Loverly

Cassandra Wilson - Loverly

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Artist: Cassandra Wilson
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2008-06-10
Music Label: Blue Note Records
Product features:
  • WILSON CASSANDRA LOVERLY
Soundtracks:
  1. Lover Come Back to Me
  2. A Day In The Life Of A Fool
  3. Wouldn't It Be Loverly
  4. Gone with the Wind
  5. Caravan
  6. 'Til There Was You
  7. Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
  8. Arere
  9. St. James Infirmary
  10. Dust My Broom
  11. The Very Thought of You
  12. Sleepin' Bee

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Free Music Review: The Critics Choice; Here May Be Why
Hit: 5 Stars

In the August, 2008 issue of "Down Beat," the universe of jazz critics have weighed in. The #1 jazz singer in the world, and by a pretty good margin, is Cassandra Wilson. Though I'm not the world's biggest Cassandra Wilson fan, and though Cassandra Wilson is not my favorite singer, I understand and respect the critical consensus, and I write to give my theory, based on the evidence of "Loverly," on why this is so.

Ever since the seminal "Blue Light "til Dawn" of 1993 (still my favorite Cassandra recording, BTW), Ms. Wilson is the singer who will not be pigeonholed. I gave her last recording, "Thunderbird," 5 stars on the basis of its sheer ingenuity. But I noted that it was questionable to call her a jazz singer; that c.d. was so close to alt rock that it tended to put her in the "uncategorizable" category.

So, what she has done here is to go back to standards. Well, sort of. A c.d. with Robert Johnson's "Dust My Broom," and the Yoruban (!) praise song to "Ogun," "Akere" (hey: she never claimed this to be a c.d. of American standards!), can't really be called "standard."

Instead, she starts up where she left off on "Thunderbird," with a unique blend of Afro-centricism, blues, and jazz (Yes, she sings jazz; check out her duet here with Lonnie Plaxico on "The Very Thought of You"). We have the most African version of "Caravan" ever, with a terrific piano solo from Jason Moran. We have blues licks a plenty on "Til There Was You" from "The Music Man." We have riffing around open guitar chords from Marvin Sewell on "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most."

Through it all, Cassandra Wilson knocks off her parts as if it's the easiest thing in the world. Listen to her offhanded version of "Lover Come Back to Me." She sounds like she's playing with the lover who will in time come back to her out of sheer curiosity.

Why is Cassandra #1? This is the most original set of standards since, since...I'd have to say, since "Rendezvous," which was sung by .... Cassandra Wilson with Jacky Terrasson on piano). And it's her first set of standards in 11 years. What other musician comes to mind who may not have been the most technically proficient of all on his instrument, but who kept pushing the edge of the envelope, creating new sound and new directions, to where he was adored and reviled at the same time by seemingly knowledgeable people- and did it as though it were the easiest thing in the world to do?

You got it. Cassandra Wilson is the modern day vocal counterpart to Miles Davis. That's why she's #1 in the critics eyes. No wonder she did a tribute c.d. to Miles ("Traveling Miles") during those 11 years. The shoe fits. RC

p.s. - 2/8/09: This was your 2008 Grammy Award vocal jazz recording. I believe this is the first year since I began reviewing on Amazon.com that I evaluated the eventual Grammy winner at 5 stars. I'm not sure if that means my ears are getting mushier as I grow older, or whether the National Academy of Recording Artists is getting more discerning. I hope the latter! RC
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Long considered one of the finest singers in the jazz world, Cassandra Wilson's new album is a tour de force of emotion, technique, interpretation and style as she brings her considerable powers to this collection of classic songs. Once again she has gathered a band of shining talent, featuring the brilliant Jason Moran on Piano with guitarist Marvin Sewell and Lonnie Plaxico on bass - a band that is so good together that Cassandra was happy to sit in the producer's chair and let the songs speak for themselves. Featuring incredible interpretations of the classics like Black Orpheus, Caravan, and The Very Thought of You, Cassandra is one of the few singers that can genuinely re-invent a song that we all think we know, such as Wouldn't It Be Loverly and turn it breathe new emotional life into it. However, the standout track has to be the stunning funky, soulful, brooding St. James Infirmary which has become a staple of her live set
Cassandra Wilson's Loverly is something more than just her unique spin on songs from long ago. For this set, she has assembled an impressive core group of musicians to accompany her: Jason Moran on piano, Lonnie Plaxico on acoustic upright bass, and Marvin Sewell on guitar. Her low and hypnotic contralto glides so knowingly through each song that they would seem to be of her own creation--but aren't. To be sure, each of the 12 songs found on Loverly are stamped with her trademark Delta-baby, bluesy style (most noticeably on "Dust My Broom"). But Wilson and company have taken it one step further by turning tear-jerkers such as "Til There Was You" and "The Very Thought of You" into sultry bubblers that invite ballads into the bedroom. Throw in the moody "Black Orpheus" and her funky, down-to-business take on "St. James Infirmary," and it doesn't take long to realize that Loverly is a complete attempt to satisfy the soul; a sexy mesh that dares rival anything Cassandra Wilson has released before it. --Eric C.P. Martin

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