's electric, funk-based M-Base school and into an earthier, more personal approach. Going to school herself on Betty Carter's elastic time feel and unhurried rhythms, she avoids predictability on songs such as "'Round Midnight" and a wordless rendering of Billy Strayhorn's "Chelsea Bridge." There's less interest in her handling of earlier standards such as "I'm Old Fashioned" and "Blue Skies," which lack depth, but never any lack of attractiveness. --Lloyd Sachs
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
 Alright March 24, 2006
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
For some reason I expected more from this CD. It doesn't particuarly stand out to me when I play it.
 5 stars!!! (but i got a crush on her, so what do i know?!?!) August 10, 2002
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
i didnt purchase this lookin for perfection and i didnt buy this so i could compare her versions to those recorded by others, i just like her style and i wanted to hear her earlier stuff... and i have no regrets... classic material handled by a great voice... this is not the disc for new fans, just true fans mostly. if you are just now tryin to find out what ms. wilson is about then, 'new moon daughter', 'belly of the sun' & 'blue light til dawn' are the ones to own!!!
Needs to be remixed! August 5, 2002
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
This Verve release has the potential of being a pleasure to listen to, but the reverb on Cassandra's voice muddies her articulate style. The vocals are also hard to hear over the other instruments. The method in which Cassandra performs these standards is an enjoyable and refreshing approach. Buy it when the remix comes out!
 A Good Compilation for Wilson Fans and Newbies August 5, 2002
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I doubt many of Cassandra Wilson's numerous fans knew her pre-Blue Note (New Moon Daughter and Blue Light Till Dawn) recordings. They were, like the Brooklyn-based approach to jazz from which her and her musicians grew, challenging. The sound was raw with jagged edges exposed and consisted of original material with some standards and eventually an albumn of them (probably to increase her mainstream exposure). These standards include some of the more challenging arrangements from that period as well as the more traditional jazz quartet arrangements. However, all take on the style of the singer not as deconstructions of the standards but solid interpretations of old friends. If you like Ms. Wilson you will like this collection. If you prefer some other jazz singer don't buy it, and if you think no one sings like Ella or Sarah or Carmen or Betty, then you should not be reading this, but please check out the numerous ladies who are doing their own thing and doing it well (too many to list here). This standards collection is one of the good ones, even if she has moved on in recent recordings to interpret a new set of songs. Check this out -- and then check out her new one, Belly of the Sun, for a nice take on what music free of simple labels sounds like. I will have some of that!
Exquisite August 3, 2002
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Forget the debates about whether or not Cassandra Wilson is a jazz vocalist -- here she proves she is one of the most original, creative and intelligent jazz musicians of our time. Her instrument -- the voice -- is rich and robust. Body and Soul might very well be her masterpiece.
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