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This week we're going to Jackson, no not to listen to Johnny and June Carter, but Jackson, Mississippi native Cassandra Wilson. She has been performing since she was a child in the 70s. In the 80s, she would work with legends, Dave Holland and Abbey Lincoln in New York, and sing with Steve Coleman's group the M-Base Collective before pursuing a solo career (allmusic.com). Her repertoire includes jazz standards, and rootsy, country, blues interpretations of pop and rock classics like: Cindy Lauper's "Time After Time", "The Weight" by The Band and "Harvest Moon" by Neil Young (last.fm).
Wilson has also experimented with hip-hop and has released an album with many original songs called Another Country (allmusic.com).
As a fan of Miles Davis, she had the great fortune of opening for Miles in Chicago in 1989, and released a tribute called Travelling Miles in '99 (last.fm).
LINKS:
Interview with Cassandra Wilson about recording her album Another Country in Italy
"Harvest Moon"
"Waters of March"
New music! Cassandra Wilson's version of "Strange Fruit"
REFERENCES:
Yanow, Scott. "Cassandra Wilson." 2015. Retrieved from: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/cassandra-wilson-mn0000197460/biography
"Cassandra Wilson." Retrieved from: http://www.last.fm/music/Cassandra+Wilson?ac=Cassandra
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