Cassandra Wilson, Point of View - 42m 42s

Tracks & Durations

1. Square Roots	4:39
2. Blue In Green	4:10
3. Never	4:41
4. Desperate Move	7:58
5. Love and Hate	8:19
6. I am Waiting	3:39
7. I Wished On the Moon	3:35
8. I Thought You Knew	5:35

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Review

Cassandra Wilson's striking 1985 debut album, Point of View, has been remastered (to 24-bit digital) and repackaged (in a sturdy box set containing the original art work) on this excellent JMT reissue. The Mississippi-raised singer became involved early with Steve Coleman's M-Base collective in Brooklyn, and the eclectic, multifaceted music presented here reflects the stylistic range of that group. Mixing elements of funk, hip-hop, and rock with a solid jazz grounding, Wilson and mates create an original brew. Wilson's husky contralto, with its hints of Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, and Betty Carter, is fully integrated into the stop-and-start rhythms and unconventional compositions of Coleman, trombonist Grachan Moncur III, and guitarist Jean-Paul Bourelly. Her sultry voice, Coleman's supple sax, and Bourelly's raw guitar all command equal attention as the tunes unfold in unpredictable ways. Expressive, emotional, and streetwise, the music represented a new generation's revitalization of jazz. Over time, Cassandra Wilson has garnered well-deserved acclaim for her more conventional jazz stylings, but Point of View reveals her youthful, risk-taking adventurousness and is a welcomed rerelease. --Wally Shoup

Other Versions

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Point of View

Tracks: 8, Disk length: 42m 47s (+0m 5s)

Point of View

Tracks: 8, Disk length: 42m 19s (-1m 37s)

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