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Cassandra Wilson continues to move down a highly eclectic path on Belly of the Sun, the somewhat belated follow-up to Traveling Miles. While displaying a jazz singer's mastery of melodic nuance and improvisatory phrasing, Wilson draws on a variety of non-jazz idioms -- roots music, rock, Delta blues, country, soul -- to create a kind of earthy, intelligent pop with obvious crossover appeal. Her core band includes guitarists Marvin Sewell and Kevin Breit, who blend marvelously, Sewell mostly on mellow acoustic and Breit adding atmospheric touches on electric, 12-string, and slide guitars, as well as mandolin, banjo, and even bouzouki. Bassist Mark Peterson and percussionists Jeffrey Haynes and Cyro Baptista provide a superbly sensitive rhythmic foundation. But because Wilson returned to her home state of Mississippi to record most of this album, she made sure to book some time with local musicians. Thus guitarist Jesse Robinson guests on (and co-writes) the funky "Show Me a Love," and the octogenarian pianist "Boogaloo" Ames plays an unpolished yet utterly heartfelt duet with Wilson on the classic "Darkness on the Delta." Other guests include drummer Xavyon Jamison, trumpeter Olu Dara, pianist and vocalist Rhonda Richmond (who penned the slowly swaying "Road So Clear"), guitarist Richard Johnston, backup vocalists Patrice Monell, Jewell Bass, Henry Rhodes, and Vasti Jackson, and the children of New York's Middle School 44. Wilson delves into vintage blues with Mississippi Fred McDowell's "You Gotta Move" and a brief yet dynamic rendition of Robert Johnson's "Hot Tamales." But the best tracks are the rock/pop covers: the Band's "The Weight," Bob Dylan's "Shelter From the Storm," James Taylor's "Only a Dream in Rio," Jobim's "Waters of March," and Jimmy Webb's "Wichita Lineman" (a 1968 hit for Glen Campbell). Wilson and band are in peak interpretive form on these ethereal reinventions. While her own lyrics may not rise to the level of a Robbie Robertson or a Bob Dylan, her versatility and focus come through clearly on the originals "Justice," "Just a Parade" (a collaboration with neo-soul rookie India.Arie), and the Caribbean-tinged "Cooter Brown."
© David R. Adler /TiVo
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Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bruce Lundvall, Producer, Executive Producer - ROBBIE ROBERTSON, ComposerLyricist - Donald Thomas, Unknown, Other - Cassandra Wilson, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Marvin Sewell, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Breit, Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Brandon Mason, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthew Cullen, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Suzanne Kapa, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cyro Baptista, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Kopelson, Mixer, Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Lowney, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeffrey Haynes, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Simanga, Producer, Executive Producer - Michael Barbour, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Judy Jefferson, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Sean Macke, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Xavyon Jamison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Peterson, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bruce Lundvall, Producer, Executive Producer - Cassandra Wilson, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Marvin Sewell, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Breit, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brandon Mason, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthew Cullen, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Suzanne Kapa, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cyro Baptista, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Kopelson, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Lowney, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Simanga, Producer, Executive Producer - Michael Barbour, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Xavyon Jamison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Peterson, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
Marty Symes, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Livingston, ComposerLyricist - Cassandra Wilson, MainArtist - Al Neiburg, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
António Carlos Jobim, ComposerLyricist - Cassandra Wilson, Producer, MainArtist - Marvin Sewell, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Breit, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Cyro Baptista, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Children of M.S.44 (NYC), Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Capitol Records, LLC
Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bruce Lundvall, Producer, Executive Producer - Rev. Gary Davis, Composer - Cassandra Wilson, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Fred McDowell, Composer - Kevin Breit, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brandon Mason, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthew Cullen, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Suzanne Kapa, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cyro Baptista, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Kopelson, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Lowney, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeffrey Haynes, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Johnston, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Simanga, Producer, Executive Producer - Michael Barbour, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rhonda Richmond, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JAMES TAYLOR, Composer - Bruce Lundvall, Producer, Executive Producer - Cassandra Wilson, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Marvin Sewell, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Breit, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brandon Mason, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthew Cullen, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Suzanne Kapa, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cyro Baptista, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Kopelson, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Lowney, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeffrey Haynes, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Simanga, Producer, Executive Producer - Michael Barbour, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Xavyon Jamison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Peterson, Fretless Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Vasti Jackson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Patrice Moncell, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jewell Bass, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Rhodes, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
India.Arie, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bruce Lundvall, Producer, Executive Producer - Cassandra Wilson, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Marvin Sewell, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Breit, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brandon Mason, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthew Cullen, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Suzanne Kapa, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cyro Baptista, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Kopelson, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Lowney, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeffrey Haynes, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Simanga, Producer, Executive Producer - Michael Barbour, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Peterson, Fretless Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Rhonda Richmond, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
Jimmy Webb, ComposerLyricist - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bruce Lundvall, Producer, Executive Producer - Donald Thomas, Unknown, Other - Cassandra Wilson, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Marvin Sewell, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Breit, Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brandon Mason, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthew Cullen, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Suzanne Kapa, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cyro Baptista, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Kopelson, Mixer, Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Lowney, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeffrey Haynes, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Simanga, Producer, Executive Producer - Michael Barbour, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Judy Jefferson, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Sean Macke, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Peterson, Upright Bass, Fretless Bass, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
Bob Dylan, Composer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bruce Lundvall, Producer, Executive Producer - Cassandra Wilson, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Marvin Sewell, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Breit, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brandon Mason, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthew Cullen, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Suzanne Kapa, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cyro Baptista, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Kopelson, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Lowney, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Simanga, Producer, Executive Producer - Michael Barbour, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Peterson, Fretless Bass, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
Cassandra Wilson, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bruce Lundvall, Producer, Executive Producer - Cassandra Wilson, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Marvin Sewell, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Breit, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brandon Mason, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthew Cullen, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Suzanne Kapa, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cyro Baptista, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Kopelson, Mixer, Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Lowney, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeffrey Haynes, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Simanga, Producer, Executive Producer - Michael Barbour, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Judy Jefferson, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Sean Macke, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Xavyon Jamison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Peterson, Fretless Bass, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Jesse Robinson, Composer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
Olu Dara, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bruce Lundvall, Producer, Executive Producer - Cassandra Wilson, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Marvin Sewell, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brandon Mason, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthew Cullen, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Suzanne Kapa, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cyro Baptista, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Kopelson, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Lowney, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeffrey Haynes, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Simanga, Producer, Executive Producer - Michael Barbour, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Xavyon Jamison, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Peterson, Fretless Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Rhonda Richmond, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bruce Lundvall, Producer, Executive Producer - Robert Johnson, Composer - Cassandra Wilson, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Marvin Sewell, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brandon Mason, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthew Cullen, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Suzanne Kapa, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Danny Kopelson, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Lowney, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeffrey Haynes, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Simanga, Producer, Executive Producer - Michael Barbour, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
Album review
Cassandra Wilson continues to move down a highly eclectic path on Belly of the Sun, the somewhat belated follow-up to Traveling Miles. While displaying a jazz singer's mastery of melodic nuance and improvisatory phrasing, Wilson draws on a variety of non-jazz idioms -- roots music, rock, Delta blues, country, soul -- to create a kind of earthy, intelligent pop with obvious crossover appeal. Her core band includes guitarists Marvin Sewell and Kevin Breit, who blend marvelously, Sewell mostly on mellow acoustic and Breit adding atmospheric touches on electric, 12-string, and slide guitars, as well as mandolin, banjo, and even bouzouki. Bassist Mark Peterson and percussionists Jeffrey Haynes and Cyro Baptista provide a superbly sensitive rhythmic foundation. But because Wilson returned to her home state of Mississippi to record most of this album, she made sure to book some time with local musicians. Thus guitarist Jesse Robinson guests on (and co-writes) the funky "Show Me a Love," and the octogenarian pianist "Boogaloo" Ames plays an unpolished yet utterly heartfelt duet with Wilson on the classic "Darkness on the Delta." Other guests include drummer Xavyon Jamison, trumpeter Olu Dara, pianist and vocalist Rhonda Richmond (who penned the slowly swaying "Road So Clear"), guitarist Richard Johnston, backup vocalists Patrice Monell, Jewell Bass, Henry Rhodes, and Vasti Jackson, and the children of New York's Middle School 44. Wilson delves into vintage blues with Mississippi Fred McDowell's "You Gotta Move" and a brief yet dynamic rendition of Robert Johnson's "Hot Tamales." But the best tracks are the rock/pop covers: the Band's "The Weight," Bob Dylan's "Shelter From the Storm," James Taylor's "Only a Dream in Rio," Jobim's "Waters of March," and Jimmy Webb's "Wichita Lineman" (a 1968 hit for Glen Campbell). Wilson and band are in peak interpretive form on these ethereal reinventions. While her own lyrics may not rise to the level of a Robbie Robertson or a Bob Dylan, her versatility and focus come through clearly on the originals "Justice," "Just a Parade" (a collaboration with neo-soul rookie India.Arie), and the Caribbean-tinged "Cooter Brown."
© David R. Adler /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 01:00:03
- Main artists: Cassandra Wilson
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Blue Note Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
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