Black
History Month Exclusive- Grammy Winning Vocalist Cassandra Wilson
Live at Yoshi’s Jazz Club, San Francisco, Feb. 21-23
Who:
Cassandra Wilson
Thursday,
Feb 21 - Saturday, Feb 23 8pm and 10pm
Where:
Yoshi’s Jazz Club, San Francisco,
Photo
and Bio Courtesy of Ojah Media Group
Cassandra
Wilson is a jazz musician, vocalist, songwriter, and producer from
Jackson, Mississippi. Described by critic Gary Giddins as "a
singer blessed with an unmistakable timbre and attack who has
expanded the playing field" by incorporating blues, country and
folk music into her work. She began playing piano at six, guitar by
the age of twelve and was working as a vocalist by the mid-'70s,
singing a wide variety of material. After moving to New York City in
the early 80’s, Cassandra met saxophonist Steve Coleman and became
one of the founding members of the M-Base Collective. She signed with
Blue Note Records in 1992 and released a landmark album titled “Blue
Light ‘Til Dawn” which would pave the way for a new generation of
jazz singers seeking an approach and repertoire that challenges the
supremacy of the American Standard songbook. Wilson has continued
interpreting in fresh and creative ways vintage blues, country and
folk music up until the present day. Her awards include: two Grammys
(including one for her 1995 masterpiece, “New Moon Daughter”),
the Django D’Or, The Edison Music Award, a marker on the
Mississippi Blues Trail, and the 2012 Echo Award for Jazz. She also
performed one of the leading roles in Wynton Marsalis' "Blood on
the Fields," the first jazz work to receive a Pulitzer Prize.
Cassandra
Wilson Discography:
Point
of View (1986, JMT)
Days
Aweigh (1987, JMT)
Blue
Skies (1988, JMT)
Jumpworld
(1989, JMT)
She
Who Weeps (1990, JMT)
Live
(1991, JMT)
After
the Beginning Again (1992, JMT)
Dance
to the Drums Again (1992, DIW/Columbia)
Blue
Light 'Til Dawn (1993, Blue Note)
New
Moon Daughter (1995, Blue Note)
Rendezvous
(with Jacky Terrasson) (1998, Blue Note)
Traveling
Miles (1999, Blue Note)
Belly
of the Sun (2002, Blue Note)
Glamoured
(2003, Blue Note)
Thunderbird
(2006, Blue Note)
Loverly
(2008, Blue Note)
Silver
Pony (2010, Blue Note)
Another
Country (June 2012)
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