Live (Cassandra Wilson album)

Live
Live
Live album by Cassandra Wilson
Released	May 9, 1991
Recorded	April 18 1991 at Amerika Haus, München
Genre	Jazz
Length	69:06
Label	JMT
Producer	Stefan F. Winter
Cassandra Wilson chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Buffalo News	^[2]
Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide	^[4]

Live is a jazz album by American singer Cassandra Wilson, released in 1991.^[5]

Reception[edit]

The Buffalo News review by Jeff Simon wrote, "Wilson's modal version of "Body and Soul" a la Betty Carter more than makes up for it by being as inventive and powerful as any you're likely to hear from jazz's postmodern generation."^[2]

Track listing[edit]

"Don't Look Back" (Jean-Paul Bourelly, Cassandra Wilson) – 5:55
"Soul Melange" (Steve Coleman, Wilson) – 11:35
"'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) – 7:58
"My Corner of the Sky" (Wilson) – 9:43
"Desperate Move" (Coleman) – 12:07
"Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) – 9:31
"Rock This Calling" (Coleman, Wilson) – 12:15

Personnel[edit]

Cassandra Wilson – vocals
Kevin Bruce Harris – bass
James Weidman – piano, synthesizer
Mark Johnson – drums

Production notes

Stefan F. Winter – producer
Johannes Wohlleben – engineer, mixing
Adrian Von Ripka – engineer, mixing
Paul Cameron – assistant engineer
Sara Schwartz – artwork, illustrations
Andreas Weise –photography

Chart positions[edit]

Year	Chart	Position
1992	Billboard Top Jazz Albums	23

References[edit]

^ Allmusic review
^ ^a ^b Simon, Jeff (1 May 1992). "In Brief". The Buffalo News. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
^ Cook, Richard. "The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD". archive.org. p. 1589. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
^ Swenson, John (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. Retrieved 23 September 2019. Blue Skies (Cassandra Wilson album).
^ Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed September 26, 2014

[1] Allmusic review

[TBN-2] Simon, Jeff (1 May 1992). "In Brief". The Buffalo News. Retrieved 18 August 2020.

[3] Cook, Richard. "The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD". archive.org. p. 1589. Retrieved 7 August 2020.

[4] Swenson, John (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. Retrieved 23 September 2019. Blue Skies (Cassandra Wilson album).

[5] Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed September 26, 2014

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v t e Cassandra Wilson
Studio albums	Point of View (1986) Days Aweigh (1987) Blue Skies (1988) Jumpworld (1990) She Who Weeps (1991) After the Beginning Again (1992) Dance to the Drums Again (1992) Blue Light 'til Dawn (1993) New Moon Daughter (1995) Rendezvous (1997) Traveling Miles (1999) Belly of the Sun (2002) Glamoured (2003) Thunderbird (2006) Loverly (2008) Silver Pony (2010) Another Country (2012) Coming Forth by Day (2015)
Live albums	Live (1991)
Compilations	Songbook (1995) Sings Standards (2002) Love Phases Dimensions: From the JMT Years (2004) Closer to You: The Pop Side (2009)
Related articles	Discography