Cassandra Wilson

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist

Cassandra Wilson, from Jackson, Mississippi, sang in the 1980s with Steve Coleman in the New York M-Base scene. She names Betty Carter as an important example, alongside Joni Mitchell. In 1993 she made Blue Light 'til Dawn for Blue Note, with blues by Robert Johnson, songs by Joni Mitchell and Van Morrison, and acoustic accompaniment without piano. The album was a great success. Her voice is low, dark and relaxed. On New Moon Daughter (1995) she sang, among other things, Strange Fruit and won a Grammy. She died in 2026 in Jackson.

Listening

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  Come On in My Kitchen · Cassandra Wilson, 1993
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  Tupelo Honey · Cassandra Wilson, 1993
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  Strange Fruit · Cassandra Wilson, 1995

Discography

Studio albums

• 1985Point of View
• 1986Air Show No. 1
• 1987Days Aweigh
• 1988Blue Skies
• 1990Jumpworld
• 1991She Who Weeps
• 1992After the Beginning Again
• 1992Dance to the Drums Again
• 1993Blue Light ’Til Dawn
• 1996New Moon Daughter
• 1997Rendezvous
• 1999Traveling Miles
• 2002Belly of the Sun
• 2003Glamoured
• 2006Thunderbird
• 2008Loverly
• 2010Silver Pony
• 2012Another Country
• 2015Coming Forth by Day
• 2021Moonglow

In School of Rock

The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.

• Jazz Map^NL Map
• After Hours: Session 4^NL Reader

See also

• Dance to the Drums Again
• Blue Light ’Til Dawn
• Rendezvous
• Glamoured
• Vocal jazz
• Neotraditional jazz (Young Lions)