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 | Title : Belly of the Sun
Author : Wilson, Cassandra
Release Date : 20020326
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $17.98
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Editorial Reviews :
By now, it's a moot point whether Cassandra Wilson is singing jazz or not. By unifying what were once considered disparate styles and song forms with her languorously rich vocals and offbeat instrumental textures, she has become the queen of her own genre. Largely recorded at a one-time train station in her native Mississippi, Belly of the Sun ranges from country-blues great Fred McDowell's gritty 'You Gotta Move' (popularized by the Rolling Stones and here featuring acoustic-guitar wiz Richard Johnston) to Brazilian immortal Antonio Carlos Jobim's winsome 'Waters of March' (featuring a children's choir) to a hauntingly feminized version of Jimmy Webb's 'Wichita Lineman.' Revealing her command of narrative material, Wilson draws seductive meaning from Bob Dylan's 'Shelter from the Storm' and the Band's 'The Weight.' Featuring Kevin Breit and Marvin Sewell on all manner of guitars and related string instruments, Belly of the Sun also boasts three strong Wilson originals, including 'Just Another Parade,' a jazzy-soulful duet with India Arie, and 'Show Me a Love.' As her own producer, Wilson comes up with less compelling backgrounds than Craig Street, who produced her darker-tinged breakthrough albums. Still, this is her most seamless, smoothest-flowing, and most effortlessly expansive recording. 'I need to feel some rich black soil that's moist between my toes,' she sings. You can feel her Southern roots in the grooves as well.
Buyer Reviews :
I discovered this by listening to the copy on display in my local store. From the first notes of 'The weight' I was seduced by the organic arrangements and when she started to sing with this deep, warm voice, it was sold. This album sounds like a warm summer breeze. It makes you feel like slowly dancing in the sun.
It feels good to find some albums who keep away from electronic devices and stick to real, basic instruments: acoustic guitars, percussion, acoustic bass, piano.
I do not know if it is jazz, blues, or something in between. 'Darkness on the delta' sounds piano bar, while songs like 'The weight', 'Justice', 'Only a dream in Rio', 'Wichita Lineman', 'Show me a love' makes me think about Sade ('Love Deluxe' period). 'Waters of March' is clearly jazzy. 'You gotta move' is a blues, I can't help clapping my hands in rhythm. One of my favourite is 'Just another parade', the acoustic guitar duet with India Arié (a great singer songwriter, check her 'Acoustic Soul'). 'Shelter from the storm' is folk. The album ends on an upbeat note with the short but nice 'Hot Tamales'.
I enjoyed this one so much I purchased one of her earlier albums, 'New Moon Daughter' since, and I might look for more.
(by Sandy)
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