Cassandra Wilson - Traveling Miles
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Artist: Cassandra WilsonEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1999-03-23
Music Label: Blue Note Records
Soundtracks:
- Run The VooDoo Down
- Traveling Miles
- Right Here, Right Now
- Time After Time
- When The Sun Goes Down
- Seven Steps
- Someday My Prince Will Come
- Never Broken (ESP)
- Resurrection Blues (Tutu)
- Sky And Sea (Blue In Green)
- Piper
- VooDoo Reprise
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Free Music Review: Different & nothing like Miles
Hit: 4 Stars
I love Miles Davis and have barely listened to Cassandra Wilson so this was a risky venture; in the end it was worthwhile. I was curious what an artist could do by changing the original Miles songs into something new, replacing his horn with a voice, adding lyrics and creating a differnt song essentially. Beginning with Miles's excellent "Run The VooDoo Down" I was drawn in with a positive attitude. The following track, a Cassandra Wilson composition entitled "Travelling Miles" was very tasty with nice runs on sax by Steve Wilson and echoing Wilson's vocals as a chorus. It is a moody piece, part blues, part jazz, all good. From this point on the disc suddenly tries to capture the many colors of the musical world by adding a slew of instruments that seem to not fit together. Marimbas with slide guitar on one track, on others harmonicas, mandolins, vibraphone, violin and even classical guitar(more on that later). I wish she would have incorporated a trumpet since that was Miles's instrument. Does this musical stew work? Surprisingly, yes, for the most part. The mixture is tasteful and done in such a manner that it is suttle and never overpowering. She lets her voice and the power of Miles songs take control. Outstanding tracks are the aforementioned, "Run The VooDoo Down" from Miles's "Bitches Brew," as well as the "VooDoo Reprise," the eloquent phrasing on Cyndi Lauper's" Time After Time," the undertoned stylings and jazzy vocals on "Someday My Prince Will Come" complete with mandolin and violin interludes and " Sky and Sea" that features Pat Metheny on a classical guitar solo and Cassandra's smoky vocals. The disc overall is pretty good , it is a slow and bluesy musical tribute fit for a rainy day or late night reflexions. Recommended for jazz aficionados or some one that wants to hear what has been done with the music of Miles Davis.
Traveling Miles Poster
Cassandra Wilson's tribute to Miles Davis, Traveling Miles, is nothing if not ambitious--easily on par with the other slew of Davis tribs. Covering the great trumpeter's long career is alone quite a challenge, but Wilson sets her goals even higher by writing new lyrics and arrangements that make these tunes her own. The result is a pleasure that ends up capturing Wilson's spirit as well as Davis's. Never one to hew to traditional jazz's formats, Wilson adds acoustic and slide guitars, percussion, harmonica, and other instruments that give the album an enormously varied feel. "Right Here, Right Now," with its strummed and slide guitars, wouldn't sound out of place on a Joni Mitchell album, and her intriguing cover of Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" (covered by Davis in 1985 on You're Under Arrest), is delicately mournful. Not that Wilson has left jazz behind: the swinging version of "Seven Steps to Heaven," with guest solos by violinist Regina Carter and vibraphonist Stefon Harris, whose 1998 debut was one of the year's promising releases, is a highlight. And Wilson's version of the Davis classic "Blue in Green" (here titled "Sky and Sea"), is just plainly beautiful. Her deep and soulful voice remains as compelling as ever through the many moods and colors, deepening the uniqueness of her take on the Miles songbook. Exactly the way Miles would have wanted it. --Ezra GaleInternational Music CDs
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