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Loverly
by Cassandra Wilson
from Blue Note Records

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Many fine moments, some funky grooves.
  Cassandra's smoky alto remains one of the most beguiling voices in jazz and blues.
  After it was wreathed in a high-tech production by the producer T. Bone Burnett on Thunderbird, she goes back to acoustic basics of traditional jazz vocals here, with a set almost entirely comprised of vintage tunes recorded with a small combo featuring the brilliant pianist du jour, Jason Moran and the guitar of Marvin Sewell.
  "Loverly" was produced in a rented house in her Mississippi hometown, with assembled... more info

• "Lots of Choc'lates For Me To Eat . . . Wouldn't It Be Loverly?"
  Listening to this latest album of Cassandra Wilson is such a novelty for me since this is my first taste of her one-of-a-kind vocal artistry. I have enjoyed the whole CD after listening with repeated plays and as a result of my delightful listening adventure, I have added another one of hers, Rendezvous to my ever-growing collection. And I'm looking forward as well to owning some of her most remarkable recordings.
  With this CD, Cassandra Wilson has totally impressed me with her unique vocal art and... more info

• not as good
  I like Wilson. This CD was not as exciting as suggested by a review I read (in the New Yorker ??). She seems to lack energy. Too much of it was the same.

• The Critics Choice; Here May Be Why
  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... more info

Tracks:

1. Lover Come Back To Me
2. Black Orpheus
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. A Sleepin' Bee

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