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Loverly
by Cassandra Wilson
from Blue Note Records

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• ... blows a serious blues jones . . .
  Wouldn't it be? Wilson thinks so, as she inhales a Southern aire and blows a serious blues jones into the lungs of these somewhat shopworn mannequins, breathing heat back into their Broadway bones. "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" is a bittersweet treat. "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?" blithely skips over the crumbling concrete of disappointment. "Black Orpheus" is all haloed streetlamps in a midnight fog. Throughout, Wilson's warmth is palpable, heightened by the "liveness" of the recording. Wilson sings... more info

• Unpretentious yet masterly
  Cassandra Wilson at her best.
  Wonderful, interesting interpretations of well-known songs with a team of musician who really bring out the best of Cassandra.
  My favorite: Caravan! Rarely presented with such cool.
  Contrary to some of the other reviewers I judge Ms Wilson's detached and apparently uncommitted way of delivering the songs as a great asset of this CD.

• Loverly
  This CD will go down as one of the best jazz CD's ever recorded!!! Please Buy It! Run don't walk!!!!

• Low energy performances
  Ms. Wilson seems to be missing the energy to deliver much excitement in these songs. Maybe good bedtime music.

Tracks:

1. Lover Come Back to Me - Cassandra Wilson, Hammerstein, Oscar
2. A Day In The Life Of A Fool - Cassandra Wilson, Bonfa, Luiz
3. Wouldn't It Be Loverly - Cassandra Wilson, Lerner, Alan Jay
4. Gone with the Wind - Cassandra Wilson, Magidson, Herbert
5. Caravan - Cassandra Wilson, Ellington, Duke
6. 'Til There Was You - Cassandra Wilson, Willson, Meredith
7. Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most - Cassandra Wilson, Laudesman, F.
8. Arere - Cassandra Wilson, Babalola
9. St. James Infirmary - Cassandra Wilson, Mills, Irving
10. Dust My Broom - Cassandra Wilson, James, Elmore [1]
11. The Very Thought of You - Cassandra Wilson, Noble, Ray
12. Sleepin' Bee - Cassandra Wilson, Arlen, Harold

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