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  1. www.npr.org › 2022/04/07 › 1091083648Listen to our profile of NEA Jazz Master, Cassandra Wilson : NPR

    Apr 7, 2022 · Jazz Night profiles singer-songwriter, composer, guitarist and 2022 NEA Jazz Master Cassandra Wilson. Hear tracks from her expansive catalog and listen to stories about her inspiring...

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    Mar 31, 2022 · April 7, 2022 • Jazz Night profiles singer-songwriter, composer, guitarist and 2022 NEA Jazz Master Cassandra Wilson. Hear tracks from her expansive catalog and listen to stories about her...

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Cassandra_WilsonCassandra Wilson - Wikipedia

    Cassandra Wilson (born December 4, 1955) is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi. She is one of the most successful female jazz singers and has been described by critic Gary Giddins [2] as "a singer blessed with an unmistakable timbre and attack [who has] expanded the playing field" by ...

  5. www.jazzwise.com › artists › articleCassandra Wilson | Jazzwise

    Vocalist Cassandra Wilson is an artist who largely encapsulates those complexities. Her formative years were spent with two innovative musicians from the Windy City, Henry Threadgill and Steve Coleman, of whose M-BASE collective she became a member in the mid 80s.

  6. www.allaboutjazz.com › musicians › cassandra-wilsonCassandra Wilson Musician - All About Jazz

    Sep 25, 2022 · The voice is more visual than audible; shaded, iridescent, tangible, substantial. It seems to flow effortlessly. Read any of the dozen or so biographies on Cassandra Wilson and you’ll discover some basics: born and reared in Jackson, Mississippi in the 1960s and 70s by musician and educator parents.

  7. www.allaboutjazz.com › glamoured-cassandra-wilson-blue-noteCassandra Wilson: Glamoured album review @ All About Jazz

    Jan 16, 2004 · Cassandra Wilson possesses one of the most recognizable voices in modern jazz. On Glamoured, she again delivers a wonderfully realized album with just the right mix of well-chosen, eclectic covers (Sting's "Fragile," Willie Nelson's "Crazy," Muddy Waters' "Honey Bee" and Bob Dylan's "Lay Lady Lay") and immensely catchy originals ...

  8. www.arts.gov › honors › jazzCassandra Wilson | National Endowment for the Arts

    Date of birth: Dec 04, 1955. Photo by Mark Seliger. Bio. Cassandra Wilson has used her distinctive voice and fascinating arrangements of standards, in not just jazz, but blues, country, and folk as well, to create a body of work that has expanded the definition of jazz.